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Abu Nidal

1937 - 2002

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Sabri Khalil al-Banna (Arabic: صبري خليل البنا; May 1937 – 16 August 2002), known by his nom de guerre Abu Nidal ("father of struggle"), was a Palestinian militant. He was the founder of Fatah: The Revolutionary Council (Arabic: فتح المجلس الثوري), a militant Palestinian splinter group more commonly known as the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). Abu Nidal formed the ANO in October 1974 after splitting from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Abu Nidal is believed to have ordered attacks in 20 countries, killing over 300 and injuring over 650 while acting as a freelance contractor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Nidal is the 52nd most popular extremist (down from 31st in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Israel (down from 90th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Extremist.

Abu Nidal was a Palestinian terrorist who was most famous for his 1983 assassination of Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish American passenger on the Achille Lauro cruise ship.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Abu Nidal ranks 52 out of 283. Before him are George Habash, Nathuram Godse, Joseph Kony, Jim Jones, Sawney Bean, and William Kemmler. After him are Mohamed Atta, Butch Cassidy, Pavlik Morozov, Tex Watson, Karl Denke, and Friedrich Jeckeln.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Abu Nidal ranks 56. Before him are Juvénal Habyarimana, Roald Hoffmann, Colin Powell, Roberta Flack, Angelo Badalamenti, and Sajida Talfah. After him are Vladimir Arnold, Sigmund Jähn, Hélène Cixous, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ferdinand Piëch, and Mario Capecchi. Among people deceased in 2002, Abu Nidal ranks 41. Before him are Robert Nozick, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, James Tobin, Jonas Savimbi, Zizinho, and William Luther Pierce. After him are Xi Zhongxun, John Cocke, Ne Win, Yoshio Okada, Eduardo Chillida, and Raf Vallone.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Abu Nidal ranks 111 out of 466. Before him are Ofra Haza (1957), Yitzhak Navon (1921), Zephaniah (-701), Natalie Portman (1981), Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947), and Itzhak Perlman (1945). After him are Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (1167), Isaac Luria (1534), Philip the Evangelist (100), Ghassan Kanafani (1936), Aristobulus II (-100), and Arieh Warshel (1940).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Israel

Among extremists born in Israel, Abu Nidal ranks 2. Before him are George Habash (1926). After him are Wadie Haddad (1927), Sirhan Sirhan (1944), and Yigal Amir (1970).

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