Jihad Ahmed Jibril
Mohammed Jihad Ahmed Jibril (1964 - May 20, 2002) was the son of Ahmed Jibril, founder of the PFLP-GC. He was assassinated in Beirut on May 20, 2002 at the age of 38.[1] Jihad Ahmed Jibril was born in Damascus, Syria in 1964; he attended high school at ثانوية عز الدين التنوخي and graduated in May 1982. Mr. Jibril became the leader of the military wing of the PFLP-GC and was the heir apparent of the organization before he was killed in a car bombing in Beirut in 2002. The assassination was blamed on Israel, although Jibril had many other enemies, including the Lebanese Christian militia and other Palestinian nationalist organizations.
In mid-June 2006, Lebanon authorities arrested a group of alleged spies who reportedly confessed to working for Israel and carrying out the attack. Other Israelies, one American CIA employee, and one Canadian CSIS agent were implicated in the assassination but never charged. Some Lebanese opponents of Hezbollah suspected the alleged spy ring is a Hezbollah fabrication.[2]
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- ^ http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&DC4E5F3BABE0382BC225746C0009BC44
- ^ Blanford, Nicholas (15 June 2006). "Lebanon exposes deadly Israeli spy ring". London: The Times UK. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2227831,00.html. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
