Wasfi al-Tal
| Wasfi Al Tal وصفي التل |
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| Wasfi Al Tal, 1960s | |
| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
| In office 28 January 1962 – 2 December 1963 |
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| Monarch | Hussein |
| Preceded by | Bahjat al-Talhouni |
| Succeeded by | Samir al-Rifai |
| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
| In office 1965–1967 |
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| Monarch | Hussein |
| Preceded by | Bahjat al-Talhouni |
| Succeeded by | Hussein ibn Nasser |
| Prime Minister of Jordan | |
| In office 29 September 1970 – 28 November 1971 |
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| Monarch | Hussein |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Toukan |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad al-Lawzi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wasfi Mustapha Wahbi al-Tal 1919 Ajloun, Jordan |
| Died | November 28, 1971 Cairo, Egypt |
| Spouse(s) | Saida al-Jaberi |
| Occupation | Teacher, Envoy |
| Profession | Natural Sciences |
| Religion | Muslim |
Wasfi Al Tal (also Wasfi Tel) (1919 - November 28, 1971) (Arabic: وصفي التل) was Prime Minister of Jordan for three separate terms. In 1971, he was assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization outside a Cairo hotel.[1]
Al-Tal was prime minister and defense minister during the Black September uprising by Palestinians in 1970. He earned the ire of PLO leaders for his role in repressing the revolt.
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[edit] Assassination
On November 28, 1971, four Black September gunmen assassinated al-Tal in the lobby of the Sheraton Cairo Hotel in Egypt while he was attending an Arab League summit in the city.[2][3] Among other acts, Black September accused al-Tal of personally torturing and executing Abu Ali Iyad, a Fatah field commander whose partisans formed the backbone of the Black September organization.[4] Historian Patrick Seale claims that one of the assassins, Munshir al-Khalifa, was one of Abu Ali Iyad's soldiers who sought to avenge his commander's death.[5][4] As al-Tal lay dying, "one of the assassins knelt and lapped with his tongue the blood flowing across the marble floor."[6] Tal's reported last words were, "They've killed me. Murderers, they believe only in fire and destruction."[7]
Tal was the first victim of the newly formed Black September Organization, a more militant offshoot of the Palestinian militant organization Fatah. His assassins were released on low bail and allowed to leave Egypt. Yasser Arafat, Fatah's leader, claimed responsibility for the killing.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Fallible Memory, Benny Morris
- ^ a b Rubin, Barry M. (1994). Revolution until victory?: the politics and history of the PLO. pp. 37–38. http://books.google.com/books?id=zbQKILIgAwQC&pg=PA37&dq=Wasfi+al-Tal+black+september&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=9C7iS-u0LI36zATPn6TQCQ&cd=17#v=onepage&q=Wasfi%20al-Tal%20black%20september&f=false.
- ^ Jessup, John E. (1998). An encyclopedic dictionary of conflict and conflict resolution, 1945-1996. p. 77. http://books.google.com/books?id=jh3Q5F7BaB8C&pg=PA77&dq=Wasfi+al-Tal+black+septemberlr=&as_brr=3ei=oS7iS_eyIIPMzgTDlKzTCQ&cd=2#v=onepage&q=Wasfi%20al-Tal%20black%20september&f=false.
- ^ a b Amos, 1980, p.222.
- ^ Seale, 1982, p.81.
- ^ Bruce Hoffman (December 2001). "All you need is love: How the terrorists stopped terrorism". The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/past/issues/2001/12/hoffman.htm.
- ^ Shair, Kamal A. (2006). Out of the Middle East: the emergence of an Arab global business. p. 240. http://books.google.com/books?id=QjgMqGK1YUCpg=PA240lpg=PA240dq=%22They%27ve+killed+me.+Murderers,+they+believe+only+in+fire+and+destruction%22&source=bl&ots=9Rit_VOix-&sig=V4lnij_-EUnxC44KNRT-DV5iNMM&hl=en&ei=-DLiS5WcGMX_lger9fmyAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22They%27ve%20killed%20me.%20Murderers%2C%20they%20believe%20only%20in%20fire%20and%20destruction%22&f=false.
| Preceded by Bahjat Talhouni |
Prime Minister of Jordan 1962–1963 |
Succeeded by Samir al-Rifai |
| Preceded by Bahjat Talhouni |
Prime Minister of Jordan 1965–1967 |
Succeeded by Hussein ibn Nasser |
| Preceded by Ahmad Toukan |
Prime Minister of Jordan 1970–1971 |
Succeeded by Ahmad al-Lawzi |
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[edit] References
[edit] Bibliography
- Amos, John (1980). Palestinian resistance: organization of a nationalist movement. Pergamon Press. ISBN 0080250947. http://books.google.com/books?ei=C7mTTYywI8GXtweym7RJ&ct=result&id=DKNtAAAAMAAJ&dq=Abu+Ali+Eyad&q=Wasfi#search_anchor.
- Seale, Patrick (1992). Abu Nidal: a gun for hire. Random House. ISBN 0679400664. http://www.naderlibrary.com/lit.abunidalpatseale.4.htm.
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