Black September terrorist leader glorified as "The Red Prince" by Fatah
Text and picture posted on the official Fatah Facebook page
Posted text: “On this date in 1979 the occupation authorities assassinated Palestinian intelligence officer
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(i.e., terrorist and Black September commander, responsible for numerous terror attacks)
Ali Hassan Salameh - Palestinian terrorist and commander of operations in Europe of the Black September terror organization - a secret branch of Fatah - in the 1970s. He planned many terror attacks, including the attack on the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics on Sept. 5, 1972, in which 11 Israeli athletes were murdered. Salameh was killed by a car bomb in Beirut on Jan. 22, 1979. Israel is thought to be responsible for his death, but has not officially taken responsibility for it.
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