US marines discover "PLF faction's bomb-making facility" in Iraq

ProLog ^ | Monday, 07-Apr-2003 9:20AM | AFP

[Smogger]

NEAR BAGHDAD, April 7 (AFP) - US Marines in Iraq have discovered bomb-making facilities at a facility described as a training camp operated by the a faction of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), a military spokesman said Monday.

Bomb-making facilities, chemicals, mortars, gas masks and AK-47s were found inside the 20-building complex to the east of Baghdad, said Public Affairs Officer Corporal John Hoellwarth.

The complex, which was the size of a battalion headquarters, featured pictures of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, PLF faction leader Abu Abbas and the PLF's flag, Hoellwarth added.

Other photos included pictures of Abu Abbas posing with a brigadier general from Saddam's Republican Guard inside the camp.

Boxes of documents with PLF letterheads were also seized.

Stores of fresh food including fresh tomatos and potatos were seen, indicating that the complex had recently been vacated.

Followers of Abu Abbas carried the deadly attack in 1985 on the cruise ship Achille Lauro, but renounced terrorism after the 1993 Oslo peace accords between Israel and Palestinians.

Abbas had been based in Tunisia but was more recently thought to be based in Baghdad.

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[Smogger]

Iraq's links to terrorism bump. Courtesy of the French news agency AFP. :P

[Earl B.]

Of what possible relevance is this to our quest for Iraqi oil and Jewish supremacy?

[MeekOneGOP]

[dinok]

You can take the anti-war idiots and show them all this, and they will say it was all planted.

[yonif]

more evidence of iraqi sponsored terrorism the leftists refused to admit.

[xm177e2]

Of what possible relevance is this to our quest for Iraqi oil and Jewish supremacy?

Check again. The "PLF" is the "Palestine Liberation Front," an anti-Israel terrorist group.

[Smogger]

Check again. The "PLF" is the "Palestine Liberation Front," an anti-Israel terrorist group.

He was being sarcastic.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Also posted here: US marines discover "PLF faction's bomb-making facility" in Iraq
 

(but I know searching "PLF" doesn't work)

[george wythe]

Other photos included pictures of Abu Abbas posing with a brigadier general from Saddam's Republican Guard inside the camp.

Followers of Abu Abbas carried the deadly attack in 1985 on the cruise ship Achille Lauro

Were these the thugs who pushed an American citizen into Mediterranean Sea, a crippled man on a wheel chair whose only crime was to have a Jewish heritage?

What happened to the "courage" of Abu Abbas' followers?

Is their "courage" good enough only to push wheelchair-bound handicapped people into the ocean?

[Rockitz]

Has Hans Blix been fired and/or indicted for fraud yet?

[Smogger]

Yah! I tried searching for that exact title and found nothing. But the titles are identical.. Hmmmm..

[craig_eddy]

Not the LFP (Liberation Front of Palestine), you're sure? </sarcast Monty Python reference>

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I have the same problem with FR searches. Three letter word searches never turn up anything (CIA, FBI, etc.).

Olde

[Ben Hecks]

"Abbas had been based in Tunisia but was more recently thought to be based in Baghdad."

Soon after the strike on Saddam's bunker, there was a report (Palestinian source) that Abbas was in the bunker and was killed.

[MindBender26]

"a crippled man on a wheel chair whose only crime was to have a Jewish heritage"

Leon Klinghoffer

How about the airport being Klinghoffer-Baghdad International?

[laz17]

Has Hans Blix been fired and/or indicted for fraud yet?

The whole UN should be indicted, starting with Kofi Annan. And they're still demanding the opportunity to commit more crimes. The UN is the most corrupt organization on the face of the earth, followed closely by the DNC.

[xm177e2]

Yeah, I'm sure he was being sarcastic, but I think what he really meant was "this war is about terrorism, not oil or Israel." This particular terrorist group, which is based in Iraq, is also about Israel.

[river rat]

"....He was being sarcastic.

Do you know Earl B. well enough to say that?
I just assumed he was an asshole off his meds....
Semper Fi

[AnAmericanMother]

I remember the grim joke going the rounds at the time:

P.L.O. = "Push Leon Overboard"

[cyncooper]

Is this going to turn out to be just a pesticide making plant?