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HAWARI GROUP
10/28/92
GP00036
KEY WORDS:
FATAH SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP; MARTYRS OF TAL AL ZA'ATAR; AMN ARAISSI
DESCRIPTION:
PART OF ARAFAT'S FATAH APPARATUS, THE GROUP IS NAMED AFTER ITS LEADER,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS COLONEL HAWARI, WHO DIED IN AN AUTOMOBILE CRASH IN MAY,
1991, WHILE TRAVELING FROM BAGHDAD TO JORDAN. THE GROUP HAS TIES
HISTORICALLY TO IRAQ. MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RADICAL
PALESTINIAN 15 MAY ORGANIZATION.
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ACTIVITIES:
CARRIED OUT SEVERAL ATTACKS IN 1985 AND 1986, MAINLY IN EUROPE AND
USUALLY AGAINST SYRIAN TARGETS. THE HAWARI GROUP HAS ALSO TARGETED
AMERICANS, MOST NOTABLY IN THE APRIL 1986 BOMBING OF TWA FLIGHT #840 OVER
GREECE IN WHICH FOUR AMERICANS WERE KILLED. THE FUTURE OF THE GROUP IS
UNCERTAIN FOLLOWING HAWARI'S DEATH.
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STRENGTH:
UNKNOWN
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EXTERNAL AID:
THE PLO IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF SUPPORT.
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THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS DERIVED FROM STATE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTATION.