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Popular Struggle Front (PSF)
Description
Radical Palestinian terrorist group once closely involved in the Syrian-
dominated Palestinian National Salvation Front. Led by Dr. Samir Ghosheh.
Rejoined the PLO in September 1991. Group is internally divided over the
Declaration of Principles signed in 1993.
Activities
Terrorist attacks against Israeli, moderate Arab, and PLO targets.
Strength
Fewer than 300.
Location/Area of Operation
Mainly Syria and Lebanon, and elsewhere in the Middle East.
External Aid
Receives support from Syria and may now receive aid from the PLO.
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SELECTED INCIDENT CHRONOLOGY
MAY, 1975:
BOMBED EIN FESH'HA, AN ISRAELI RESORT.
JUNE-JULY, 1975:
KIDNAPPED A U.S. ARMY COLONEL IN BEIRUT AND TURNED HIM OVER TO THE
THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE - GENERAL
COMMAND (PFLP-GC) AFTER FOOD WAS DELIVERED TO PALESTINIAN REFUGEE
CAMPS IN BEIRUT.
MARCH, 1979:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN EXPLOSION ON A TOURIST BUS AT THE
INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL IN JERUSALEM, AND ATTEMPTED AN OPERATION,
PROBABLY INTENDED TO BE A HOSTAGE TAKING, ON THE WEST BANK, TO
PROTEST THE VISIT OF U.S. PRESIDENT CARTER TO EGYPT AND ISRAEL.
JUNE, 1985:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A ROCKET ATTACK ON THE NORTHERN ISRAEL
TOWN OF METULLAH.
SEPTEMBER, 1985:
FALSELY CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ATTACK ON A HOTEL SWIMMING
POOL IN ATHENS. THE PSF MEMBER WHO MADE THE CLAIM FALSELY STATED
THAT SEVENTY FIVE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN THE
ATTACK. DESPITE THE PSF CLAIM, THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION IS
BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCIDENT, IN WHICH EIGHTEEN DEAF-MUTE
BRITISH TOURISTS WERE WOUNDED.
APRIL, 1987:
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A ROCKET ATTACK ON NORTHERN ISRAEL.
NOVEMBER, 1990:
INTERCEPTED BY AN ISRAELI PATROL IN LEBANON'S SOUTHERN REGION -
ISRAEL'S SELF DECLARED "SECURITY ZONE." FOUR PSF MEMBERS AND ONE
ISRAELI SOLDIER WERE KILLED.
JANUARY, 1992:
THE PPSF CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING A SUPERMARKET IN
JERUSALEM. NO INJURIES.
APRIL, 1992:
SAMIR GHOWSHEH, A MEMBER OF THE PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WAS
EXPELLED FROM THE PSF.
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THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS DERIVED FROM STATE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE, AND PUBLIC MEDIA SOURCE DOCUMENTS.