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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: Scoobah who wrote (1232)12/11/2001 10:21:04 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) of 32591
 
Yassir Arafat Arabic: yâsir carafât Arabic: (ORIGINAL NAME:) muhammadu cabdi r-ra'ûfi l-qudwahi l-husaynî

BIOGRAPHY 1929 August 24 (?): Born in Cairo, Egypt. Place of birth is not certain, other sources state Jerusalem or Gaza. During his childhood Arafat lives in both Cairo and Jerusalem (with his uncle Haj Amin el-Husseini).
1947: In the wars with the Jews, Arafat fights on the side of the grand mufti of Jerusalem.

1948: Flees Palestine, after the establishment of Israel. He settles in Cairo, where he starts to study
engineering at University of Cairo.
1952: He joins the Muslim Brotherhood and Union of Palestinian Students, where he becomes president.
1956: Participates in the Suez campaign, in the Egyptian Army.

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Appointed Mufti of Jerusalem by the British in 1921, Haj Amin al-Husseini was the most prominent Arab figure in Palestine during the Mandatory period. ....................................

In 1921, Haj Amin el-Husseini first began to organize small groups of suicide squads — fedayeen — to terrorize Jews. Haj Amin hoped to duplicate the success of Kemal Atatürk in Turkey by driving the Jews out of Palestine just as Kemal had driven the invading Greeks from his country. Arab radicals were able to gain influence because the British Administration was unwilling to take effective action against them until they finally revolted against British rule ...........................

The mufti was dismissed from his position following the riots of 1936. No longer able to stay in Palestine, he continued his extremist activities from abroad. During World War II, the mufti was involved in the mobilization of support for Germany among Muslims. In November 1941 the Mufti met with Hitler. Although he continued to be involved in politics, al-Husseini's influence gradually declined after the defeat of the Arab armies in 1948.

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