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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (1232)	12/11/2001 9:56:32 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 32591

In 1941, Haj Amin al-Husseini fled to Germany and met with Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Joachim Von Ribbentrop and other Nazi leaders. He wanted to persuade them to extend the Nazis’ anti-Jewish program to the Arab world................................. In 1945, Yugoslavia sought to indict the Mufti as a war criminal for his role in recruiting 20,000 Muslim volunteers for the SS, who participated in the killing of Jews in Croatia and Hungary. He escaped from French detention in 1946, however, and continued his fight against the Jews from Cairo and later Beirut. He died in 1974. The Husseini family continues to play a role in Palestinian affairs, with Faisal Husseini, whose father was the Mufti's nephew, still regarded as one of their leading spokesmen in the territories. us-israel.org us-israel.org Mohammed Yasser Abdul-Ra'ouf Qudwa al-Husseini, more commonly known as Yasser Arafat was born August 24, 1929, in the Gaza Strip............................ In 1958, he left Egypt to Kuwait where he worked as an engineer and met with Abu Jihad. In Kuwait, he discussed the idea of establishing “Fatah ” the Palestinian National Liberation Movement.

To: Scoobah who wrote (1232)	12/11/2001 10:21:04 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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. i-cias.com 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. us-israel.org