Palestine Liberation Front
| Center of Gravity | Lebanon | ||
 | Scope | Local | |
| Area of Operation | Palestine | ||
 | Alias(es) | PLF1, PFL-Abu Abbas Faction1 | |
| Narrative and Notes (Reliable) | Small pro-PLO faction of splinter group of the PFLP-GC. Responsible for 1985 attack on Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and killing of American Leon Klinghoffer. Group moved its base from Iraq, where it had been sheltered since 1990, to Lebanon in 2003. Former leader Abu Abbas died in U.S. custody in Iraq in April 2004.1 | |
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| 1U.S. State Department. 'Country Reports on Terrorism.' 2005. | |||
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