Tuesday, January 29

PHOTOS: George Habash (PFLP) funeral in Nabuls, Jan. 28

Palestinians carry a fake coffin during a symbolic funeral for ...
Palestinians carry a fake coffin during a symbolic
funeral for George Habash, the founder of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP), in the West Bank city of Nablus
January 28, 2008. Habash, the founder
of a radical movement that staged
hijackings and kidnappings to highlight
the Palestinian struggle, died in Jordan
on Saturday, his family said. He was 80.
REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel (WEST BANK)

Palestinians carry a symbolic coffin covered in a Palestinian ...

Palestinians carry a symbolic coffin covered in a
Palestinian flag and decorated with the portrait of
PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine)
founder George Habash, during his symbolic funeral
in the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.
Habash, whose radical PLO faction gained notoriety
after the simultaneous hijackings of four Western
airliners in 1970 and the seizure of an Air France
flight to Entebbe, Uganda, died Saturday in Jordan,
of a heart attack at the age of 81
.
(AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
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