Columbia Record · 7 October 1968
CP-1968-007
Fanatic Arab Guerrilla Fighters Intend To 'Liberate Palestine

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THE COLUM81A RECORD K4onday, Oc+ober 7, 1968 AJSMAN, Jordan (API are currently about 3,CW itroD8, "IW8 ts th• Jta8• ol blt aNler• 8lld th41 the JevAsh state The commandos have VIet- Cu•rrlUa fl8hters speak confi. born, would be ptrrnltted ts r trainln age In sabotage aTra I and supply b&ses slteA aetually 'ith no shortage ol rrUits Qr run. We know wo Are not •troDg main.
Thoae wbo ArrEved tttnce the ljrE4elts. In Jor an. Most evidence Ind tly ot turnln8 Iael Into a bas no right t4 eknt.
The movfr made machine guns, mortars Ilghtkng wl rooney to buy weap)M. enou8h to tsckh th• INraeli 4)ther Vle¢nam IE IL lakes then would be expell, he ld. we lose two, even ll, nd boka8, ali sup&1 ¢&t¢s the guerrllla8 cross th¢ ment's polltlc418p)ke5marÈ sald Jordan olficlals descrilx them army Ill the occupwd t¢rrlt bought for ca81L Ai F•t4h 18 belleved to have river trom easl to wat to cvry Al Fatah'$ sole Intent Is to men lor every J8raell It doe8n't rlej.
We ¢An only makè Ilfo Ull• as a problem for the Argb gov. They elalm ts r¢pre6ent the "Ilberate" Palesunt with au Quallfi*l observer5 are ske out thew raid8, then wlthdriw, ample funds, malnly from prt matter," 8ald the Al FatAh comfortable lor them." ernmeDls.
Leaden of Al Fatah, oblectlve ol • restored Palestine other politleal vate Kuwaiti Saudl Ar4bliD tical ol Al Fatab daim8 that ueJtion8 In abey- ll they can, to [elY In 5Fke6rn1p. 'TIw• •T• mll. most effective of Jeveral guer- Vietham lar cry from th• In the irea thal Is now Israel, ance untll that aehleved. sourw. Some of the otl*r or.
Jwdan, lion Ar4b8 aThl oD]y two or three guerrli las carry on thelr tlght rilla organizations, &ryu• that rocky, sun-bleach•A bl)18 ol Jor. and wme of them al least seem Jew5 who llved In Palestlne ganizations e1ve money trom Irom the Upied west bank of Casu4]tleJ h mllllon Israell8. In the we , runDlnq the Arab people would over.
Impell by fanaticism dan, but the 8wke6m oayJ: belore 1948, when Israel was nnot lall." Arab 8overnmeDts. those who the Jordan River, wlth only up to 80 per cent o throw any Arab government 8pawne411a the lou of a home "If the Vlet CO cin defy the ithin 24 hours if it beian peace miqhtiest anny OD e&rth, how land.
They rejeet in advance talks with Israel. much more c do liainst any Mlddle E45t 8ettlement that an Israell army ol XKI,rm meD'. Mfyqt guerrilla camp8 are in provide8 for the contlnued exist- Jordan. NOWI WE PAY YOU MORE TO SAVE of the Jowtsh.led state. "The Vlet Cong ball Just as "l*t King Husselll r•lB• a lin The b&t 4V8ilable infornia. we are.
It took them Y) ger to begin negotiation8 And we tlon Indleatu that the guerrlllaj beat th• Frenth Ar#J t tth¢ WITH will cut it off," threatened one Amerlellns to a 8tand8till.
We Al Fatah member. 'Tbe king are prepared to (4ht Jwt Is would like to talk [te wlth the Small Airplane Jew8 but he know8 hè cannoL" Al Fat4h PAI SECURITY FEDERAL'S If It eame to a 8howdown Jor- Lands On Auto tine was rtoien from Arth own• d&n'5 army, by BtrikiD8'hard and last mlght bo Btronl enough Along Highway ts¥ tsvtycw resl Und•rgr¢)und Pr•ss ot•.
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"Fanatic Arab Guerrilla Fighters Intend To 'Liberate Palestine," Columbia Record, 7 October 1968. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1968-007. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1968-007
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