41. A Damascus-based radical Palestinian faction demanded Saturday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat immediately release its jailed secretary-general. 42. A militant Palestinian faction suspended its membership in the Palestine Liberation Organization on Monday until PLO chairman Yasser Arafat rescinds all agreements with Israel. 43. A small, radical Palestinian faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for the attack. 44. A radical Palestinian faction said it carried out the assassination to avenge the killing of its leader by Israel two months ago. 45. A radical Palestinian faction that pioneered airliner hijackings a quarter-century ago condemned terrorism Monday but pledged to continue its struggle against Israel. 46. A radical Syrian-backed Palestinian faction acknowledged Saturday that six of its guerrillas were killed in a shootout with Israeli forces in south Lebanon three days ago. 47. A militant Palestinian faction claimed Saturday that it had no money to carry out attacks against Israel. 48. A number of Palestinian factions are living in exile, and some of them are living in the interior under occupation. 49. Abu Zeid was a founder of the Popular Resistance Committee in the Rafah area, an affiliation of activists from various Palestinian factions involved in confrontations with Israelis. 50. After a standoff of about an hour, al-Hindi left the studio, surrounded by armed members of Islamic Jihad and representatives of other Palestinian factions. |