Talk:Palestinian Liberation Front

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Please notice: This page is does not even seem like a true article, It is POV'd and possible copyright problem, I will add a notice -- Rotem Dan 13:51 Apr 16, 2003 (UTC)

This is now an article and include more of the early history. JohnCastle 10:58, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)


 * I can't vouch for the facts, but I've improved the prose. Vicki Rosenzweig 02:45, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

The PLF was formed by the Iraq’s Ba’ath party. Per https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/palestine_liberation_front/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.169.66.155 (talk) 00:58, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

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Political faction
I request this to be changed to a terrorist organisation. Its actions made it clear enough to classify it as such. Norum 18:41, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Nah Jw10u36engeve25be768ko27siw37ppql639sns918nvzfgzb (talk) 22:39, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Reference Improvement(s)
Cit. Ref. 5 - As of 16Aug19, the fifth reference, "Foreign Terrorist Organizations", links archived content at the U.S. Department of State. However, active, current content exists, reinforcing the reference in the main article. Therefore, I suggest an E/C-capable editor apply the following link update(s) to improve this reference's credibility, currency, and relevance.

Depending on localized format, this reference could call or

Several uncited claims exist in the main article. A single reference to the United States' Department of Homeland Security (specifically, the (PDF) Terrorist Organization Reference Guide) applies to many of these independent or orphaned claims. Please consider adding this reference wherever it could legitimize a claim or lend credit to an otherwise ambiguous citation. Alternatively, the department's guide-download page is here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SierraMultimedia (talk • contribs) 23:09, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Canada designation
This organization is also designated as a terrorist group by Canada (check Public Safety Canada listing). There are probably other Western countries who have similarly labeled it as such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SlayerofOrcs (talk • contribs) 06:20, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Split in two articles?
The PLF founded in 1961 was a different organziation than the PLF founded in 1977.--MiguelMadeira (talk) 22:19, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Reply to Miguelmadeira: Not really, PLF was founded in 1959 and essentially was living under the shadow of the PFLP-GC until 1977 when it became independent. Per https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/palestine_liberation_front/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.169.66.155 (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Acording to that source: "The PLF’s history is entwined with that of Ahmad Jibril and his PFLP-GC. It was initially founded by Ahmad Jibril in 1959. In 1967, it merged with ‘The Heroes of Return’ — a political movement affiliated with the Arab National Movement — to form the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In 1968, Jibril then split from the PFLP and founded a new pro-Syrian organisation: the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). The group adopted a pro-Syrian orientation.

However, following the group’s support for Syria’s 1976 intervention against the PLO in Lebanon, a number of disgruntled PFLP-GC cadres, led by Mohammed Abbas Zaydan (Abu Abbas) and Talat Yaqub, broke away. The following year, in 1977, they re-established the PLF as an independent organisation orientated towards Iraq which provided it with financial and military support."

The 1959 PLF seems to be the ancestor of the modern PFLP-GC, and the modern PLF a split of PFLP-GC.--MiguelMadeira (talk) 02:35, 9 October 2023 (UTC)