Palestine Liberation Front

Originally founded by Ahmad Jibril in 1958, the Palestine Liberation Front is a Palestinian terrorist organization, not especially active at present, that has long been part of shifting alliances.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine formed in 1967, from a merger of PLF, Heroes of the Return and The Youth of Revenge. Jibril, however, spun off the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command a year later.

It again split into split again into pro-PLO, pro- Syrian, and pro-Libyan factions. The PLO-based faction, led by Muhammad Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Abbas) had been based in Baghdad. It was believed to be responsible for the attack on the cruise ship Achille Lauro. After the Iraq War, Abbas was hed Coalition Forces in April 2003 and subsequently died in custody of natural causes in March 2004.

The PLF has conducted aerial raids on Israel and was more active in the al-Aqsa Intifadah.