Rakad Salem
Rakad Mahmoud Salameh Salem | |
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| Secretary-General of the Arab Liberation Front | |
| Personal details | |
| Citizenship | Iraqi |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Residence(s) | Bir Zeit, West Bank |
Rakad Mahmoud Salameh Salem (Arabic: ركاد سالم; kunya, Abu Mahmoud) is an Iraqi-Palestinian politician and longtime Secretary-General of the Arab Liberation Front (ALF), an Iraqi-controlled Ba'thist faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He was also editor-in-chief of the movement's monthly magazine, Sawt al-Jamahir (Arabic, Voice of the masses).
He lives in Bir Zeit in the West Bank, but was previously active in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War as commander of the ALF's military wing. He holds Iraqi citizenship. In 2001, he was arrested by Israeli forces on suspicion of having transferred money from the Iraqi government to families of Palestinian suicide bombers.[1]
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