Images from Arafat's life (Part I)

Published November 11th, 2004 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Born: Yasser Arafat was born in 1929. 

 

1956: Joined the reserve officers of the Egyptian Army and fought against the tri-partite aggression on Egypt. 

 

1953: Joined early in his youth, the Palestine National Movement as represented by the League of Palestinian Students 1944, and chaired it later on.  

 

1958: Formed “Fatah” movement together with other brothers and was declared its spokesman  

 

1973: Commander in Chief of the forces of the Palestinian Revolution.  

 

 

 

(Source of pics: Palestinian archives)

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