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murder. They were sentenced to fifteen years in prison in March 1980. However, they were released from prison in 1986 and deported from France as a result of the negotiations between the government of France and Abu Nidal
Organization. Through the deal the terrorist attacks of the Abu Nidal Organization in France were terminated. Following their release from prison Hatem Husni and Kayad Assad met with
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The perpetrators were Hatem Husni and Kayad Assad who were the members of the Black June, part of the Abu Nidal
Organization, a revolutionary Palestinian group. They were university students in France and were both Jordanians of Palestinian origin. Husni and Assad were arrested immediately after the
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while studying at the university. He was imprisoned for three years due to his
Communist activities from 1959 and 1961. After his release from prison he translated and published the American and Chinese short stories. He graduated from Damascus University in 1963 obtaining a degree in chemistry.
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Kalak succeeded
Hamshari as the representative of the PLO in France in September 1973 after the assassination of Hamshari by the Mossad agents. The PLO office was semi-officially recognized by France on 31 October 1975 and was reopened at the
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Following his graduation from
Damascus University Kalak worked as a teacher in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, until 1965. He settled in Paris after he completed his Ph.D. and worked for
238:. Through Kalak's initiatives the French artists produced posters and contributed to the exhibitions and other artistic events in support of Palestinian resistance movement.
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Kalak and his aide Adnan Hammad were shot to death at the PLO Office in Paris on 3 August 1978. Three other people were also injured in the attack.
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in 1948 when the family had to leave
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as a translator. He established a magazine entitled
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