Palestine Armed Struggle Command

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PALESTINE ARMED STRUGGLE COMMAND

Structure (qiyadat al-kifah al-musallah) created in Jordan on 18 February 1969, by Yasir Arafat and the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to coordinate the military activities of the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) with those of other Palestinian armed groups within the PLO. Political differences between the various movements rapidly led to the paralysis of the Palestine Armed Struggle Command (PASC). In Lebanon in the 1970s under the Cairo agreement signed by the PLO and the Lebanese government, PASC evolved into a military police organization, keeping order in the Palestinian refugee camps, attempting to prevent provocative acts against the Lebanese and intervening between opposing Palestinian groups.

SEE ALSO Arafat, Yasir;Palestine Liberation Army;Palestine Liberation Organization.

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