Said al-Muragha

Saeed Muragha
Saeed Muragha
	PLO (1970-1983); Fatah al-Intifada (1983-2013)
Service/branch	Royal Jordanian Army (1948–1970)
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	First Arab-Israeli War; Six-Day War; War of Attrition Battle of Karameh; ; Jordanian Civil War; Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Siege of Beirut; ; Battle of Tripoli; War of the Camps; ;
Other work	Secretary-General of Fatah al-Intifada

Arabic: سعيد مُراغة or سعيد موسى ) (1927^[1] – 29 January 2013)^[2] was a Palestinian militant leader who was the founder and leader of Fatah al-Intifada

, until his death in 2013. He is well known among Palestinians as Abu Musa.

Early life and military career

Muragha was born in

Syria intervened in the Lebanese Civil War in 1976.^[4] In 1978, the Syrian government unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate him.^[1]

Split with Arafat

Muragha became the deputy chief of operations for the PLO [4] and led the PLO's defense of Beirut in 1982 during the 1982 Lebanon War.^[1] However he fell out with

Yassir Arafat, head of Fatah and PLO, in May 1983.^[1] Muragha publicly complained over corrupt practices within the PLO, especially the promotion of political appointees loyal to Arafat to important military posts.^[1] He was also known for hardline views on Israel, and outspoken in his opposition to what he saw as Arafat's attempt to reach a negotiated solution to the conflict (see Rejectionist Front).^[3]

In November 1983, he was expelled from the PLO

Arabic) in opposition to Arafat.^[1] With the backing of Syria, who opposed any negotiations with Israel, Muragha led his groups to drive Arafat's PLO from northern Lebanon.^[4]

In 1984, he led Fatah Uprising to join the Palestinian National Alliance in Damascus in opposition to the PLO but failed to get a majority of Palestinian support.^[4] He would join the Palestinian National Salvation Front in 1985 and oppose the Oslo Accords in 1993.^[1] Muragha retired from his leadership role in the 1990s and would no longer be active from then on.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Musa Muragha, Saeid (Abu Musa)". Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. 2005-01-01. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "Pro-Syria Palestinian commander dies". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Abu Musa". Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2010-07-31.^{[dead link]}

[saeid-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Musa Muragha, Saeid (Abu Musa)". Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. 2005-01-01. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-07-31.

[2] "Pro-Syria Palestinian commander dies". Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2013-01-29.

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[musa-4] "Abu Musa". Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2010-07-31.^{[dead link]}

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