| The aircraft were forced to fly to a World War II airfield in Jordan, the passengers and crews were disembarked and the planes were then blown up | leader and dismissed Palestinian Prime Minister sent his condolences, saying Habash "spent his life defending Palestine" |
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| The , called for three days of national mourning | In the late 1990s, Habash's medical condition worsened |
, By Grace Halsell, , September 1998, pages 49, 136• Death George Habash Square, Habash died on 26 January 2008, at the age of 81 of a heart attack in the Jordan Hospital, Amman where Habash was a cancer patient.
| In the same year, he also came into conflict with long-time ally , but both remained in the PFLP | Black September The PFLP ignored tensions with the mainstream leadership of 's faction, and instead focused on bringing about change in Jordan |
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| Oslo agreement After the signing of the in 1993, Habash and the PFLP again broke completely with Arafat, accusing him of selling out the Palestinian | Murphy, Maureen Clare 30 January 2008 |
After Black September, the PLO relocated to Lebanon.
9| Abdel Raheem Mallouh, PFLP deputy Secretary-General, called Habash a "distinguished leader | who struggled for more than 60 years without a stop for the rights and the interests of his people" |
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| In 2000 he resigned from the post as Secretary-General, citing health reasons | Habash received an undergraduate degree in medicine from the , 1951 |
He continued to be an activist for the group until 2008 when he died of a heart attack in.
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