Abu Iyad
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Abu Iyad (Arabic أبو إياد ) (c. 1933 - January 14, 1991) (born Salah Khalaf (Arabic صلاح خلف)) was Palestine Liberation Organization deputy chief and intelligence chief, and at the time of his death was considered the second most senior official of Fatah after Yassir Arafat. He and Abu Hul were assassinated in 1991 by an Abu Nidal operative, in Tunis.
Abu Iyad was accused by Israel and the United States of founding the Black September paramilitary organization. Fatah never any role in the formation of that organization.
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