Abu Abbas captured

Description
Number REC 324
Collection Atelier des Archives
Title Abu Abbas captured
Duration 00:02:39
Keyword Places : Irak, Baghdad
Index : Iraq war, Us army, American intervention, Arrest, capture
Personalities : Hussein Saddam, Mohammed Abbas
Summary Report on the capture of Abu Abbas in Baghdad in April 2003. Numerous archival images show Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), while U.S. military officials discuss his arrest. His capture takes place in the context of the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime during the U.S.-led military intervention in Iraq.