Concept information
Preferred term
Force 17
Definition
- In the early 1970s, Force 17 emerged as an elite personal security squad in charge of protecting Yasir Arafat and other leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The group later branched out into terror attacks on Israel and was officially dissolved in 1994. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Force 17]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Force_17
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