Mohamed Boudia
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Mohamed Boudia was a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP) assassinated by an Israeli hit team as part of Operation Wrath of God
, in reaction to his role in the 1972 Munich massacre
. At the time of his assassination Boudia was the head of PFLP terrorist operations in Europe. Boudia was replaced by Carlos the Jackal
.
Boudia had been a participant in the Algerian War, during which he had been jailed for an attack on a petrol depot in southern France. Independence in 1962 led to his release, having spent three years in prison. Boudia had been a playwright, and after independence became director of Algeria's national theatre. He fled to France after Houari Boumediène
seized power in June 1965. He ran a theatre in Paris, whilst beginning to work with figures such as Carlos the Jackal.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah...
(PFLP) assassinated by an Israeli hit team as part of Operation Wrath of God
Operation Wrath of God
Operation Wrath of God ,This title was an invention of later writers, and was most likely not used by the Mossad itself. also called Operation Bayonet, was a covert operation directed by Israel and the Mossad to assassinate individuals alleged to have been directly or indirectly involved in the...
, in reaction to his role in the 1972 Munich massacre
Munich massacre
The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September. Members of Black September...
. At the time of his assassination Boudia was the head of PFLP terrorist operations in Europe. Boudia was replaced by Carlos the Jackal
Carlos the Jackal
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez , better known as Carlos the Jackal, is a Venezuelan pro-Palestinian currently serving a life sentence in France for shooting to death two French secret agents and a Lebanese informer in 1975....
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Boudia had been a participant in the Algerian War, during which he had been jailed for an attack on a petrol depot in southern France. Independence in 1962 led to his release, having spent three years in prison. Boudia had been a playwright, and after independence became director of Algeria's national theatre. He fled to France after Houari Boumediène
Houari Boumediene
Houari Boumedienne served as Algeria's Chairman of the Revolutionary Council from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976, and from then on as the fourth President of Algeria to his death on 27 December 1978.- Background :Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba was born near Héliopolis in the province of...
seized power in June 1965. He ran a theatre in Paris, whilst beginning to work with figures such as Carlos the Jackal.