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Palestinian-Arab , Arafat: 'baby tigers' - 'lion cubs' - Ashbal - child soldiers

Lewiston Evening Journal - Apr 28, 1969, 3 The Palestine  Arabs can be mobilized only around the issue of fighting  Arab Commando Attacks By Henry J Taylor  Baby Tigers The State Department finds that such leaders as Arafat, Shukairy and Habeche talk of "fighting for 20 or so years." They even have training camps for 12-year-old youths , a expanding cadre called Baby Tigers https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19690428&id=fkcpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EWgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=862,6891427 April 28, 1969 Daily Press from Newport News, Virginia · Page 11 Throught all these years these fragmented people have had no political life. The Palestine commandos or fadayeen are mainly a political instrument dedicated to uniting the Palestine Arabs.  Fiery-eyed Yaser Arafat, a Cairo educated Palestine Arab, leads the main commando organization, Al Fateh. A second leader is former  diplomat Ahmed Shukairy, - who has represented Syria and Saudi Arabia. And a third, ...