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Former Palestinian Intelligence Chief Dies

   VOA News 18 August 2010
   Palestinian intelligence chief Amin al-Hindi talks to the media during
   a news conference at his office in Gaza City (File Photo)

Photo: AP

   Palestinian intelligence chief Amin al-Hindi talks to the media during
   a news conference at his office in Gaza City (File Photo)

   General Amin al-Hindi, a former Palestinian intelligence chief who may
   have  played  a  role  in the deadly 1972 Munich attack on the Israeli
   Olympics team, has died. He was 70.

   Palestinian  officials  say  al-Hindi  died of cancer at a hospital in
   Jordan,  Tuesday,  after  slipping  into a coma. They say his body was
   transported to the West Bank, Wednesday, for burial.

   Al-Hindi  was  a  senior  security officer in the Fatah party. He also
   served  as  head  of  intelligence  services  under former Palestinian
   leader Yasser Arafat.

   Commandos  with  "Black September" -- a group linked to Arafat's Fatah
   faction  --  infiltrated  the  Olympic  village  in Munich at the 1972
   summer games.

   The  commandoes  stormed  a dormitory housing Israelis, an attack that
   led to the deaths of 11 athletes.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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