"Palestine lost a fighter and a great national figure," Abbas said.
Ghassan al-Shakaa (R) member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) talks to Mahmoud al-Khalidi, then Palestinian ambassador to Syria on September 25, 2001. (REUTERS / Khaled al-Hariri)(photo credit: REUTERS/KHALED AL-HARIRI)ByADAM RASGONUpdated:
