The World - News from Oct. 20, 1986
Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization denied reports that his group is planning to move its headquarters from Tunisia. Egyptian press reports said that the PLO planned to move all its guerrilla fighters to Sudan, Yemen and Iraq. Arafat, on a visit to Sudan, said he would not decentralize his headquarters.
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