Brigadier General Saad Sayel | |
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| Born | 30 September 1932 |
| Died | 29 September 1982 (aged 49) |
| Cause of death | Assassinated by Abu Nidal Organization in Lebanon, near Syria border |
| Burial place | Al Shohada tomb of Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Other names | As a guerrilla commander he was known by his code name: Salman Abu al-Waleed |
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| Notes | |
He was known as Marshal of the Revolution and Marshal of the Beirut. | |
Saad Sayel (Arabic: سعد صایل; died in 1982) was a Palestinian commander and former Jordanian army officer who served as head of the Fatah security apparatus.[1] and founder of the Yarmouk Brigade. He played a prominent role in rebuilding the PLO's military apparatus and training troops alongside Yasser Arafat, Khalil al-Wazir, Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar and others.[2]