Muhammad Jabril

Background

Jihad Ahmed Jibril was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1961. He is the eldest son of Ahmed Jibril.

Education

He attended the Libyan military academy from 1981 to 1983 and graduated with the rank of a lieutenant colonel.

Career

He was assassinated in Beirut on 20 May 2002. He was studying law at Lebanese University when he was assassinated. Jibril became the leader of the military wing of the PFLP-Government College and was the heir apparent of the organization before he was killed.

Jibril was reported to have been participated in an airborne attack on Israel in 1987, killing six Israeli soldiers.

Jibril was seriously injured in an explosion during an exercise in the Bekaa valley in 1997. He also experienced an assassination attempt in 2000 when his car came under fire near a PFLP-Government College base south of Beirut.

Jibril was killed in a car bombing in Beirut on 20 May 2002. A 2 kg TNT booby trap had been put under the driver seat of his car.

The blast occurred in a crowded commercial center in Beirut"s March Elias district.

The bomb exploded nearly at 11:45 am when Jibril turned the ignition key. The assassination was blamed by his father and others on Israel, but it denied the allegations. In mid-June 2006, Lebanon authorities arrested a group of alleged spies who reportedly confessed to working for Israel and carrying out the attack.

Other Israelis, one American Central Intelligence Agency employee, and one Canadian Center for Strategic and International Studies agent were implicated in the assassination but never charged.

Membership

He was also a member of the Popular Front’s executive committee.

Connections

opponents:

Some Lebanese