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Assassination of Wasfi Tal
On 28 November 1971, Wasfi Tal, the 15th Prime Minister of Jordan, was assassinated while he was on his way to attend an Arab League meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Tal was shot at close range by a member of the Black September Organization, which was said to be responding to the 1970 Black September conflict.
Egyptian security forces apprehended four individuals and launched an investigation in the wake of the attack. A few days after the operation, the accused appeared elated in an Egyptian court, and were eventually released without prosecution.
After the assassination of Jordanian Prime Minister Hazza' Majali in 1960, an audio recording of Wasfi Tal emerged, in which he predicted his own death. He said:
The battle is against nonsense and forgery, and the battle cannot afford mistakes. There must be casualties in the battle. As for Jordan specifically, one of its victims was Hazza' Majali, and I might be a victim, and someone else might become a victim; this is a battle. If we are right, it is our duty to make this sacrifice. The conspiracy that killed Hazza' Majali did not weaken us, and the one that will kill me will not weaken us. The list will continue; if a master dies, another master will rise. There is inevitability for goodness, truth, and integrity.
A conflict broke out between Jordan and Palestinian militant groups in the country in September 1970. Wasfi Tal was one of King Hussein's closest advisors during the conflict, and was subsequently appointed as Prime Minister later that year. Tal headed the operations that eventually saw the conflict's end in mid-1971 with the expulsion of the PLO from the country.
An enmity had developed between Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat and Tal after the latter's involvement in the killing of Abu Ali Iyad in the Ajloun forests. Tal opposed any organization operating in Jordan on behalf of another state, fearing that the activities of the fedayeen might turn against the Hashemite regime instead of focusing on the Israeli occupation. He also mentioned that, after the Battle of Karameh, the fedayeen did not carry out any operations for about 18 months, which angered them.
There was also an enmity between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Tal, stemming from the Yemen War of 1962. Tal stood with King Hussein of Jordan, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Imam al-Badr in support of the Republicans against President Nasser, resulting in the death of 26,000 Egyptian soldiers. Sadat also supported the fedayeen during Black September, and sought to have Wasfi Tal killed, a sentiment later confirmed by his wife, Jehan Sadat, in an interview.
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad had despised King Hussein and his government, accusing them of collaborating with Israel during the 1967 war. Assad also supported the fedayeen during Black September and fought in the October War with Sadat, excluding Jordan.
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Assassination of Wasfi Tal
On 28 November 1971, Wasfi Tal, the 15th Prime Minister of Jordan, was assassinated while he was on his way to attend an Arab League meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Tal was shot at close range by a member of the Black September Organization, which was said to be responding to the 1970 Black September conflict.
Egyptian security forces apprehended four individuals and launched an investigation in the wake of the attack. A few days after the operation, the accused appeared elated in an Egyptian court, and were eventually released without prosecution.
After the assassination of Jordanian Prime Minister Hazza' Majali in 1960, an audio recording of Wasfi Tal emerged, in which he predicted his own death. He said:
The battle is against nonsense and forgery, and the battle cannot afford mistakes. There must be casualties in the battle. As for Jordan specifically, one of its victims was Hazza' Majali, and I might be a victim, and someone else might become a victim; this is a battle. If we are right, it is our duty to make this sacrifice. The conspiracy that killed Hazza' Majali did not weaken us, and the one that will kill me will not weaken us. The list will continue; if a master dies, another master will rise. There is inevitability for goodness, truth, and integrity.
A conflict broke out between Jordan and Palestinian militant groups in the country in September 1970. Wasfi Tal was one of King Hussein's closest advisors during the conflict, and was subsequently appointed as Prime Minister later that year. Tal headed the operations that eventually saw the conflict's end in mid-1971 with the expulsion of the PLO from the country.
An enmity had developed between Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat and Tal after the latter's involvement in the killing of Abu Ali Iyad in the Ajloun forests. Tal opposed any organization operating in Jordan on behalf of another state, fearing that the activities of the fedayeen might turn against the Hashemite regime instead of focusing on the Israeli occupation. He also mentioned that, after the Battle of Karameh, the fedayeen did not carry out any operations for about 18 months, which angered them.
There was also an enmity between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Tal, stemming from the Yemen War of 1962. Tal stood with King Hussein of Jordan, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Imam al-Badr in support of the Republicans against President Nasser, resulting in the death of 26,000 Egyptian soldiers. Sadat also supported the fedayeen during Black September, and sought to have Wasfi Tal killed, a sentiment later confirmed by his wife, Jehan Sadat, in an interview.
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad had despised King Hussein and his government, accusing them of collaborating with Israel during the 1967 war. Assad also supported the fedayeen during Black September and fought in the October War with Sadat, excluding Jordan.