Israel - Abu Nidal

Nidal (real name: Sabry al-Banna) was born in Jaffato to a wealthy family (like all good terrorists). His dad had 13 wives and he was one of 24 kids. No wonder he had to raise a little hell to get attention. He worked in Saudi Arabia, where he joined the Baathist Party. He got involved with Arafat's al-Fatah group when it was formed in Kuwait in 1959. He was sent to open a PLO office in Khartoum in 1969 and was tossed out for recruiting Palestinian students to the cause. He then tried the same thing in Baghdad for the PLO and did better. The Iraqis thought that Arafat was a wussy and that big bad Nidal should be the PLO chief so they supported his efforts to run the Iraqi PLO, which included a radio station, newspaper and student scholarships. He became a tool of the Iraqis and a thorn in Arafat's side as he invented Hollywood-like cover names (Black September, Black June, Al Aqab, etc.). He split from Arafat (who was happy to have a little bit of Palestine instead of demanding total expulsion of the Jews) in 1973 and actually tried to assassinate Arafat with death squads. His attempt to kill the Israeli ambassador in London triggered the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the early '80s, which triggered a long civil war. Nidal is semiretired now, but is an example of how much damage nations can do with a classic bad boy terrorist toy. He was last seen in Baghdad.