Guerrilla hostility toward King Hussein of Jordan surged again over the weekend as A1 Saiqa, the Syrian-based left-wing commando organization, demanded the release of eight of its members it claimed were being held prisoner in Amman. The demand came as King Hussein returned home yesterday from meetings in Cairo with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Last Friday, while he was in Cairo, armed men said by Amman officials to be guerrillas kidnaped Salim al-Sharif, a Palestinian editor said to be favorable toward the United States peace initiative. There is still no word as to his fate. The kidnap appeared to be the first, or at least the first successful commando attempt to carry out their threats to deal personally with Arabs who do not support their drive to destroy Israel. In another development. Maj. Faisal Farkat, commander of the Lebanese police in the Tripoli area, was kidnaped over the weekend but released after a few hours. The abductors were said to belong to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which has, according to Haaretz, been writing to dozens of Arab personalities ordering them to “keep quiet, because you are not in a position to express positive views. The Central Committee of the Palestinian Commando Organization met in Amman over the weekend to prepare for the meeting of its National Council on Thursday.
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