DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A hard-line Palestinian military commander who rebelled against leader Yasser Arafat to form his own rival party died in Damascus on Tuesday, according to his representatives and hospital officials. Said Musa Maragha, better known by his nom de guerre, “Abu Musa,” was 86.

They said Maragha died of cancer.

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