Rakad Salem

Rakad Mahmoud Salameh Salem (Arabic: ركاد محمود سلامة سالم; kunya, Abu Mahmoud) is an Iraqi-Palestinian politician and longtime Secretary-General of the Arab Liberation Front (ALF), an Iraqi-controlled Ba'thist faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). He was also editor-in-chief of the movement's monthly magazine, Sawt al-Jamahir (Arabic, Voice of the masses).

Rakad Salem
ركاد سالم
Secretary-General of the Arab Liberation Front
Personal details
Born	(1944-01-01) January 1, 1944 (age 81) Al-Kabri, Mandatory Palestine
Citizenship	Palestine Iraq
Nationality	Palestinian
Political party	Arab Liberation Front
Other political affiliations	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
Residence(s)	Bir Zeit, West Bank
Occupation	Journalist Politician

He lives in Bir Zeit in the West Bank, but was previously active in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War as commander of the ALF's military wing. He holds Iraqi citizenship. In 2001, he was arrested by Israeli forces on suspicion of having transferred money from the Iraqi government to families of Palestinian suicide bombers.^[1]