Yasser Arafat (Mohammed Abed Ar'ouf Arafat) (R), leader of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation), holding a Russian-made machine gun, listening while attending the Palestinian Students Congress in Amman, Jordan, August 12, 1969. Former Jordian premier Akef Fayez (C) sits next to Arafat. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Getty Images)