Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (in Arabic جورج إبراهيم عبدالله) (born in Al Qoubaiyat, Lebanon on 2 April 1951) is a Lebanese militant. He joined the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF) when the group formed following the discontinuation of PFLP-SOC.[1] He became leader of the organisation, and conducted its operations from France, where he used the aliases Salih al-Masri and Abdu-Qadir Saadi.[1]
He was captured in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for his involvement in the 1982 murder of Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Ray, who was an assistant US military attaché and murder of Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimentov in Paris, as well as involvement in the attempted assasination of American consul in Strasbourg Robert O. Homme.[2]
Abdallah is imprisoned in France, and has released communiqués from prison in solidarity with prisoners from other terrorist groups, such as Action Directe and GRAPO.[1]
In 1999, Abdallah completed the minimum portion of his life sentence. But French authorities have refused to release him, despite demonstrations in support of his release from prison and possible extradition to Lebanon.[2] His case has been taken by French organization Secours Rouge who has been demanding his liberation and organizes many demonstrations in his support.