Editing Black September Organization (section)

==Origin==
[[File:King Hussein 1970.ogv|thumb|Newsreel about the 1970 events]]
The group's name is derived from the [[Black September]] conflict which began on 16 September 1970, when [[King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]] declared [[Martial law|military rule]] in response to ''[[fedayeen]]'' attempting to seize his kingdom – resulting in the deaths and expulsion of thousands of Palestinian fighters from Jordan. The BSO began as a small cell of [[Fatah]] men determined to take revenge upon King Hussein and the [[Jordanian Armed Forces]]. Recruits from the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]], [[as-Sa'iqa]], and other groups also joined.

Initially, most of its members were dissidents within Fatah who had been close to [[Abu Ali Iyad]], the commander of Fatah forces in northern Jordan who continued to fight the Jordanian Army after the [[PLO]] leadership withdrew. He was killed, allegedly through execution, by Jordanian forces on 23 July 1971.<ref>Quandt, Jabber and Lesch, p. 141.</ref> It was alleged by them that the Jordanian Prime Minister at the time, [[Wasfi Tal]], was personally responsible for his torture and death.<ref>Amos, 1980, p. 222.</ref>