Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Abu Nidal ya fara fitar da kungiyarsa daga Siriya zuwa Libya a lokacin rani na 1986, ya isa can a watan Maris na 1987. A watan Yunin wannan shekarar gwamnatin Siriya ta kore shi, a wani bangare saboda batun Hindawi da kuma satar jirgin Pan Am Flight 73. Ya yi ta maimaitawa a wannan lokacin don ayyukan da ba shi da hannu a ciki, ciki har da fashewar otal din Brighton a shekarar 1984, wutar filin wasa na Bradford City a shekarar 1985
, da kuma kisan gillar da aka yi wa Zafer al-Masri, magajin garin Nablus a 1986 (wanda PFLP ya kashe, a cewar Seale). Ta hanyar buga wasiƙar taya murna a cikin mujallar ANO, ya kuma nuna cewa shi ne ya haddasa bala'in jirgin sama mai suna Challenger a shekara ta 1986, in ji Seale.