Still on the subject of Yassin:
The sheik’s precise birth date, like much else about him, was shrouded in mystery.
His son, Abed, and Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Zahar said in June 1998 that he was 62, but were not able to say on what day he was born. His Palestinian passport, however, listed his date of birth as Jan. 1, 1929.
But Abed Yassin said the passport was based on a birth certificate that was probably inaccurate to begin with and was later lost. Yassin himself claimed he was born in 1938.
These guys will lie about everything.
