By 1970 open warfare had started to break out between west coast and east coast factions of the party, leading to threats, expulsions and internecine violence.
Their proposed attack against the capitalist-aligned West Germany was provoked by the country's recent capture of some East German Red Army Faction terrorist.
According to the report, among Jesuits on the East Coast three factions formed around the sale of the 272: One faction, the smallest in number, opposed the sale on moral principle and favored emancipation; another, the largest, favored keeping the slaves as (curiously) a "religious obligation"; and the third, which included the most powerful figures, argued for sale.
Jabhat al-Asalah wal-Tanmiyyah has contributed to the fight against the Assad regime across the country, but it is especially popular in the east, where its factions initially helped liberate the province from the regime.
Libya's internationally recognised government has been based in the east since a rival faction called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli in August, setting up a rival administration.
The flight of Mr. Tabor and Mr. Moore came at a time of strife between the East and West Coast factions of the Panther Party.
Old-fashioned territorial rivalry, a familiar and largely harmless theme in hip-hop, blossomed into a more dangerous vendetta between the east and west coast factions, stoked by lyrical provocations from Biggie (Who Shot Ya?) and Tupac (Hit 'Em Up).
Sharif al-Halabi, a spokesman for Fastaqim, one of the main rebel factions inside east Aleppo, said: "The Russians said they're opening these corridors and the regime is advertising that it's evacuating civilians, which is totally untrue and is simply a game they're playing.
In a new development the rival military factions from east and west claim to be gathering forces to take on Isis at its base in Sirte on the Libyan coast, but there are fears that they will end up fighting each other.
Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and the country's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with President Assad's forces controlling the west and rebel factions the east.
