Adnan Awad Adnan Awad (an haife shi a shekara ta 1942 a Falasdinu) ya kasance kyaftin a rundunar 'yantar da Falasdinawa wanda ya shiga kungiyar ta 15 ga watan Mayu, kuma ya shirya kai harin bam a otal din Noga Hilton da ke birnin Geneva na kasar Switzerland a ranar 31 ga watan Agustan 1982, amma a maimakon haka ya gudu daga nan ya mayar da kansa. Ofishin jakadancin Amurka kuma ya yi ikirarin cewa yana son yin watsi da duk wata alaka ta ta'addanci. An haife shi ga wani mai shago da matarsa Widad a Ijzim, Adnan yana da yaya. Iyalin sun koma Kiswe, Siriya kuma Awad sun halarci makarantar sakandaren Alliance a Damascus. A ranar 11 ga Agusta, 1982, Mohammed Rashid bai yi nasara ba ya yi ƙoƙarin tayar da bam na Pan Am Flight 830 a kan hanyar zuwa Honolulu . Kwanaki 20 bayan haka Awad ya mika kansa ga ofishin jakadancin Amurka da ke Saudiyya inda ya yi ikirarin cewa an tursasa shi ya shiga kungiyar. An mika shi ga Swiss, amma daga baya ya koma Amurka don taimakawa wajen tabbatar da tuhumar da ake yi wa shugabancin 15 ga Mayu.