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The reason why I added him to the list of Assassin Turncoats is because technically, he did betray the Brotherhood. Let me explain in the tennents of the Creed:

1. Stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent. Abbas had Sef, Altaïr's youngest son, murdered for greed and Sef did nothing to deserve it. Also he had Malik murdered as well. Both of which were innocent. Therefore, Abbas broke the first tenent of the Creed.

2. Hide in plain sight. Altaïr had all banners removed from Masyaf castle but Abbas had them restored, pretty much the same thing as shouting, "HEY WE'RE HERE, TEMPLARS!! COME AND GET US!!!" Need I say more?

And finally, the SERIOUSLY deadly one:

3. Never compromise the Brotherhood. After Abbas successfully turned everyone in the brotherhood against Altaïr upon his return, he allowed rogue bandits into the brotherhood, not even bothering with all the rules of the Assassins. For those of you who haven't read the novilization of Revelations, it states on page 311 after Altaïr returned from his 10 year exile and overheard two of Abbas's captains talking and I quote "Altaïr had taken his time to assess the situation. He knew that Cemal and Teragani were somewhere in the shadows behind him. The two officers seemed to be all that stood between him and the innner bailey, and their speech had proved them to be sworn to Abbas's doctrines--doctrines that had far more to do with Templar thinking than that of true Assassins." 

So those are my reasons for adding Abbas to the list of Assassin Turncoats, like Al Mualim before him and countless others after him. Want proof? Go read the book I quoted or play the game Revelations. Agree or disagree? Leave your thoughts and I'll get to 'em.<ac_metadata title="Reason why I added Abbas to the Assassin Turncoats"> </ac_metadata>