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85STATE38496
1985-02-07 22:58:00
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Secretary of State
how-toO P 072258Z FEB 85 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY ROME IMMEDIATE INFO AMEMBASSY BERN PRIORITY AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BONN PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS PRIORITY
S E C R E T STATE 038496
TERREP
E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PTER
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL LINKS OF LARF
REF:
S E C R E T STATE 038496
TERREP
E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PTER
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL LINKS OF LARF
REF: 1. ROME 1902, 2. STATE 31565 3. STATE 014859
1. SECRET ENTIRE TEXT.
2. REFTEL 1 RAISES A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND QUESTIONS
ABOUT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND LEBANESE TERRORIST
GROUPS AS THEY MIGHT RELATE TO INVESTIGATON OF
LADISPOLI SEVEN. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MIGHT BE
USEFUL IN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT WITH ITALIAN
MAGISTRATE.
3. AN ETA-LARF LINK. ACCORDING TO ROME 1902 THERE IS
REASON TO SUSPECT THAT SOME OF THE RECENT BOMB ATTACKS ON
TRAINS CLAIMED BY BASQUE FATHERLAND THE FREEDOM (ETA)
HAVE, IN FACT, BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE LEBANESE ARMED
REVOLUTIONARY FACTION (LARF) ON BEHALF OF ETA.
4. WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THIS IS
BASED. IN LATE 1984 THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS IN WHICH
ETA WAS SUSPECTED OF CARRYING OUT BOMBINGS ON RAILWAY
STATIONS OR NEAR RAILWAY TRACKS, BUT NOT AGAINST A
TRAIN. TWO OF THESE WERE LOW-LEVEL EXPLOSIONS CAUSING NO
CASUALTIES AND LITTLE DAMAGE. THE THIRD WAS A
BOOBY-TRAPPED DEVICE THAT KILLED SEVERAL CIVIL GUARDS,
BUT WAS CONSISTENT WITH PAST ETA ACTIONS.
5. THE REFERENCE IN ROME 1902 MAY BE TO A FEBRUARY18,
1984 EXPLOSION AT URRUGNE NEAR THE FRENCH-SPANISH BORDER
THAT APPARENTLY WAS DESIGNED TO CAUSE A MID-COURSE
COLLISION BETWEEN TWO TRAINS, ONE BOUND FOR MADRID, THE
OTHER FOR PARIS. THE EXPLOSION CAUSED NO INJURIES OR
COLLISION, BUT ONLY A STROKE OF LUCK PREVENTED A MAJOR
CATASTROPHE. CLAIM FOR THE ATTACK, HOWEVER, WAS NOT MADE
BY ETA BUT BY IPARRETARRAK ("MEN OF THE NORTH"),A FRENCH
BASQUE GROUP FIGHTING FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THREE
BASQUE-POPULATED FRENCH PROVINCES. ALTHOUGH THE TWO
GROUPS ARE SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS, THE SIMILARITY OF
THEIR AIMS COULD CAUSE CONFUSION. IN THE PAST ETA HAS
GENERALLY SHUNNED RELATIONS WITH IPARRETARRAK NOT WISHING
TO OFFEND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
6. THE FEBRUARY 18 INCIDENT WAS A POTENTIALLY MUCH MORE
VIOLENT ATTACK THAN USUAL IPARRETARRAK ACTIONS, AND IT
REPORTEDLY ANGERED SEVERAL JAILED IPARRETARRAK MEMBERS.
THE BOMBING, HOWEVER, APPARENTLY WAS THE WORK OF
IPARRETARRAK MEMBERS WHO (CLAIMED) THAT THEY HAD WARNED
FRENCH OFFICIALS ABOUT THE BOMB TEN MINUTES BEFORE IT
WENT OFF AND DID NOT INTEND TO CAUSE A TRAIN COLLISION.
7. THE RED BRIGADES-LARF LINK. AGAIN ACCORDING TO ROME
1902 LARF AND THE ITALIAN RED BRIGADES (RB) HAVE BEEN
PROVEN TO HAVE CONNECTIONS. WE SUSPECT THAT THIS
ASSERTION IS BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF LEAMON HUNT'S
DRIVER WHO HAS IDENTIFIED MOHAMAD FAHS -- ONE OF THE ROME
SEVEN -- AS HUNT'S ASSASSIN. GIVEN THAT BOTH LARF AND
THE RB CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HUNT'S DEATH, SOME
ITALIAN OFFICIALS MAY BELIEVE THAT FAHS WAS CONNECTED
WITH LARF AND PERHAPS "CONTRACTED" BY THE RB TO KILL HUNT
-- HENCE A LARF-RB LINK. ALTHOUGH IN NO POSITION TO
DISPROVE THIS THEORY, WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO CONFIRM THIS
LINK BASED UPON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE.
8. THE LARF ISLAMIC JIHAD LINK. WE CANNOT YET VERIFY
THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN LARF AND ISLAMIC
JIHAD. THE TWO GROUPS APPEAR TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS
FROM SEPARATE ISLAMIC SECTS. THEY ARE ACTIVE IN
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND USE DIFFERENT MO'S.
9. "ISLAMIC JIHAD" IS APPARENTLY THE OPERATIONAL
COVERNAME USED BY ONE OR MORE PROIRANIAN RADICAL
LEBANESE SHIITE ORGANIZATIONS. THESE GROUPS, GENERALLY
KNOWN UNDER THE RUBRIC HIZBALLAH (PARTY OF GOD) ARE
OFFSHOOTS OF THE MODERATE AMAL ORGANIZATION LED BY NABIH
BERRI. SOME HIZBALLAH MEMBERS RETAIN TIES TO AMAL AND
MAY EVEN KEEP UP MEMBERSHIP IN IT.
10. HIZBALLAH HAS PROBABLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL
MAJOR ANTI-WESTERN TERRORIST ACTS IN LEBANON. THE
EARLIEST OF THESE, BEGINNING IN 1983, INVOLVED CAR BOMBS
LOADED WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES SUCH AS HEXOGER. LATER
ATTACKS IN LEBANON CLAIMED BY ISLAMIC JIHAD ALSO INCLUDED
SHOOTINGS AND KIDNAPPINGS. ALTHOUGH ANONYNOUS CALLERS
ALLEGED TO BE SPOKESMEN FOR "ISLAMIC JIHAD" HAVE CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACKS OUTSIDE LEBANON (MURDER OF
GENERAL OVERSSI, MINING OF RED SEA AND DECEMBER L983
KUWAIT BOMBINGS) WE CANNOT SUBSTANTIATE THIS.
11. LARF, ACCORDING TO MOST REPORTING, IS COMPOSED OF
LEFTIST/MARXIST LEBANESE AND/OR PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS
FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE
LIBERATION OF PALESTINE. LARF SEEMS TO OPERATE ON A
SMALLER SCALE THAN ISLAMIC JIHAD.
12. INFORMATION ON MOHAMED FAHS. WE HAVE NO INFORMATION
ON MOHAMAD FAHS THAT IS NOT ALREADY KNOWN TO THE ITALIANS.
13. THERE FOLLOWS A LIST OF LARF ACTIONS:
NOVEMBER 1, 1981
ATTEMPTED SHOOTING OF CHRISTIAN CHAMPMAN US CHARGE
D'AFFAIRS IN PARIS
JANUARY 8, 1982
ASSASSINATION OF COL. CHARLES RAY US ASSISTANT MILITARY
ATTACHE IN PARIS
APRIL 9, 1982
ASSASSINATION OF SECOND SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF POLITICAL
AFFAIRS AT THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN PARIS - YACOV
BARSIMANTOV
AUGUST 21, 1982
ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF CAR BELONGING TO US COMMERCIAL
COUNSELAR RODERICK GRANT IN PARIS
SEPTEMBER 17, 1982
BOMBING OF CAR BELONGING TO ISRAELI DEFENSE PURCHASING
MISSION IN PARIS SERIOUSLY WOUNDING THREE OCCUPANTS PLUS
BYSTANDERS.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1983
BOMBING OF MARSEILLE TRADE FAIR, KILLING ONE WOUNDING
27. ALSO CLAIMED BY ARMENIANS AND RIGHTIST FRENCH GROUPS.
.
FEBRUARY 1, 184
ASSASSINATION OF LEAMON HUNT SINAI MULTINATIONAL FORCE
AND OBSERVERS DIRECTOR, IN ROME. ALSO CLAIMED BY RED
BRIGADES
MARCH 26, 1984
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF ROBERT HOMME US CONSUL GENERAL
TO STRASBOURG
14. GROUPS USING THE COVER NAME ISLAMIC JIHAD
ORGANIZATION (IJO) HAVE CLAIMED CREDIT OR ARE BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ATTACKS IN
1982-1984:
MAY 24, 1982
CAR BOMBING AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN BEIRUT IN WHICH 2
PERSONS WERE KILLED AND 27 WOUNDED.
MARCH 15-16, 1983
GRENADE/ROCKET ATTACKS ON U.S. AND ITALIAN MULTINATIONAL
FORCES IN BEIRUT.
APRIL 18, 1983
AMERICAN EMBASSY TRUCK BOMBING IN BEIRUT.
JUNE 5, 1983
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE LIBYAN AMBASSADOR TO
LEBANON IN THE NAPOLEON HOTEL IN BEIRUT.
OCTOBE 2, 1983
TWIN TRUCK BOMBINGS AGAINST AMERICAN AND FRENCH
MULTINATIONAL FORCES IN BEIRUT.
NOVEMBER 4, 1983
TRUCK BOMBING ATTACK AGAINST AN ISRAELI MILITARY BUILDING
IN TYRE.
DECEMBER 12, 1983
SIX BOMB ATTACKS IN KUWAIT IN WHICH THE TARGETS INCLUDED
BOTH THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH EMBASSIES.
DECEMBER 21, 1983
TWO BOMBINGS IN BEIRUT AGAINST A FRENCH MULTINATIONAL
FORCE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND A BAR FREQUENTED BY
WESTERNERS.
JANUARY 17, 1984
KIDNAPPING OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN CONSUL HUSSEIN FARRASH IN
BEIRUT.
JANUARY 18, 1984
ASSASSINATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT PRESIDENT
MALCOLM KERR IN BEIRUT.
FEBRUARY 7, 1984
ASSASSINATION OF GHOLAM ALI OVEISSI AND GHOLAM HOSEIN
OVEISSI, TWO LEADING MILITARY FIGURES OF
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY IRAN, IN PARIS.
FEBRUARY 8,1984
ASSASSINATION OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AMBASSDOR IN PARIS.
FEBRUARY10,19984
KIDNAPPING OF AN AMCIT FRANK REGIER, AN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING PROFESSOR AT THE AUB IN BEIRUT.
MARCH-APRIL1984
THREATENING LETTERS RECEIVED BY U.S., BRITISH, FRENCH,
AND ITALIAN DIPLOMATS AND SEVERAL U.S. BUSINESSES IN A
NUMBER OF NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIAN AND EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.
MARCH 7,1 984
KIDNAPPING OF CABLE NEWS NETWORK BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF
JEREMY LEVIN.
MARCH166, 1984
KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER WILLIAM
BUCKLEY.
MARCH 27, 1984
A FRENCH DIPLOMAT, SAUVEUR GLIOZZO, WAS SHOT AND
SERIOUSLY INJURED IN BEIRUT.
APRIL 2,1 984
BOMBINGS IN WEST BEIRUT TARGETING DRUZE-OWNED
ESTABLISHMENTS.
MAY 8, 1984
KIDNAPPING OF U.S. CLERGYMAN BENJAMIN WEIR IN BEIRUT.
JUNE 7, 1984
EXPLOSION AT THE SAUDI EMBASSY.
JULY 1984
PLACING OF MINES IN THE GULF OF SUEZ AND THE RED SEA.
AUGUST 5, 1984
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF KHALID ALMARZOOK, PUBLISHER
OF AL-ANBA, IN MARBELLA, SPAIN.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1984
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A LIBYAN DIPLOMAT IN MADRID.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1984
ONE SAUDI WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED IN A TERRORIST
ATTACK IN MARBELLA. THE SAUDIS WERE CIVIL ENGINEERS.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1984
BOMBING OF AMERICAN EMBASSY ANNEX IN EAST BEIRUT.
DECEMBER 3,1984
KIDNAPPING OF MR. KILBURN, LIBRARIAN OF THE AMERICAN
UNIVERSITY IN BEIRUT.
JANUARY 8,1985
KIDNAPPING OF FATHER JENCO, HEAD OF CATHOLIC RELIEF
SERVICES IN BEIRUT.
NOTE: IN SOME CASES, OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE ALSO
CLAIMED CREDIT FOR THE SAME INCIDENT. THE BEST AVAILABLE
EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT LIBYA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GULF/RED SEA MINES.
SHULTZ
TERREP
E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
TAGS: PTER
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL LINKS OF LARF
REF: 1. ROME 1902, 2. STATE 31565 3. STATE 014859
1. SECRET ENTIRE TEXT.
2. REFTEL 1 RAISES A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND QUESTIONS
ABOUT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND LEBANESE TERRORIST
GROUPS AS THEY MIGHT RELATE TO INVESTIGATON OF
LADISPOLI SEVEN. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MIGHT BE
USEFUL IN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT WITH ITALIAN
MAGISTRATE.
3. AN ETA-LARF LINK. ACCORDING TO ROME 1902 THERE IS
REASON TO SUSPECT THAT SOME OF THE RECENT BOMB ATTACKS ON
TRAINS CLAIMED BY BASQUE FATHERLAND THE FREEDOM (ETA)
HAVE, IN FACT, BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE LEBANESE ARMED
REVOLUTIONARY FACTION (LARF) ON BEHALF OF ETA.
4. WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THIS IS
BASED. IN LATE 1984 THERE WERE THREE INCIDENTS IN WHICH
ETA WAS SUSPECTED OF CARRYING OUT BOMBINGS ON RAILWAY
STATIONS OR NEAR RAILWAY TRACKS, BUT NOT AGAINST A
TRAIN. TWO OF THESE WERE LOW-LEVEL EXPLOSIONS CAUSING NO
CASUALTIES AND LITTLE DAMAGE. THE THIRD WAS A
BOOBY-TRAPPED DEVICE THAT KILLED SEVERAL CIVIL GUARDS,
BUT WAS CONSISTENT WITH PAST ETA ACTIONS.
5. THE REFERENCE IN ROME 1902 MAY BE TO A FEBRUARY18,
1984 EXPLOSION AT URRUGNE NEAR THE FRENCH-SPANISH BORDER
THAT APPARENTLY WAS DESIGNED TO CAUSE A MID-COURSE
COLLISION BETWEEN TWO TRAINS, ONE BOUND FOR MADRID, THE
OTHER FOR PARIS. THE EXPLOSION CAUSED NO INJURIES OR
COLLISION, BUT ONLY A STROKE OF LUCK PREVENTED A MAJOR
CATASTROPHE. CLAIM FOR THE ATTACK, HOWEVER, WAS NOT MADE
BY ETA BUT BY IPARRETARRAK ("MEN OF THE NORTH"),A FRENCH
BASQUE GROUP FIGHTING FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THREE
BASQUE-POPULATED FRENCH PROVINCES. ALTHOUGH THE TWO
GROUPS ARE SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS, THE SIMILARITY OF
THEIR AIMS COULD CAUSE CONFUSION. IN THE PAST ETA HAS
GENERALLY SHUNNED RELATIONS WITH IPARRETARRAK NOT WISHING
TO OFFEND THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
6. THE FEBRUARY 18 INCIDENT WAS A POTENTIALLY MUCH MORE
VIOLENT ATTACK THAN USUAL IPARRETARRAK ACTIONS, AND IT
REPORTEDLY ANGERED SEVERAL JAILED IPARRETARRAK MEMBERS.
THE BOMBING, HOWEVER, APPARENTLY WAS THE WORK OF
IPARRETARRAK MEMBERS WHO (CLAIMED) THAT THEY HAD WARNED
FRENCH OFFICIALS ABOUT THE BOMB TEN MINUTES BEFORE IT
WENT OFF AND DID NOT INTEND TO CAUSE A TRAIN COLLISION.
7. THE RED BRIGADES-LARF LINK. AGAIN ACCORDING TO ROME
1902 LARF AND THE ITALIAN RED BRIGADES (RB) HAVE BEEN
PROVEN TO HAVE CONNECTIONS. WE SUSPECT THAT THIS
ASSERTION IS BASED ON THE TESTIMONY OF LEAMON HUNT'S
DRIVER WHO HAS IDENTIFIED MOHAMAD FAHS -- ONE OF THE ROME
SEVEN -- AS HUNT'S ASSASSIN. GIVEN THAT BOTH LARF AND
THE RB CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HUNT'S DEATH, SOME
ITALIAN OFFICIALS MAY BELIEVE THAT FAHS WAS CONNECTED
WITH LARF AND PERHAPS "CONTRACTED" BY THE RB TO KILL HUNT
-- HENCE A LARF-RB LINK. ALTHOUGH IN NO POSITION TO
DISPROVE THIS THEORY, WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO CONFIRM THIS
LINK BASED UPON AVAILABLE EVIDENCE.
8. THE LARF ISLAMIC JIHAD LINK. WE CANNOT YET VERIFY
THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN LARF AND ISLAMIC
JIHAD. THE TWO GROUPS APPEAR TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS
FROM SEPARATE ISLAMIC SECTS. THEY ARE ACTIVE IN
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND USE DIFFERENT MO'S.
9. "ISLAMIC JIHAD" IS APPARENTLY THE OPERATIONAL
COVERNAME USED BY ONE OR MORE PROIRANIAN RADICAL
LEBANESE SHIITE ORGANIZATIONS. THESE GROUPS, GENERALLY
KNOWN UNDER THE RUBRIC HIZBALLAH (PARTY OF GOD) ARE
OFFSHOOTS OF THE MODERATE AMAL ORGANIZATION LED BY NABIH
BERRI. SOME HIZBALLAH MEMBERS RETAIN TIES TO AMAL AND
MAY EVEN KEEP UP MEMBERSHIP IN IT.
10. HIZBALLAH HAS PROBABLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL
MAJOR ANTI-WESTERN TERRORIST ACTS IN LEBANON. THE
EARLIEST OF THESE, BEGINNING IN 1983, INVOLVED CAR BOMBS
LOADED WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES SUCH AS HEXOGER. LATER
ATTACKS IN LEBANON CLAIMED BY ISLAMIC JIHAD ALSO INCLUDED
SHOOTINGS AND KIDNAPPINGS. ALTHOUGH ANONYNOUS CALLERS
ALLEGED TO BE SPOKESMEN FOR "ISLAMIC JIHAD" HAVE CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACKS OUTSIDE LEBANON (MURDER OF
GENERAL OVERSSI, MINING OF RED SEA AND DECEMBER L983
KUWAIT BOMBINGS) WE CANNOT SUBSTANTIATE THIS.
11. LARF, ACCORDING TO MOST REPORTING, IS COMPOSED OF
LEFTIST/MARXIST LEBANESE AND/OR PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS
FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE
LIBERATION OF PALESTINE. LARF SEEMS TO OPERATE ON A
SMALLER SCALE THAN ISLAMIC JIHAD.
12. INFORMATION ON MOHAMED FAHS. WE HAVE NO INFORMATION
ON MOHAMAD FAHS THAT IS NOT ALREADY KNOWN TO THE ITALIANS.
13. THERE FOLLOWS A LIST OF LARF ACTIONS:
NOVEMBER 1, 1981
ATTEMPTED SHOOTING OF CHRISTIAN CHAMPMAN US CHARGE
D'AFFAIRS IN PARIS
JANUARY 8, 1982
ASSASSINATION OF COL. CHARLES RAY US ASSISTANT MILITARY
ATTACHE IN PARIS
APRIL 9, 1982
ASSASSINATION OF SECOND SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF POLITICAL
AFFAIRS AT THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN PARIS - YACOV
BARSIMANTOV
AUGUST 21, 1982
ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF CAR BELONGING TO US COMMERCIAL
COUNSELAR RODERICK GRANT IN PARIS
SEPTEMBER 17, 1982
BOMBING OF CAR BELONGING TO ISRAELI DEFENSE PURCHASING
MISSION IN PARIS SERIOUSLY WOUNDING THREE OCCUPANTS PLUS
BYSTANDERS.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1983
BOMBING OF MARSEILLE TRADE FAIR, KILLING ONE WOUNDING
27. ALSO CLAIMED BY ARMENIANS AND RIGHTIST FRENCH GROUPS.
.
FEBRUARY 1, 184
ASSASSINATION OF LEAMON HUNT SINAI MULTINATIONAL FORCE
AND OBSERVERS DIRECTOR, IN ROME. ALSO CLAIMED BY RED
BRIGADES
MARCH 26, 1984
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF ROBERT HOMME US CONSUL GENERAL
TO STRASBOURG
14. GROUPS USING THE COVER NAME ISLAMIC JIHAD
ORGANIZATION (IJO) HAVE CLAIMED CREDIT OR ARE BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING ATTACKS IN
1982-1984:
MAY 24, 1982
CAR BOMBING AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN BEIRUT IN WHICH 2
PERSONS WERE KILLED AND 27 WOUNDED.
MARCH 15-16, 1983
GRENADE/ROCKET ATTACKS ON U.S. AND ITALIAN MULTINATIONAL
FORCES IN BEIRUT.
APRIL 18, 1983
AMERICAN EMBASSY TRUCK BOMBING IN BEIRUT.
JUNE 5, 1983
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE LIBYAN AMBASSADOR TO
LEBANON IN THE NAPOLEON HOTEL IN BEIRUT.
OCTOBE 2, 1983
TWIN TRUCK BOMBINGS AGAINST AMERICAN AND FRENCH
MULTINATIONAL FORCES IN BEIRUT.
NOVEMBER 4, 1983
TRUCK BOMBING ATTACK AGAINST AN ISRAELI MILITARY BUILDING
IN TYRE.
DECEMBER 12, 1983
SIX BOMB ATTACKS IN KUWAIT IN WHICH THE TARGETS INCLUDED
BOTH THE AMERICAN AND FRENCH EMBASSIES.
DECEMBER 21, 1983
TWO BOMBINGS IN BEIRUT AGAINST A FRENCH MULTINATIONAL
FORCE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND A BAR FREQUENTED BY
WESTERNERS.
JANUARY 17, 1984
KIDNAPPING OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN CONSUL HUSSEIN FARRASH IN
BEIRUT.
JANUARY 18, 1984
ASSASSINATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT PRESIDENT
MALCOLM KERR IN BEIRUT.
FEBRUARY 7, 1984
ASSASSINATION OF GHOLAM ALI OVEISSI AND GHOLAM HOSEIN
OVEISSI, TWO LEADING MILITARY FIGURES OF
PRE-REVOLUTIONARY IRAN, IN PARIS.
FEBRUARY 8,1984
ASSASSINATION OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AMBASSDOR IN PARIS.
FEBRUARY10,19984
KIDNAPPING OF AN AMCIT FRANK REGIER, AN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING PROFESSOR AT THE AUB IN BEIRUT.
MARCH-APRIL1984
THREATENING LETTERS RECEIVED BY U.S., BRITISH, FRENCH,
AND ITALIAN DIPLOMATS AND SEVERAL U.S. BUSINESSES IN A
NUMBER OF NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIAN AND EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES.
MARCH 7,1 984
KIDNAPPING OF CABLE NEWS NETWORK BEIRUT BUREAU CHIEF
JEREMY LEVIN.
MARCH166, 1984
KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN EMBASSY POLITICAL OFFICER WILLIAM
BUCKLEY.
MARCH 27, 1984
A FRENCH DIPLOMAT, SAUVEUR GLIOZZO, WAS SHOT AND
SERIOUSLY INJURED IN BEIRUT.
APRIL 2,1 984
BOMBINGS IN WEST BEIRUT TARGETING DRUZE-OWNED
ESTABLISHMENTS.
MAY 8, 1984
KIDNAPPING OF U.S. CLERGYMAN BENJAMIN WEIR IN BEIRUT.
JUNE 7, 1984
EXPLOSION AT THE SAUDI EMBASSY.
JULY 1984
PLACING OF MINES IN THE GULF OF SUEZ AND THE RED SEA.
AUGUST 5, 1984
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF KHALID ALMARZOOK, PUBLISHER
OF AL-ANBA, IN MARBELLA, SPAIN.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1984
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A LIBYAN DIPLOMAT IN MADRID.
SEPTEMBER 14, 1984
ONE SAUDI WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED IN A TERRORIST
ATTACK IN MARBELLA. THE SAUDIS WERE CIVIL ENGINEERS.
SEPTEMBER 20, 1984
BOMBING OF AMERICAN EMBASSY ANNEX IN EAST BEIRUT.
DECEMBER 3,1984
KIDNAPPING OF MR. KILBURN, LIBRARIAN OF THE AMERICAN
UNIVERSITY IN BEIRUT.
JANUARY 8,1985
KIDNAPPING OF FATHER JENCO, HEAD OF CATHOLIC RELIEF
SERVICES IN BEIRUT.
NOTE: IN SOME CASES, OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE ALSO
CLAIMED CREDIT FOR THE SAME INCIDENT. THE BEST AVAILABLE
EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT LIBYA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
GULF/RED SEA MINES.
SHULTZ