NOVEMBER 4 ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION COMMUNIQUE

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIRUT 06604 TERREP E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PTER LE SUBJECT: NOVEMBER 4 ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION COMMUNIQUE ¶1. FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF TYPEWRITTEN TEXT OF COMMUNIQUE FROM THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION, DELIVERED AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 4 TO BEIRUT DAILY NEWSPAPER "AN-NAHAR." COMMUNIQUE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A POLAROID-TYPE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF U.S. HOSTAGE TERRY ANDERSON. EMBASSY WILL OBTAIN COPY OF TEXT AND PHOTO AND WILL POUCH TO DEPARTMENT. ¶2. BEGIN TEXT: IN THE NAME OF GOD THE MERCIFUL, THE COMPASSIONATE (KORANIC OPENING PHRASE) TO THE LIBERALS OF THE WORLD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DETAINEES DAY AFTER DAY THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE ITS DECEPTIONS, LIES AND COMPLETE MISLEADING OF THE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE FAMILIES OF THE DETAINEES, IN ORDER TO REDUCE ANY ATTEMPT TO PRESSURE THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION TO COMMENCE PRACTICAL STEPS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF THE DETAINEES AND TO SAFEGUARD ITS POSITIONS, PRIVILEGES AND SPECIAL INTERESTS. AFTER THE COMMENTS OF REAGAN AND BUSH ON THE CONTENTS OF THE VIDEOTAPE ISSUED BY TERRY ANDERSON, WE WISH TO CLARIFY THE FOLLOWING: 1 - THE VIDEOTAPE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT INCLUDED, WAS ISSUED DIRECTLY BY TERRY ANDERSON WITHOUT ANY PRESSURES AND AS A RESULT OF WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED MESSAGES SENT TO HIM THORUGH NEW AGENCIES. THE TAPE WAS ISSUED AFTER A SHARP AND LARGE DEBATE BETWEEN US AND HIM CONCERNING ALL THE IDEAS HE PRESENTED IN IT, WHICH WE FOUND WERE GREATLY INCOMPLETE. TERRY ANDERSON WILL HAVE A SUITABLE REPLY TO THE CLAIMS (OF THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION - ED.). 2 - AMERICA ALWAYS ATTEMPTS TO "EVADE" THE CONTENTS OF THE TAPE AND LETTERS, WHICH REPRESENT A TRUE REALITY WHICH CANNOT BE DEBATED, BY RAISING DOUBTS AS TO THE CONTENT OF THE TAPE AND (CLAIMING - ED.) THAT IT WAS ISSUED BY THE KIDNAPPERS. 3 - THE DETAINEES IN OUR POSSESSION ARE NOT ISOLATED FROM THE EXTERNAL WORLD. THEY RECEIVE ALL THE NEWS THROUGH NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND TELEVISION. THEY KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED OR HAPPENS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR SITUATION, BIG OR SMALL. WHAT REAGAN SAID IN THIS CASE IS LIKE THE OSTRICH WHICH HIDES ITS HEAD IN THE GROUND SO THE HUNTERS WILL NOT SEE IT. 4 - THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT, HIS VICE PRESIDENT, STAFF AND ASSISTANTS, MADE ALL THE DEALS PERTAINING TO THE ISSUE OF DETAINEES; IF THIS WERE NOT SO, WHO ELSE NEGOTIATED THE CASE OF THE TWA AIRLINER? HOW WERE THE FORTY PASSENGERS AND 735 DETAINEES IN THE PRISONS OF ISRAEL RELEASED? WHO NEGOTIATED THE ISSUE OF "IRAN-CONTRA?" WHO GAVE THE ARMS, TOOK THE FUNDS AND TRANSFERRED SOME TO THE CONTRAS? WE WERE SURPRISED THAT REAGAN RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL NOW WHO GAVE THE ARMS AND WHERE THE FUNDS CAME FROM IN THE "IRANGATE" ISSUE. WAS IT NOT THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION? OR ARE THEY ALL ON A FARM WHERE EACH CROWS ON HIS OWN? IF THEY WERE AWARE, IT IS A CATASTROPHE WHICH CANNOT BE DENIED. IF THEY WERE UNAWARE, THE CATASTROPHE IS GREATER. 5 - AS FOR CLAIMS THAT THE CEASEFIRE IN THE GULF WILL SPEED THE RELEASE OF THE DETAINEES WITH US, WE REITERATE FOR THE ONE-THOUSANDTH TIME OUR INSISTENCE THAT THE ISSUE OF ALL THE DETAINEES IS UNCONNECTED, IN PART OR IN WHOLE, NEAR OR FAR, WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE GULF. THE HOPE WHICH PREVIOUSLY PREVAILED HAS GONE AND CANNOT COME BACK. THE NON-RELEASE OF THE DETAINEES IS NOW DUE TO THE AMERICAN SANCTIMONY, FRAUD AND THE FACT THAT PROMISES AND GUARANTEES HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED. 6 - THE ONLY SAFE WAY FOR THE FREEDOM AND SAFETY OF THE DETAINEES IS ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR JUST DEMANDS. THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL FOCAL POINT OF THIS ISSUE; NOTHING ELSE. THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION NOVEMBER 2, 1988 END TEXT. MCCARTHY