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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88ABUDHABI1313 |
IRAQI MISSILE ATTACKS ON TEHRAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ABOUT FORTY IRAQI MISSILES HAD FALLEN ON TEHRAN AS OF LATE FRIDAY, MARCH 4, ACCORDING TO A TEHRAN BANKING OFFICIAL RECENTLY INTERVIEWED AT AMCONSUL DUBAI. THE RATE OF MISSILE ATTACKS HAD FALLEN FROM AN INITIAL ONE PER HALF HOUR TO ABOUT ONE EVERY FOUR HOURS [...] |
1988-03-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR SOCI IR |
| 88ACCRA8991 |
1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: GHANA [...] No summary [...] |
1988-11-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GH |
| 88ADANA638 |
POLICE FOIL APPARENT PKK ESCAPE ATTEMPT IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: DIYARBAKIR POLICE OCTOBER 23 DISCOVERED A 120 FOOT TUNNEL INTO A PRISON WHICH HOUSES MANY CON- VICTED OF SUPPORT FOR THE OUTLAWED PKK. AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY ORDERED THE TRANSFER OF 120 PRISONERS FROM DIYARBAKIR TO ESKISEHIR, WHICH TRIGGERED A FIGHT BETWEEN INMATES AND GUARDS [...] |
1988-10-25 15:00:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TU |
| 88ADDISABABA1180 |
ETHIOPIA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SINCE THE DAYS OF EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE, ETHIOPIA HAS TAKEN A STRONG ANTI-TERRORIST STANCE, LARGELY BECAUSE IT BELIEVES ANY SHOW OR WEAKNESS TO TERRORISTS WOULD SERVE AS A STIMULUS TO THE VARIOUS ARMED INSURGENT GROUPS WITHIN ETHIOPIA. AS A CONSEQUENCE, ETHIOPIA HAS BEEN FREE OF INTERNATIO [...] |
1988-03-15 06:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ET |
| 88ALGIERS1474 |
ALGERIA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: [...] ALGERIA. 2. RELATIONS WITH THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO). THERE HAS BEEN A PLO OFFICE IN ALGIERS SINCE THAT ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1964. THE ALGERIAN DIPLOMATIC LIST SHOWS EIGHT EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING A REPRESENTATIVE, TWO DEPUTY REPRESENTATIVES, A MILITARY ATTAC [...] |
1988-03-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAL AG |
| 88ALGIERS1498 |
ALGERIA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. IN ADDITION TO THE DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT NOTED REF B, ALGERIA ALSO HOSTS ABOUT 600 PALESTINIAN COMBATANTS. THEY ARE LOCATED WITH THE ALGERIAN MILITARY AT EL-BAYADH, A REMOTE SITE ABOUT 600 KILOMETERS SOUTHWEST OF ALGIERS. THESE COMBATANTS MOVED TO EL-BAYADH [...] |
1988-03-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAL AG |
| 88AMMAN10345 |
PLO AND THE INTIFADA [...] No summary [...] |
1988-09-01 08:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IS JO KPAL PGOV PREL |
| 88ANKARA12124 |
GERMANS AND PKK [...] POST THANKS EMBASSY BONN FOR ITS HELPFUL CONTRIBUTION IN REF A. IT PROVIDES USEFUL DETAILS OF PKK ACTIVITIES IN THE FRG WHICH HELP US IN OUR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING. WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE SUCH INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF TURKISH AND KURDISH ACTIVISTS IN THE FRG AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRI [...] |
1988-09-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM GE TU |
| 88ANKARA16439 |
TURKEY: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE REPORT REQUESTED REFTEL. POST WILL SUPLEMENT THIS REPORT AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. 2. (U) NAME OF COUNTRY: TURKEY 3. (U) (A) COUNTERTERRORISM PROSECUTIONS IN 1988: THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TERRORISM TRIALS IN TURKEY IN 1988, INCLUDING [...] |
1988-12-10 09:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TU |
| 88ANKARA4266 |
PKK KILLS NINE IN SIIRT [...] (C) - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. PKK TERRORISTS KILLED NINE VILLAGERS AND 350 SHEEP IN YAGZIKOYMAK VILLAGE IN THE URUH DISTRICT OF SOUTHEASTERN SIIRT PROVINCE MARCH 29. THE TERRORISTS ATTACKED TWO DIFFERENT HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE, STRANGLING FOUR MEN IN ONE HOUSE AND THREE MORE IN ANOTHER. LATER, TERR [...] |
1988-03-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER TU |
| 88ATHENS19586 |
GREECE: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S UNCLASSIFIED ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ON TERRORISM IN 1988. 2. 1988 WAS A VERY BAD YEAR FOR COMBATTING TERRORISM IN GREECE. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS INCREASED THEIR ACTIVITIES IN GREECE DURING THE YEAR, [...] |
1988-12-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR |
| 88ATHENS4106 |
GREECE: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] GREECE. 2. DURING 1987 GREECE CONTINUED TO BE THE SCENE OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS, SPONSORED BOTH BY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN GROUPS. TWO ATTACKS WERE DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY AGAINST AMERICANS. THE EXTREME-LEFT GREEK "NOVEMBER 17TH" TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (ACTIVE SINCE 1975 AND RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] |
1988-03-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR KPRP |
| 88BAGHDAD1097 |
KURDISH INSURGENCY IN IRAQ AND TURKEY [...] (SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY: TRAINING CAMPS FOR PKK IN IRAN ARE A GROWING WORRY FOR TURKEY AND, ACCORDING TO TURKISH AMBASSADOR, HAVE BEEN A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION IN RECENT IRANIAN-TURKISH MEETINGS. BARZANI'S KDP, APPARENTLY IN SOME DISARRAY, HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO REIN IN THE PKK, W [...] |
1988-02-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ TU |
| 88BAGHDAD1177 |
THE REGIME IS PART OF THE PROBLEM [...] (SECRET-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. IRAQI MORALE IS AT A LOW POINT, ALTHOUGH IRAQIS REMAIN AS WEARILY DETERMINED AS EVER NOT TO LOSE THE WAR. SEVERAL RECENT GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -- RENEWED POPULAR ARMY RECRUITING, THE EX POST FACTO CANCELLATION OF AN AMNESTY FOR DESERTERS, AND THE BUNGLED E [...] |
1988-03-02 09:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD1181 |
IRAQ-IRAN WAR: ESCALATION OF THE WAR: NEED TO PRESSURE IRAQ TO DE-ESCALATE [...] No summary [...] |
1988-03-02 10:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ IR US |
| 88BAGHDAD1369 |
IRAQ HALTS WAR OF THE CITIES [...] (CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT) 2. MFA SENIOR UNDERSECRETARY ZIHAWI CALLED IN AMBASSADORS OF FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS AT 1330 MARCH 10 TO ANNOUNCE IRAQ LEADERSHIP'S DECISION TO HALT ATTACKS ON IRANIAN CITIES. A PUBLIC ANNOUNCE- MENT IS TO BE MADE SHORTLY, PROBABLY ON THE 1430 LOCAL NEWS. ZIHA [...] |
1988-03-10 11:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ IR |
| 88BAGHDAD1731 |
1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: IRAQ [...] IRAQ. 2. IRAQ STRONGLY DENIES ANY RELATIONSHIP TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. THE AVOWED TERRORIST ABU NIDAL WAS EXPELLED FROM THE COUNTRY IN 1983 AND SINCE THAT TIME IRAQ HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ESTABLISH A NEW INTERNATIONAL IMAGE AS A STATE ABHORRING TERRORISM. THIS EFFORT HAS FITTE [...] |
1988-03-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD2144 |
IRAQI OPERATION TO RECAPTURE FAO:"WE SHOWED THE SOVIETS" [...] No summary [...] |
1988-04-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD224 |
THE RELIGIOUS SUCCESSION IN IRAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AN ARAB BUSINESSMAN IN REFTEL SAID THAT GRAND AYATOLLAH KHOI'S RELATIVES IN IRAN ALLEGE THAT SEVENTY PERCENT OF IRANIAN SHI'A, AND ALMOST ALL IRAQI SHI'A, FOLLOW KHOI'S INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM. WE HAVE RECEIVED MUCH THE SAME VERSION FROM ONE OF KHOI'S SONS [...] |
1988-01-15 06:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI IR IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD2571 |
IRAQ KEEPS THREATENING TO SEND MISSILES [...] No summary [...] |
1988-05-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KPAL MOPS PREL |
| 88BAGHDAD28 |
CHRISTIANS IN MOSUL [...] No summary [...] |
1988-01-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PINS |
| 88BAGHDAD4559 |
IRAQI COMMENTARY WARNS AGAINST TILT TOWARD IRAN [...] SUMMARY: WE ARE SOMEWHAT PUZZLED BY IRAQ NEWS AGENCY COMMENTARY, ALMOST C... [...] |
1988-08-22 05:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD4587 |
IRAN-IRAQ: EVE OF GENEVA [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEST. 2. SUMMARY: TH... [...] |
1988-08-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD4589 |
IRAQ STRESSES NORMALCY WHILE WARNING IRAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: WHILE STILL CELEBRATING ITS "VICTORY" IN THE IRAN-IRAQ ... [...] |
1988-08-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD4620 |
"THE GREAT SATAN NO LONGER A SATAN" [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: IRAQ HAS CONTINUED TO WARN AGAINST COUNTRIES WHICH WOULD TRY TO "DEPRIVE IRAQ OF ITS VICTORY" AND REGAIN THEIR LOST INPLUENCE IN IRAN. REFLECTING IRAQI FEARS OF A U.S.-IRANIAN RAPPROCHE- MENT, THE WARNINGS QUOTE FOREIGN PRESS REPORTS THAT THE U.S. EMBA [...] |
1988-08-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ |
| 88BAGHDAD855 |
VIEWS OF IRANIAN KURDISH LEADER QASSEMLU [...] ... [...] |
1988-02-16 11:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PHUM PTER PINR IZ IR |
| 88BEIJING25961 |
CIVAIR: AIR MONGOLIA - THE "DO IT YOURSELF" [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENTLY INAUGURATED WEEKLY AIR MONGOLIA NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN ULAANBATAAR (U-B) AND BEIJING APPEARED TO US, AT FIRST BLUSH, TO BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF MANNA FROM HEAVEN. PRIOR TO THE EXISTENCE OF THIS FLIGHT, TRAVEL BETWEEN BEIJING AND U-B REQUIRED A 36 HOUR (ONE-WAY) [...] |
1988-09-01 23:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CH MG OTRA ATRN |
| 88BEIJING6641 |
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1987 ANNUAL [...] PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2. THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT PALESTINIAN GUERRILLAS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. CHINA ESTABLISHED CONTACTS WITH THE PALESTINIAN OPPOSITION IN 1963 EVEN BEFORE IT HAD BEGUN ITS ARMED STRU [...] |
1988-03-16 03:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CH |
| 88BEIRUT2181 |
LEBANON: EXCHANGE WITH MFA ECONOMIC DIRECTOR [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SALLOUKH MADE DEMARCHE TO DCM ON FAMILIAR THEME OF A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT WHEAT PROGRAM WITH THE U.S. SALLOUKH ARGUED THAT FREE WHEAT WOULD HAVE GOOD PROPAGANDA VALUE FOR THE U.S. AND WOULD HELP THE GOL'S FINANCES. [...] |
1988-04-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ETRD BEXP PGOV PINR LE |
| 88BEIRUT5548 |
SEPTEMBER 19 "ISLAMIC JIHAD FOR THE LIBERATION [...] FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF HAND-WRITTEN COMMUNIQUE (ARABIC) DELIVERED THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 18 TO BEIRUT DAILY NEWSPAPER "AN-NAHAR" AND PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER'S SEPTEMBER 19 EDITION. COMMUNIQUE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A COLOR POLAROID PHOTOGRAPH OF BEIRUT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (BUC) HOSTAGE [...] |
1988-09-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER LE US |
| 88BEIRUT6604 |
NOVEMBER 4 ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION COMMUNIQUE [...] 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 COP [...] |
1988-11-05 11:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER LE |
| 88BOGOTA18301 |
COLOMBIA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] COLOMBIA HAS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT WHOSE INSTITUTIONS ARE UNDER ATTACK BY FOUR MAJOR SUBNATIONAL GUERRILLA GROUPS AND BY NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS. FAR FROM BEING A SUPPORTER OF TERRORISM, COLOMBIA IS THE VICTIM OF SUSTAINED TERRORIST ATTACKS. THE COUNTRY'S INSTITUTIONS ARE THREATENED THROUGH [...] |
1988-12-08 00:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KPRP PTER CO |
| 88BOGOTA18358 |
DESTRUCTION OF FARC'S 45TH FRONT AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A RARE SUCCESS BY THE ARMY AGAINST THE FARC GUERRILLAS IN META LAST MONTH (REF B), AND FARC LOSSES DURING THEIR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER OFFENSIVES APPEAR TO HAVE RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THEIR PREVIOUS HIGH RATE OF ATTACKS. THESE LOSSES MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THEIR SUDD [...] |
1988-12-09 23:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER MOPS PGOV CO |
| 88BOGOTA19003 |
COLOMBIA: ADDITIONS TO 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM [...] EMBASSY SUBMISSION FOR THE 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT INADVERTENTLY OMMITTED REFERENCE TO THE QUESTION ON PLO REPRESENTION. THE PLO DOES NOT/NOT, NOR HAS IT IN THE PAST, HAD ANY OFFICIAL STATUS OR RECOGNITION IN COLOMBIA. HOWEVER, AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED MANDOUH GABER HAS BEEN NOTED IN THE PA [...] |
1988-12-23 16:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KPRP PTER CO |
| 88BONN31258 |
HAS THE FRG CHANGED ITS VIEW OF THE PKK? [...] WE SUSPECT THAT WHAT THE "TERCUMAN" COLUMNIST IS REFERRING TO IN CLAIMING THAT THE GERMANS VIEW THE PKK AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (REFTEL) IS THE ASSERTION IN THE GOVERNMENT'S MOST RECENT INTERNAL SECURITY REPORT (VERFASSUNGSSCHUTZBERICHT), COVERING DEVELOPMENTS IN 1987, THAT "IN TURKEY THE [...] |
1988-09-15 16:42:00 | Embasy Bonn | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM GE TU |
| 88CAIRO17073 |
ESCAPE OF THREE ISLAMIC JIHAD MEMBERS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. THREE MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION JAILED SINCE THE AFTERMATH OF THE OCTOBER 1981 ASSASSINATION OF SADAT ESCAPED JULY 17. THEY OVERPOWERED TWO GUARDS, STOLE THEIR WEAPONS AND ESCAPED ON MAKESHIFT ROPE LADDERS, SPARKING RUMORS THAT THEY HAD BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNA [...] |
1988-07-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS EG |
| 88CAIRO19680 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DEVELOPMENTS AND [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXX (STRICTLY PROTECT) REPORTED TO EMBOFF THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS ANGERED AT THE AUTHORITIES OVER THE FIRST RECENT ARREST OF A "PROMINENT MEMBER" OF THE ORGANIZATION, COINCIDING WITH THE INTERIOR MINISTRY'S RENEWED CRACKDOWN ON ISLAMIC [...] |
1988-08-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL EG |
| 88CAIRO21161 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD - "JIHAD" FRICTIONS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: TENSIONS SIMMERING BETWEEN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) AND A MORE EXTREME GROUP ERUPTED INTO A BLOODY CLASH IN ASSYUT IN LATE JULY. (THE EXTREMISTS WERE IDENTIFIED BOTH AS "AL-JIHAD" AND AS "AL-GAMA'A AL-ISLAMIYA", OR THE ISLAMIC GROUPING, SIN [...] |
1988-09-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SOCI EG |
| 88CARACAS1552 |
CUBA AFTER CASTRO -- ARE WE READY? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THIS CABLE ASKS THE QUESTION: "IS THE UNITED STATES PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN CUBA?" IT DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, NOR DOES IT SPECULATE ON THE PROBABILITY OF SUCH AN EVENT. IT ALSO DOES NOT PR [...] |
1988-02-17 16:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU VE |
| 88COLOMBO2367 |
INDIAN PAYOFF TO LTTE REVEALED [...] MAJOR SRI LANKAN PAPERS APRIL 5 HAVE HEADLINED A REPORT (FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE APRIL 3 LONDON OBSERVER) WHICH QUOTES BOTH INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER J.N. DIXIT AND AN LTTE SPOKESMAN IN MADRAS THAT INDIAN PRIME MINISTER GANDHI AGREED IN LATE JULY TO PAY THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM A MO [...] |
1988-04-05 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS IN CE |
| 88COLOMBO8559 |
LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED TERRORISM REPORTS: [...] DECONTROL UPON RECEIPT. --------------- 2. SRI LANKA ----------------- A. RESULTS OF ANY 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO/NO 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS IN SRI LANKA WHICH INVOLVED INTERNATIONAL T [...] |
1988-12-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CE MV |
| 88DAMASCUS1795 |
A SYRIAN DIPLOMAT'S VIEW OF LIFE IN TEHRAN [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: SOME SUBJECTIVE IMPRESSIONS OF LIFE IN THE IRANIAN CAPITAL FROM A SYRIAN DIPLOMAT PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE. END SUMMARY. 3. MR. HUSNI DIAB IS THE RECENTLY RETURNED SYRIAN COMMERCIAL COUNSELOR IN TEHRAN (RETURNED TO DAMASCUS MARCH 14). HE IS A S [...] |
1988-03-28 12:22:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SY IR |
| 88DHAKA2166 |
BANGLADESH: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BANGLADESH. 2. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION: THE GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZES THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, WHICH MAINTAINS A DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN DHAKA. FOUR PLO REPRESENTATIVES APPEAR ON THE DIPLOMATIC LIST, AND APPARENTLY HAVE [...] |
1988-03-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER BG |
| 88GUANGZHOU8077 |
HU JINTAO--A GLANCE AT HIS CHARACTER [...] CONFIDENTIAL-ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A RECENT CALL ON THE CONSUL GENERAL, U.S. POLITICAL SCIENTIST XXXXXXXXXXXX RECOUNTED A CONVERSATION HE HAD RECENTLY HAD ABOUT HU JINTAO. IN TRAVELLING BACK FROM HAINAN TO GUANGZHOU HE WAS SEATED NEXT TO AN ENTREPRENEUR FROM GUIZHOU. XXXXXXXXXXXX ASKED WHAT HE T [...] |
1988-12-21 09:23:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV CH |
| 88HARARE1365 |
THE NEW GOZ: BIO INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 2, 1988 THE COMPOSITION OF HIS NEW CABINET (REF A). THIS NEW GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SENIOR MINISTERS, 21 CABINET MINISTERS, 3 CABINET-RANK MINISTERS OF STATE, 15 DEPUTY MINISTERS, 5 MINISTERS OF STATE WHO WORK AS "PARTY APPOINTEES", AND [...] |
1988-03-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR KPRP PGOV |
| 88HARARE5924 |
ZIMBABWE - 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THE FOLLOWING IS OUR SUBMISSION FOR THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT AS OUTLINED IN REF A: COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING TERRORISM IN 1988 --------------------------------------------- -- 2. THERE WERE TWO NOTEWORTHY COURT CASES INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN 1988. THE FIRST CONCERNED S [...] |
1988-11-15 11:21:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | ZI KPRP PTER |
| 88HAVANA6766 |
CUBA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] CUBA. - 2. TERRORISM SUPPORT: THE SIX-MAN PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) REPRESENTATION IS ACCORDED FULL DIP- LOMATIC STATUS AND PRIVILEGES IN HAVANA. ITS SENIOR MEMBER, IMAD JADA'A, WHO HAS BEEN POSTED TO HAVANA SINCE MARCH 1985, IS TREATED AS AN AMBASSADOR. AS REPORTED EARL [...] |
1988-12-02 14:30:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CU |
| 88IZMIR710 |
22 PKK TERRORISTS ARRESTED [...] LOCAL PRESS AUGUST 19-20 CARRIED SPLASHY REPORTS OF COORDINATED POLICE RAIDS IN IZMIR AND ANTALYA WHICH NETTED A TOTAL OF 22 ACCUSED PKK TERRORISTS. (A TOTAL OF MORE THAN FIFTY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY INITIALLY BUT ONLY 22 ACTUALLY WERE HELD.) ALSO SEIZED WERE A VARIETY OF EXPLOSIVES, HANDGU [...] |
1988-08-22 08:30:00 | Consulate Izmir | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 88IZMIR740 |
ARREST OF PKK MEMBERS IN IZMIR [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE IZMIR STATE SECURITY COURT, HULUSI OGUTCU, TOLD POL/ECONOFF AND VISITING DESK OFFICER HUGGINS ON AUGUST 31 THAT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW THAT THE ARRESTS REPORTED IN REFTELS HAD CLEARED THE PROBLEM OF POTENTIAL PKK ACTIVITY IN TO [...] |
1988-09-01 13:45:00 | Consulate Izmir | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER TU |
| 88JERUSALEM3168 |
FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE INTIFADA: [...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ 2. ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM IS POSING AN INCREASING CHALLENGE TO SECULAR NATIONALIST PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WEST BANK. RECENT WEEKS HAVE SEEN DIRECT CHALLENGES BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-CREATED GROUP "HAMAS" TO [...] |
1988-09-23 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PINR PNAT PTER KPAL IS JO EG |
| 88KAMPALA1783 |
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT--STATUS OF PLO IN [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. MFA CHIEF OF PROTOCOL GEO DE KINUKA SPELLED OUT FOR THE EMBASSY THE DIPLOMATIC STATUS OF THE PLO OFFICE IN KAMPALA. THE PLO ENJOYS THE SAME STATUS AS OTHER RECOGNIZED "LIBERATION MOVEMENTS" LIKE THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND THE PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS. THE HEAD O [...] |
1988-05-04 13:00:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER UG |
| 88LAGOS17750 |
NIGERIA: REACTION TO CESSATION OF SHARIA DEBATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: INITIAL PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT'S (FMG) DECISION TO HALT DEBATE ON SHARIA LAW IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN MUTED. CRITICISM HAS PREDICTABLY COME FROM PARTISANS ON THE ISSUE AND THOSE OPPOSED TO MILITARY GOVERNMENT. ATTEMPTS IN THE ASSEMBLY T [...] |
1988-11-30 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL NI |
| 88LIMA4116 |
PERU: CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON TERR... [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS PERU PORTION OF DEPARTMENT'S NEW ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (REF A). REFS B AND C CONTAIN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON PERUVIAN GUERRILLA GROUPS. 3. SINCE THE APPEARANCE OF TERRORISM IN 1980, TERRORIST ATTACKS AND GOVERNMENT R [...] |
1988-03-29 18:36:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PE |
| 88LIMA9331 |
SENDERO ASSASSINATES APRA GOVERNOR [...] (U) AT LEAST T... id: 219 date: 7/15/1988 23:27 refid: 88LIMA9331 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: R 152327Z JUL 88 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0144 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY QUITO USAFSO HOWARD AFB PM USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM D [...] |
1988-07-15 23:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PE |
| 88LONDON16998 |
NORTHERN IRELAND - CONTROLLING THE VIOLENCE [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE RECENT ESCALATION OF IRA ATTACKS, WHICH HAVE INCLUDED NOT ONLY MORE KILLINGS IN NORTHERN IRELAND BUT ALSO BOMBINGS AT UK MILITARY BASES IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE AND THE FIRST BOMBING IN BRITAIN ITSELF SINCE 1984, HAVE CAUSED HMG TO REEXAMINE ITS [...] |
1988-08-09 17:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KPRP PTER PGOV MARR MCAP UK EI |
| 88LONDON26262 |
THE UK: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] OUR SUBMISSION FOR THE UK PORTION OF THE 1988 ANNUAL REPORT OF PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM BEGINS AT PARAGRAPH 2. DEPARTMENT DRAFTERS SHOULD NOTE THAT AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, HMG IS WARNING THE PUBLIC THAT THE IRA APPARENTLY IS PLANNING A MAJOR BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN IRELAND, AND [...] |
1988-12-09 21:41:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UK |
| 88MADRID15938 |
SPAIN: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SPAIN AND THE U.S. SIGNED A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL EXTRADITION TREATY ON FEBRUARY 9, 1988 THAT STRENGTHENED COOPERATION AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM BY PROVIDING THAT ANY FUGITIVE CHARGED WITH A VIOLENT CRIME CANNOT DEFEAT EXTRADITION BY CLAIMING HIS OFFENSE WAS POLITICAL IN NATURE. THE USG A [...] |
1988-12-09 20:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP |
| 88MANAGUA2342 |
NICARAGUA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA (GON) MAINTAINS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ALL COUNTRIES ON THE SECRETARY'S TERRORISM LIST (REFTEL A) AND WITH THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO). IN ADDITION TO ITS DIPLOMATIC MISSION, CUBA PROVIDES ADVISORS TO MANY GON MINISTRIES AND OTHER G [...] |
1988-04-06 04:10:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PTER NU |
| 88MOGADISHU11685 |
SOVIET FLIRTATION WITH SOMALIA [...] (LOU) WISH TO DRAW DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO REF FBIS REPORT OF AN IZVESTIYA DISPATCH DATELINED MOGADISHU "WARM WIND IN THE HORN OF AFRICA". PIECE IS CLEARLY A SCENE-SETTER FOR CURRENT (AND LONG- POSTPONED) VISIT OF SOVIET ECONOMIC DELEGATION THAT ARRIVED HERE WITH MUCH HOOPLA LAST WEEKEND. [...] |
1988-10-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US UR SO |
| 88MOGADISHU8032 |
SOMALI INSURGENCY: ETHIOPIAN COMPLICITY? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A MEETING JULY 3 WITH ACTING PERMSEC ABDULLAHI EGAL NUR TO PROBE A BIT REGARDING GSDR'S CURRENT POSITION ON ETHIOPIAN ROLE IN NORTHERN INSURGENCY. I HOPED IN PARTICULAR TO OBTAIN INSIGHT INTO AMBASSADOR ADDOU'S DEMARCHE "UNDER INSTRUCTIO [...] |
1988-07-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINS ET UR US SO PGOV |
| 88NDJAMENA1239 |
CHAD: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] CHAD DOES NOT ENGAGE IN OR SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. RATHER, THIS COUNTRY HAS LONG BEEN THE TARGET OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT OR SPONSORED BY LIBYA, WHOSE ULTIMATE GOAL IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HABRE REGIME AND THE EXPANSION OF LIBYAN HEGEMONY SOUTHWARD. 2. LIBYAN TERROR [...] |
1988-03-02 15:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER LY CD |
| 88RABAT2739 |
MOROCCO: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) - 2. FOLLOWING IS POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT ON TERRORISM, KEYED TO SUGGESTED FORMAT. - (1) MOROCCO - (2) RELATIONSHIP WITH PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION: THE PLO HAS HAD A DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN RABAT SINCE 1971. GOM-PLO RELATIONS SOURED IN [...] |
1988-03-17 12:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MO |
| 88RIYADH12430 |
SAUDI ARABIA: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] THERE FOLLOWS DRAFT VERSION OF THE SAUDI ARABIAN SUBMISSION TO THE 1988 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSTS-- - A. RESULTS OF 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM: - FOLLOWING [...] |
1988-12-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SA |
| 88ROME19700 |
GUILT FOR THE GULF WAR: IRAQ PAYS FOR AD TO [...] THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT PAID FOR A HALF-PAGE ADVERTISEMENT WHICH APPEARED IN THE AUGUST 25 ISSUE OF ROME'S CENTRIST "IL MESSAGGERO." ENTITLED "IRAN-IRAQ: WHO STARTED THE WAR," THE IRAQI AD DETAILS "A SERIES OF (IRANIAN) VIOLATIONS AND MILITARY AGGRESSIONS" AGAINST IRAQ IN 1979 AND 1980, LEADING [...] |
1988-08-25 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR IZ IT |
| 88SEOUL3039 |
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. CLASSIFIED SECTION FOR THE REPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOLLOWS: U.S.-ROK BILATERAL COOPERATION: ------------------------------ 3. ROK COUNTERTERRORISM UNITS TRAINED WITH U.S. CT FORCES ON MANY OCCASIONS IN 1988. THE JADE NUGGET EXERCISE IN JUNE INCLU [...] |
1988-03-16 23:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PTER KS |
| 88SEOUL3040 |
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: 1987 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] UNCLASSIFIED SECTION FOR THE REPORT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOLLOWS: I. REVIEW OF MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN, INCLUDING STEPS TAKEN IN INTERNATIONAL FORA. A. INTRODUCTION AFTER YEARS OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING INFILTRATION BY NORTH KOREAN COMMANDO TEAMS AND AGENT [...] |
1988-03-16 23:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KS |
| 88STATE271057 |
STAYING THE COURSE IN THE PERSIAN GULF [...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FORMAL CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ ON AUGUST 20, SOME ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE U.S. HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO BEGIN SOON TO REDUCE ITS NAVAL PRESENCE IN THE GULF. RECENT STORIES IN THE U.S. PRESS HAVE FUELED THIS SPECULATION. AS [...] |
1988-08-19 04:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PREL US XF NATO |
| 88STATE274007 |
UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO CEASE-FIRE AND UN OBSERVERS [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING AUGUST 17 MEETING (SEPTEL), UNDER SECRETARY ZAHAWI AND INTERNATIONAL-LAW EXPERT QAYSI HANDED TO AMBASSADOR AS HDAS N DRCSMENTS. INCLUDED WERE TWO UNDATED "ANNEXES," ONE ENTITLED, "UNDERSTANDINGS RELATING TO THE CEASE-FIRE," AND THE OTHER, "ARRANGE- MENT [...] |
1988-08-22 23:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ IR |
| 88STATE34351 |
LIBYA: THE VIEW FROM QADHAFI'S BACK PORCH [...] C - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF STATE 14270 TO CAIRO (DATED JANUARY 16, 1988) REPEATED FOR YOUR INFO. BEGIN TEXT. 3. QADHAFI IS MAKING SOLID GAINS IN THE MAGHREB. HIS RAPPROCHMENT WITH ALGERIA IS BEARING FRUIT--THOUGH NOT YET THE FULL-BLOWN UNION HE IS SEEKING. THE PROCESS [...] |
1988-02-04 06:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NG MR |
| 88STATE64278 |
IRAQI MISSILE ATTACKS ON TEHRAN [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. FOLLOWING IS A SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT ISSUED BY INR WITH INFORMATION AS OF 0900 EDT 1 MARCH 1988: 3. IRAQ HAS ANNOUNCED A TOTAL OF 13 MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST TEHRAN SINCE THE AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY 29. SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE CONFIRMS AT LEAST TEN OF THE FIRINGS [...] |
1988-03-02 00:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IZ IR MOPS MCAP |
| 88TUNIS11598 |
TUNISIA CELEBRATES 7 NOVEMBER; ELECTIONS [...] C O N F I D E N T I A L- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. TUNISIA CELEBRATED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT LAST 7 NOVEMBER WITH FESTIVITIES AND CEREMONIES. TUNISIANS RESPONDED ENTHUSIASTICALLY. IN AN ADDRESS TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES BEN ALI ANNOUNCED TH [...] |
1988-11-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB PREL TS |
| 88TUNIS12749 |
(U) SPR 0002, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALMOST ALL COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TUNISIA. THE SOVIET AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS ARE, CHARACTERISTICALLY, THE LARGEST. OVERALL, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH THESE COUNTRIES ARE GOOD BUT NOT OVERLY WARM. 1988, TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABID [...] |
1988-12-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | KSPR AINF KPRP PINR TS |
| 88TUNIS5278 |
RAMADAN IN TUNISIA: OBSERVANCE AND [...] C O N F I D E N T I A L -- ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN ITS FIRST RAMADAN SINCE COMING TO POWER LAST FALL, THE NEW GOVERNMENT HAS BROKEN WITH THE SECULARISM OF THE PREVIOUS REGIME AND ACTIVELY PROMOTED RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. IN DOING SO, HOWEVER, IT HAS ENCOURAGED TOLERA [...] |
1988-05-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TS |