TERRORISM: PLO-FATAH OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT THAT THE ORGANIZATION "THE HOLY STRUGGLE" (AL-JIHAD AL-MUQADDAS) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOMBING OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BEIRUT

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• Case Number: F-2019-00123
• Publication Date: May 31, 1983

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TERRORISM: PLO-FATAH OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT THAT THE
ORGANIZATION "THE HOLY STRUGGLE" (AL-JIHAD AL-MUQADDAS)
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOMBING OF THE U.S. EMBASSY
IN PEIRUT
TEXT: 1. IN EARLY MAY 1983, WELL-KNOWN PALESTINF
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) -FATAH PERSONALITY
STATED IN CONFIDENCE
THAT THE ORGANIZATION "AL-JIHAD AL-MUQADDAS" (THE HOLY
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STRUGGLE) PLANNED AND CARRIED OUT THE 18 APRIL 1983 BOMBING
OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BEIRUT. COMMENT:
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STATED THAT IRAN WAS NOT BEHIND THE 18 APRIL (b)(3)
BOMBING OF THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BEIRUT.) REMARKED THAODAlyE
INCIDENT WAS AN ATTEMPT ON THE PART OF AL-JIHAD AL-MUOADDAS (b)(3)
TO ENSURE THAT A MUSLIM VOICE IS HEARD IN MIDDLE EASTERN
AFFAIRS, WHERE THERE IS A CONFUSION OF VOICES FROM MANY
OTHER NATIONALITIES, AND ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
2. STATED THAT HUSAYN AL-((MUSAWI)), A (b)(1)
FORMER MEMBER OF THE AMAL ORGANIZATION, IS THE LEADER OF (b)(3)
AL-JIHAD AL-MUGADDAS, WHICH HAS ABOUT 2,500 MEMBERS
STATIONED IN FA'ALBAKK, THE BIQA- AND AL-HIRMIL IN LEBANON.
AL-JIHAD AL-MUQADDAS IS SUPPORTED BY BOTH IRAN AND SYRIA.
SYRIA IMPOSES SOME INDIRECT CONTROL ON THE ORGANIZATION
THROUGH "AL7HIZ9 AL-DIMOGRATI AL-'ARABI-TRIPOLI" (THE ARAB
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN TRIPOLI), WHICH IS LED BY `ALI ((ID))
AND SUPPORTED BY RIFAT AL-(CASAD)), BROTHER OF SYRIAN
PRESIDENT HAFIZ AL-((ASAD)). COMMENT: HUSAYN (b)(1)
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AL-MUSAWI IS THE LEADER OF THE PRO-IRANIAN "ISLAMIC AMAL",
ORGANIZATION. THE LEADER OF THE ARAB DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TRIPOLI
IS NASBI AL-((KATIB)); THIS PARTY WAS ESTABLISHED BY RIWT
AL-ASAD IN TRIPOLI IN 1979/80.)
3. ACCORDING TO LEFTIST AND COMMUNIST
ARAB ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSE "AL-JIHAD AL-MUOADDAS" EVEN THOUGH
THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND AL-JIHAD AL-MUOADDAS ARE BOTH FIGHTING
AGAINST WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE U.S. IMPERIALISM AND ZIONISM,
AND EVEN THOUGH THE ACTION OF AL-JIHAD AL-MUGADDAS WAS
AIMED AT THE UNITED STATES, WHICH SUPPORTS ISRAEL. IN
ADDITION TO OPPOSITION FROM LEFTIST AND COMMUNIST ARAB
ORGANIZATIONS, BOTH THE LEBANESE PHALANGIST PARTY AND "HARAKIT
ARBA-A WI 'ISHRIN TISHRIN" (THE 24 OCTOBER MOVEMENT) OPPOSE
AL-JIHAD AL-MUQADDAS. THE HARAKIT ARBA�A WI -.ISHRIN
TISHRIN, WHICH HAS ITS MAIN OFFICE IN TRIPOLI, LEBANON, IS
LED BY FARUO ((MUGADDAM)) AND, SUPPORTED rilY_A_I_ERANESE SECURITY
DEPARTMENT KNOWN AS THE SECOND BUREAU. LJCOMMENT:
HAD NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE HARAKIT ARBA..A WI
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ISHRIN TISHRIN OR ITS LEADER FARUG MUOADDAM.)
4. ALSO STATED THAT THERE IS ANOTHER NEW
ORGANIZATION WHICH IS WORKING FOR ISLAMIC REVIVAL IN TRIPOLI,
LEBANON. THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION IS "HIZB AL-TAWHID AL-
ISLAMI" (THE PARTY FOR ISLAMIC UNITY), LED BY SHAYKH SAID
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