THE BEIRUT MASSACRE: WHAT MOSSAD KNEW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505250072-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: March 7, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEWSWEEK
7 MARCH 1983
PERISCOPE
The Beirut Massac What Mossad Knew
The secret 10-page annex to the official Israeli report on the
Beirut massacre contains additional evidence that Israeli officials
should have expected bloodshed, according to an official familiar
with the document. Shortly before the massacre, Massed, Israel's
intelligence agency, learned that Christian Phalangists were pre-
paring to stage a lethal raid on Mieh Mieh, a small Palestinian
refugee camp outside Sidon. Once alerted, Israeli defense forces
prevented the attack. Mossad also reported that the Phalangists
were eager to purge Beirut of remaining Palestinians.
Kaddafi and a Death in Romania's Woods
Was there an attempt on the life of Libya's Col. Muammar
Kaddafi in Romania? According to Western intelligence sources in
Washington, the answer is "maybe." Sometime during Kaddafi's
January visit, a man was killed during an incident in an area where
the government maintains several hunting lodges for distinguished
guests; a series of arrests followed. By one account circulating in
intelligence channels, the dead man was Kaddafi's driver, killed
during an assassination attempt. Other diplomatic sources have
heard that the death occurred during a failed coup aimed at
Romania's Nicolae Ceausescu. Or the incident may simply have
been an accident for which some people were arrested. "No one is
sure what really happened," says one expert. "But a flag is up."
' ERIC GELMAN with bureau reports
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