AFTERMATH OF LIBYA RAIDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000504140004-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 16, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/20: CIA-RDP90-00965R000504140004-7
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT (TV)
16 April 1986
Aftermath of Libya Raids
PETER JENNINGS: One of the
reasons there's been specula-
tion about Colonel. Qadclafi's
well-being has to do with the
state of general confusion that
many analysts outside the
country believe was created in
Libya by Monday's attack. So
now that he's made an appear-
ance, there is another ques-
tion: Is :ie firmly in charge?
Here's our national security
cups-e_-j4 en__t~John Mc'Wethy.
JOHN MCWETHY? U.S. intelli-
gc s s 'iay the Libyan
leader dropped out o sight
immediate y a f ter the U.S.
And despite his TV
appearance tonight, there are
still questions about whether
fie i3 really in charge and
where he is now. One intelli-
gence source said one o
0addafi's persona a i r p anes is
now on the runway at the aesicF
base of Sebha, near where
Qaddafi grew up. He often goes
' ti
when he
r., try itself,
1 r. -31 t o 0addaFi have
e\c'~anyed -iome gunfire today
wit"1 soL lip-, `rn-i Other parts
of t.'-,e -,i1 ar' n t he streets
o f T r i p o l i . ').;. intelligence
sources tolll 4 B C News that
uuth of Tri;JOli, at the
ar'~ura, arm) hale, there are
reports of a T.,t i'iy within the
ran s, that the situation was
1i0 bad earlier today that
L ibvan air st rikes were ca ed
in to hit '_ibvan army units.
Despite signs o some c aos
in the ranks, U.S. intelligence
sources say there is no
indication that any particular
group is moving to seize power.
Not yet, anvwav.
gut there are nany potential
candidates. There have been
several dozen attempts to
a-;:3assinate Qaddafi over the
last five years, with the last
one in November.
HENRY SCHULER: Qaddafi has
alienated just about every
interest grouo you can think of
in Libya.
MCWETHY: In a neighboring
country, Sudan, last night, a
J.S. Embassy employee was shot
in the head. Though U.S.
official-3 say there is no
direct link to Libya, only
suspicions, some American
Embassy personnel are being
pulled out of that country.
Intelligence sources say the
American and British Embassies
in K'iartuum Sudan have been
under surveillance by Libyan
agents for several weeks.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/01/20: CIA-RDP90-00965R000504140004-7