LIBYA KILLER SQUAD CONCERNS REAGAN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 5, 1981
• Content Type: NSPR

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giv a firsthand a cr uata of the tzar- Ed-Ain P. Wilson, to train terrctriss in
ing -of the assassu and detail, ofLibya. There was no e-nd a ce that the
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THE WASHINGTON POST
6 December 1981
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TRIPOLI, Libya, 'Dec (AP) l
The Libyan gover:.ment today de- details of tee alleged Libyan plot to
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President Reagan ;,'?',t sours in ti ashina an sa:ct.
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er orders from - van coast in August The United
-the Libyan Jamaznitzyah" - the Lib- States said, its planes were under
Yan name for the country - said - attack Another supposed motive
Khalifs Azzabi, dittos of form
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information. anger over reports that the CIA i
wanted to kill Qaddan. - - . .i
Azzabi acct_nied= Washington. of (The FBI, Secret Service and
Waging a `disincortaation campaign" -: other law enforcement a,~-ancies arej
to destabilize MRammar'Qaddafi's... saying little about the tip from anl
'government and said -Western news informant - who was reported tol
media "appear. to - operate as an have said he helped train terrorists;
annex of the CLA rather than the in Libya - that an a.vination;,
disseminator of facts and news" team has entered the country, Unit-
Security for Reagan and three top ed Press InternatioraI reported from
aides been stepped-up following Washington. `There are no develop-i
the
reports, which said the assassi- meats," an FBI spokesman said de
nation team may have crossed from flecting.questions on possible arrests;
Canada into the United States. At' and a nationwide incest-tgation.j I
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