JULY 4TH, 1986 PREVENTABLE TERRORIST EVENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: STARGATE
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96-00789R000100240003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: NOTES

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July 4th, 1986 Preventable Terrorist Event
Site #1 - Not far from the Empire State Building (see map
for approximate location), early afternoon, clear, nice day.
A sedan and what seems to be a white van are parked along
the east side of a one way, north-south, wide street or
avenue. The van is behind the sedan. There seems to be two
men seated in the van. The man in the passenger seat may have
an automatic weapon beside him.
Walking around on the sidewalk beside the sedan is a man
with black hair and a substantial long mustache (AOL-"Turkish
type"). One other man may be seated in the sedan.
The man outside the vehicle acts as a leader. He glances
occassionally at his watch and also in the direction of the
World Trade Center.
Later, when the sun is lower and reflecting off of the
high-rise glass windows, the leader gets into the sedan and
heads south, followed by the van. (Not sure if the leader is
driving or is a passenger).
Site #2 - See map. Sedan and van drive north up a street
(not as wide as an avenue). The leader exchanges glances with
a man who is walking slowly south on the sidewalk. Another
auto, smaller than the sedan, is parked along the east side of
the street, pointed north. This auto was parked here earlier
by the man on the sidewalk.
Site #2 - Later, after twilight, sky blue-black.
Fireworks beginning to go off in the sky in the direction of
the harbor. Sedan and van are now near, possibly
double-parked, alongside of the smaller sedan. The leader is
at the rear of the small sedan; its trunk is open. He is bent
over and seems to be doing something with a device which may
have been transferred from one of the other vehicles to the
small one. This device resembles a long, wide, thick-walled,
heavy pipe. It has a sort of box attached to it.
Site #3 - Later now. The small sedan is driven by its
original driver to a street near the Wall Street part of the
city (see map). The vehicle is oriented south and seems to be
driving slowly on the right (west) side of the street. It
seems that the 'objective' is on the left side of the street,
just ahead down this street.
At this point, information ceases to be available.
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