ISLAMIC JIHAD THREATENS NEW ACTS IN GULF - ARTICLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST

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• Publication Date: October 23, 1987
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~s~arruc Jihad Threatens l~ew Acts in Golf
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By Nora Boustany
Special to The Washington Post
BETI7UT, Oct: 22-Tfie pro-
Iranian Islamic jihad organization
warned todayy that Tthousands of
martyrs are ~rslting ?f o~?launch sui-
cide missions in the Persian Gulf
region, hinting "ttiat~~`~the United
States' vu`~nera`bihty in ,confronting
Moslems.,, w>lt~ IX be 'demonstrated
within days ~k - . ~ .
4n the eve of the fourth anniver-
nary of -the twin truck ~iom~6ings of
the Beirut headquarters ;of U.S.
'Maxine. and French peace-keeping
troops, the group delivered atype-
written communique to the offices
of western news agency, accom-
pan~ed by` photographs of American
hostage Terry Anderson and miss-
ng French journalist Jean Paul
Kauffmann. The statement made no
reference to the hostages: "
"The next few. days will expose to
the world the
American stren rue dimensions of
Moslems" the sgth in confronting
tatement said. "On-
~- the cowardly rulers in the region
have illus;toris about ..this paper-
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ttun capabi ity.
Enclosed with the statement
were color photographs of the Ma-
rine `~ni1 French headquarters be-
Captors issued photos of hostages dean-Paul Kauffmann (left), Terry Anderson.
fore they were bombed, two After the 1983 bombings in Bei-
minutes apart, killing 241 American rut, Islamic Jihad said, all the Unit-
and 58 French servicemen. ed States could do was "gather the
d flee from
d
"There are thousands of the likes
of our martyrs in the gulf today
awaiting the right moment to recre-
ate the glory of Moslems and
Islam," the Iranian-backed group
warned.
Its statement came two days after
?~ Tehran vowed to avenge Monday's
U.S. attack on an Iranian oil platform
in retaliation for a missile that hit a
U.S: flagged Kuwaiti tanker.
iers an
limbs of its sol
the fists of Moslems in Lebanon." ,
"We have eliminated the heads of
American intelligence in the area,
and our determination to strike;
again at the proper time and place
is still firm," it added. Islamic Jihad
previously had announced the ex-
ecution of William Buckley, the CIA
station chief in Lebanon, after his
kidnaping in March 1984.
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