THE ISLAMIC JIHAD

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The "Islamic Jihad"
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We do not believe that the Islamic Jihad is a distinct
organization with identifiable leaders- We believe instead that
the term "Islamic Jihad" (or Islamic Holy War) is an umbrella
name used by a number of Iranian-dominated Shia extremist groups,
at least some of which we know by other names. The term Islamic
Jihad has also been used by several Muslim extremist. groups
operating outside Lebanon.
We do not believe that there is close cooperation between
the various groups that use the term Islamic Jihad throughout the
Middle East. We cannot discount the possibility, however,- that
many of these Muslim fundamentalist groups are in contact with
each other. Many of them receive guidance and support
individually from elements within the fundamentalist goverat
in Iran.
In Lebanon
The term Islamic Jihad has surfaced most often in Lebane~r.=
The following groups have been identified with the term '"Is.lamc
Jihad": -
The Hizballah. The term .Ai~baliah--which means gartir saf
God--is often used interchangeably with "Islamic
Jihad." We believe Hiaballah is an umbrella term that
refers to the radical Shia movement in Lebanon.
Islamic Aural is a Shia extremist group that seceded from
the mainline Aural organization in the summer of 1982-.
The Husayni Suicide Commandos are a loosely organized
subgroup o.f Lslamic Aural. We believe it consists mostly
of extremist Shias recruited for specific terrorist
missions.
The Council of Lebanon is a five-member committee of
senior Lebanese and Iranian Shias, mostly clerics, which
was established in 1982 at the behest of Tehran to
coordinate -the religious political, military, and
terrorist activities of radical Lebanese Shia groups. It
probably does not fully control the activities of 1:he
groups nominally under -its control.
The Hizb al-Dawa (Islamic C-all Party) of Lebanon is: the
Lebanese counterpart of the Iranian-sponsored Dawa
Parties of Iraq and various other Persian Gulf countries.
The Muslim Students. Union is a religious and political
organization associated with or subordinate to the Dawa
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Party. It is mainly involved in indoctrination and
proseletizing and probably does not have regular
fighters.
-- The Jundallah (Soldiers of God) is believed to be the
military wing of the Dawa Party.
These extremist Shia groups have two principal objectives:
-- To force the United States and Israel out of Lebanon by
conducting attacks against their forces there.
-- To create conditions conducive to the establishment of an
Islamic state.
Relatively few individuals belong to these organizations--
,perhaps fewer than 1,OaD--but they can operate effectively
because they have the sympathy of a significant segment of the
Shia population_ The continuing radicalization of the Shia
community will facilitate the extremist groups' attempts to
recruit volunteers and carry cut terrorist operations.
Outside Lebanon
Individuals claiming to represent the Islamic Jihad have
also claimed responsibility for several attacks autside
Lebanon.. These attacks were con-ducted by non-Lebanese groups.
They include
-- The car bombing of the US- Inrba ssy i n Kuwa i t i n 19 83.
-- The assassination of a S-audi official in Spain this
summer.
anonymous callers representing.-the Islamic Jihad asQ claimed
responsibility for planting mines in the Red Sea. We believe,
however, that Libya was responsible.
Iranian and Syrian Roles
Iran began to develop close relations with Lebanese Shia
groups using the term Islamic Jihad soon after the Isra-ell
invasion in June 1982. Some 80Q Iranian Revolutionary Guards
wexe sent to Lebanon to provide political and religious
indoctrination and military training, including instruction in
terrarist tactics, to the Shias. The Revolutionary Guards, based
in Baalabakk, also provided financial and material support to
their Lebanese clients.. The Iranian Embassy in Damascus was
instrumental in coordinating Tehran's activities in Lebanon..
In the past, Iranian assets in Lebanon operated with at
least Syrian sufferance anal probably sometimes with more active
cooperation. More recently, the activities of pro-Iranian groups
in Lebanon have begun to threaten Syria's interests there. As a
result, Syria has begun to restrict the activities of extremist
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Outlook
The radical Muslim factions that use Islamic Jihad as a
cover are determined to eliminate the US presence in Lebanon and
eventually throughout the Middle East. They are not. deterred by
the threat of death; a basic precept of their ideology is that
martyrdom gains the individual entrance into paradise.
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Ot: 8 APRIL 1983 I ~I BE It"TUT . i,EHAidt3A , TWA SF~As"JA
a~pr~ c WERE i4AIIE ACzAIN.ST f'RENCH POSI^"IONS_ I~ EO"?s
CAS:S T?-i'E ATT'ACES, ?'P.OBFsc:.: PiAD?. Wi'?'L: Rv.:"n~T-~CP~ ..r EI`s
~R?t:A,7E'S (RPGI , txiSSE~ ~Ii= zKRG?TS AND 3tJF'L?:.~ N:2
.?:,;~.iRIES. T}iE ISLF;I?IC STfiLTCsGLF ~,Rrp.N_TZAT,Ot: F?I+S'.^..
~nE..i.GD ' 'riOi,Y GtAR' ` OR ' `3IFiAD' ' CLAIMED RE5?JNSIEii..TF.-
ON i@ AY:*:L I~E3 ..'v ssEih`~':'. :.F?~.t:Ct:,r. ~~~ E~II/
~ir^L ~..= ji'.
ESiROT ED iI?E- L!S t.-'"EAj ~. POL?CE 3~:.
'wAS t NS. uz.. ~ PCr.i ~ `~. DR_ L'."..N 'P'.~ iI"tE i.~i~.ia SI .
KES-?Ot:S :8 T_ r :'~ ~:t ~^~r ~ :'^r CF' WiS CLh _ *_=- : *: _ ~~._='~-~D
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~:F-~V Rl^.H Or IRF,i+:-F.~t ~r.~~~F'h KY.OMEIi+i
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ON 13 DECEMBER 1983 IN KUWAIT, THE REUTERS OFFICE
RECEIVED A TELEPHONED THREAT AGAINST BRITISH INTERESTS
IN KUWAIT. THE CALLER SAID THE ISLAMIC JIHAD COULD
HIT BRITISH INTERESTS ANYWHERE IN THE GULF COUNTRIES
IF THEY DID NOT DENOUNCE "THE MILITARY BARBARIC US,
FRENCH, ZIONIST IMPERIALIST ACTION AGAINST OUR PE^PLE
IN LEBANON." SECURITY PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKE.
OK 14 DECEMBER 1983 Itt $ARCELONA, PAIN. A SPOICESrIAN CLAIMING
TO R?PRE:S?NT THR ISLA:IIC JI-HAD ORGANIZATION (IJO) STATED THAT THE
IJO WILL CtiRRY CUT ACTS OF VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT TH? EUROPEAN
CONTII:EN" IF T'dE MULTI-NATIONAL FORC~ (*fNF) AND ISRAELI FORCES
DO NOT k ::'HDRA:i FROM LEBANON .
iK DECEMH~ I~B3 ZIi $EIRUT,.LEBANON, 13 .LEFTIST NEWS
3rZG?,?~IZ,~TiOi?~ .N B?IRI;T ~ir.PORTED Itt^S OFFICES WERE CALLEI; BY
SOKEONE IDENTIFYING f:IYSELF AS SHAYIC:-i ZAYty AL-P.BI-DIN krrl0
SAID %??nT OTI?ER SiIfILAR BOMBINGS WOULD BE REPEATED IA' NE.GHBO:iI3.G
A_Rb3 CJU,b^.''c2i =S, AND FN EVERY .AREA WH~2E I'FT.E ' "t"2i EACHEROiiS
AMERICAK FLAG IS FOISTED. ? ` THE CPT.T.r"Fc ALSO SINGLED O:.`T
IS "=' I FORCE IN SOUTHERN LEBA2lON FOR BARTICULP~ ATTENTIO?!_
.. ~~ JE...* 3~ __='8~ I2~` ALE}:A?:DR~n , EC-z; P'?' , ':'iF= .;= ~CtiSL`?;.A~'E
:~:..... -_ .. .._. --:1 n'ri.':Ta2.' It. AR.-'~BIL 1~1'..-._:.Ii.Ii:i; 'r..
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_r.~ .._..::. Wfi cICI~~D I1` ~tEO:!ATIOIl _.?~'. :SL~"IC .'.=i:ik. CR?GAI:~~TiO'':.
~I` I. :IECE'RBEK i9E3 IN HE'tFcui. LEBA`:!yx.~, Tktn ~~T??~E2?.~ ---.:`i='S.~_=~
.._..,.:cr.El . 'Ji~'E N`. _R ~`. F^-~~'.i.~:. x~tr: 'rL ..:Y__L-i'__.RJ .-,1_ ..':'.~ ~'T'L_..
`'r: ~ .:= MF_Rr .E TOWER HCTEL_
iHCCrJpD_TI~G i'O PRFSS SOURL'~'S, i~v iE-z=ICLE. BCMBS WERE TJE~NF~fi
GSE :,: T?IE Vt:.^._:.^.LE BOI~iBS WAS t'IEPORT~~'?:.Y~."LOBE"v A`T r+ FR:.t'NC:i ".SNF
?ECe:?O; I h'T NEAR THE FRENCFI PARATROOP R._~GI*FE2iTAL HE?~DQUARTErc:S Fs2~iD
_ -_ 0='i?Er'c WAS ti EAR A LEBANESE BA-tt ? '~'~'tE'-`TED BY WES'I'rxNERS' ? .
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~~Stf::.':Y COUNTS IN 'I'riESE BOMBINGS I21CLL'iJ=.^. ONE FREIdCY:? SOLDER
g
..i' :.Eu AI:D i~+ FRENCIi SOLDIERS WOUNrE~. A= TIE FRE23Cii CiiECi:P^iNT,
k::.:.E '?'HE CASUALTLES (P.LL CIVILIANS-N%"'IOSALITIES UI+kNOWN) MP.Y
.... _ :I:CL'.,'DED AS 2'fi1:Y AS THREE TC SIF L:.:-:-E'J AKD AS *:At:?~ AS 12 TC
~, ~'"" 'i~E~ T_iE DOUBLE BOMBINGS WERE S;:'3SEQL'EN':i.!' CLAiA~ED nY
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=':iE IS:.::A?I^ .iT2ii,B ORGh2:IZATION (IJ01. TrE BOI!BiNG~ t,'ER~ ~I'?'ri?_R REI:~~=E=-r
CON'"ROLLED CR POSSIBiY FUS?D_
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ON 23 OCTOBER 1983 IN BEIRUT. LEBANON, A MERCEDES BENZ
TRUCK LOADED WITH AN ESTIMATED 2,000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES
WAS DRIVEN THROUGH TWO BARRIERS PROTECTING THE USMC BATTALION
LANDING TEAM (BLT) HEADQUARTERS AND BARRACKS AT BEIRUT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN DIRECTLY INTO
THE LOBBY OF THE FOUR-STORY BUILDING AND WAS DETONATED BY
THE DRIVER. MP.RINE CORPS SENTRIES FIRED AT THE DRIVER OF
THE TRUCK_BUT WERE UNABLE TO STOP Hit, FROM CRASHING INTO
A GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION MOVEMENT
CLAIKED RESPONSIBILITY. ALSO CLAMING CREDIT WERE THE
SABRA AND SHATILLA ORGANIZATION WHO CALLED THE KUWAITI
INFORMATION MINISTRY ON 23 OCTOBER;- TH? DAWN MOVEMENT OF
THE ARAB NATIONS WHO CALLED THE US EMBASSY IN BERN ON
24 OCTOBER; AND THE ISLAMIC .3IHAD ORGANIZATION WHO CALLED
AFP IN BEIRUT ON 24 OCTOBER. TOTAL DEAD WERE 239
MARINES AND TFiE TERRORIST DRIVER _ ti~'OL'::DE WERE Ai- n7EIlIATELY
G?: .% t+J'vE~iBER I98? IIi~~$+EiR~~.'=__'~~. ~_._ A(T~~ERICeit+ i,'?f:~~{I~l~'t;Z~: ~Y
/TT" j^I'?L'T is ~r~ f_..~...'iai:lGlt tilil~C1T 17G ANO/~YuaJ-4.~
Cr.-..Lt:c. 4iB0 SF:D hE EE..v~.G .... SLA2!_C - !~
ORGANIZr'~T10;~, TaR~~~~?' TL E:.O:+ :.~= T:-:E 'r. S?I^Ai.. I=
ON 12 DECEHBER '_4E? IN KUWAi3', F~: ~?'.OSIirE HOK.SiI13- ~'""___.L?~
OCCLicRED ti .THE US EMBASSi CvMP'Oi2:`-_ a it?~bi~ DF FIv T1I`.t7I'~:t
WEE KIL.~1i ANII 28 WOUItiDED, HOGtEV'EFc, NOT6E :3F THE:: WEKE U~
CIT'1ZENS_
n SMIiLL TRUCK CRASHE;. TEROLTGE THE MAIN GATE TO TH= EP:HA~~"'g
COM?OlihD AROUIID 0930. INSTEAD OF ?RO:.EEnING TO THE CHP.NCnY
BUILDING, riOwEVER, IT VEERED T"JIdARD .THE MAIN ANNE~i HUILDI3:G
WHERE IT STOPPED A??ROY.IMATELY 50 YARDS SHORT OF THE BUIL.JTNG
AND DETONATED. THE FORCE OF THE H4PLOSION RIPPED AWAY THE
FACADE OF THE AN1+?Y. BUILDING A:.D 3LEw IN THE WINDOWS OF THF.
L i,:~:..:R~' .
RES.T~ON~l17!~:Tt' Fhb: m4C nnu?=,:= ~1nS BE \ C:.AI"`.?_ r !:
Sr^`.'}';SN.yt: J:. T?:E ;S:.~:P:IC J:`iAL `,R::=. :ZA';'IOI+ (IJ;.~1 .K
...ii:u~, i.i:clAtvi.~K? :.URihG F. PHONE ~:._ =':? T4E Ff.EN'~r? F?RESc
AGEN^Y (AFP) rJF~'iCE.
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ON 22 DECEMBER 1983 IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, THE US EMBASSY
RECEIVED THREE BOHB THREATS. THE .FIRST WAS RECEIVED BY THE
EMBASSF SWITCHBOARD AT 1300. THE ANONYMOUS MALE WHO SPOKE IN
ACCENTED FRENCH STATED THAT '? THERE IS A EOlI9 IN THE EMBASSIF
AND IS TO GO OFF IN TWO HINUTES IN THE NAM? OF THE ISLAMIC
MOVEME?iT." THE BUILDING WAS SEARCHED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.
THE SECOIID CALL WAS .RECEIVED BY THE BRUSSELS POLICE AT 1300_
AN ANONYMOUS MALE IN ACCENTED FRENCH SAID "THERE IS A TRUCK WITH
1500 KILOS OF EXPLOSIVE GOIKG TO RAK THE AMERICAN EMBASSY TODAY
FOR THE ISLAMIC ~IHAD_
THE THIRD CALL WAS MUCH LONGER AND WAS RECEIVED BY THE.
GENDARMERIE EHERGEIJCY NUMBER_ ,THE CALL WAS- TRAC?I3 TO A PHON?
BOOTH ABOUT FOUR BLOCY.S FROM THE CHANCERY. THE CALLER STATER
" WE HAVE OUR TARGETS AND OUR SMALL VANS WILL $? PLACEII ON THE STREET.
THEY THREATENED TO HIT THE US ElfBASSY AND Tr:E FRENCH EMBASSY.
THEY CLAIMED TO REPRESENT TH? ISI.AI~IC WAR. PI3ECF!iITI'OHS G1ERE.
IN DECEMBER i9B3 I2: BP.FcCti.QNA, SPAIN, Ih n TELEPHOI~'iE CALL TO A NEWS
AGENCY, A SPO/ES'2AN CLAIMING TO REPRESENT THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGAYZZnTION
(.J^vl STATED THF:T T?3? ZSLAl:iC .ilstAD ORGANIZA~IOIi S,tT_~ CARRY OUT ACTS O=
VIOLENCE iHROiIGHtDIL '~`$:r. ELtF^Pz,'aI~ CON ~`INENT IF TS?E I~:ULTI-NAfiI:Jh'AI.
FORCE AtiD ISRA ~I FORCES DO' NOT WITuDRA3~l FRO*f LF3&ItD.ti_
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.^.': 18 JAh_UARY ?-984. 'aIz .~'r.'=RL*T, LEBPrLQ2s, THE r~IfFSZDEI.'T
.^.= __... A'l.~."RICAN TI2:Iti'S S_T"_'_ Sr?Rt'I' '?+.I?r-) , DR_ F,F:I.COZI3 KERR,
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~1: r?~= :CA.;: Cy^_ +'Z=.',i W~,S SiiGT ii:~.~ KIi..LED .^.tlTS?IIE iiIS OF-I? TC~~
.^..t: .'a hU8 CAMPUS_ KE.RrZ L,'nS..F.OT TF:.ZCE IDI :H+.. EEAD BY WiiAT
:S ESL:EL*=?c TG 3 A 7I:w PISTOL ~UZFPED kl:T:i l~ SZIEt~CER.
A Y,AN CLAIKI_NG TO ,tit:-tZLSr.i;,r T~"+": IRANIAN-$ACn:ED ISLAI:ZC JIIi~1D?
ORGANZZA"^It7fi (.IJD~ CI.~IM?L' RESP^.;.iSIBILITY FOR Thy ASSFSSINATI^'v.
DN 7 rn,. Y 1984 I2: PF~I S, FT:.?1NCE, TWO L?AD"ING KILITbFcY
s. G'siES .'7F P3~EVOLUTIO,J .RY IRA?i , DIED AFTER BEING
SIiOi IIw tsiL .a"i;Fiti_ GIiO'L~ A=._ ~+'EISSI , A F OR_'ER FOUR-STAR
GEN -R-~L? FL"II nZS BROTHER C=~c'?'?h'~ ROSEZN OVEISSI, A FORHER
PZ'iY COLOTI'Zc . "D~...II iNSTANTLY_ NII DNE INITIALLY CLAIMED
RESPOh*S2BIL3^'? '_-'HE KILL1fiG5, EtTT FOR~`'I%R OFFICIALS Oi
Ti?E LrTE Sr~P:I: IiI.AI'.ED THE IRANI_riN GOV?RN?IEh'T OF AYATOLLAH
i~-F!J:`.E:iil. 5L-SSE'i7~NTLX, TF.E iSi..Etl'IiC JIIiAL ORGANIZATION (IJC)
CLAIMED RESPOh'SIBiLITY FOcc T"rL ASSASSINATIONS.
ANOTi?ER GROUP ' ?THE itiAN_AN REVOLUTIONe:RY ORGANIZi-~TiON FOR
=-iBERdTiON Ai:D naFORM " ALSO CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITI.
ON IO FEHFUARY 1984 IN BEiRL`T, LEBANON, A i1S PROFESSOR
A^' A!!?:ilCnt: UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, WAS KIDNA?ED AT GUNPOINT
Wr.ILE W:+Lf~iNG ON JEANNE D'ARC STREET. A GROUP OF ARPfED
Y.E1: FORCED PROFESSOR FRANK REGEIR INTO A CAR ANA DROVE
AWAY WITH HIM. NO GROUP HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY OR
MADE DEMANDS.
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ON 15 FEBRUARY 1984 IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, A FRENCH
CITIZEN, CHRISTIAN JOUBERT, WAS KIDNAPED. MR JOUBERT
WAS RELEASED ON i5 APRIL 1984 ALONG WITH MR. FRANK
REIGER. THE VICTIMS NEVER SAW THEIR CAPTORS AS THEY
WERE BLINDFOLDED FOR THE ENTIRE TWO MONTHS. UNTIL
FURTHER INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, IT IS PRESUMED THAT
THESE KIDNAPINGS WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE ISLAMIC JIHAD
ON 28 FEBRUARY 1984 IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, THE ISLAMIC JIHAD
CALLED THE OFFICE OF A FOREIGN PRESS AGENCY SAYING " AN
EARTHQUAKE TOOK PLACE UNDER THE FEET OF THE UNITED STATES
IN LEBANON. ONLY THE FRENCH ARE LEFT ON-OUR TERRITORY.
WE ARE GIVING THEM A WEEK TO LEAVE THE COUNTIt'1~_ * ?
ON 5 MARCH 1984 IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, 'TiiE ISLAMIC JIHAD
ORGANIZATION CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEATIi OF A
rP-=.'k.:rs' SOLDIErZ DURING P.N RPG ATTACK QN THE ~RF.~I,=F Mii.7Tn:~y
ON E Y./:Rr.T? 198'4 i2: LEB?,t:Oh, PRESS R~3HT5 Zh'DICAI'E ti ROOT"H:
_-?? -."-'E:.` T_1?5:D= T'r`E FR=I`CTi F:'.Ht.S Y .:v^t;=O:;NE~ .??S- ix~T B=I:cL:':
~:-~.=~G_~ .e,;.- E~~^TY BUILDING WITHGUT C:i-e:S:f~G GASL1r~.TIES. ~'s?i5
w.~5 Tiii: `?vIR7 ,7-TTi,Ci: 02: THE Mr IN FRi=:I+C's? C02:rv~Fili HERE S=NCB
1 MA_R~ $4. TI;_~. ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION f~Jt3:) HAS CLAIMED
:i=.S?C5N~3ILITY sOrZ THr. THREE ATTACKS, I3:?LIItOi3~G" IINE ON
Y.A.RCIi DURING- A VISIT TO BEIRUT BY EREN~-i FQrEfiGN t:INISTE.~c,
34 ? ~RCTi I984 IN L.~BnN'JN, SEV?r2'~i PEOPI..E L)~E RIDA'?~PE~i:
:~: ^~ VICINITY OF THE COM`~:ODOR= HOTEL_ T:s B'ET3IIT DIR?CTOD
0= TFcL US CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) JERRY LEVIN, iTAS REPORTED 'i'^
HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE ABDUCTED.
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ON a !:ARCH 2984 _T Y. tE3At:0>v, THE IRANIAN-BACKED ?S:.hT:i::
.':?iA~ ORGAI;IZATIOA' (IJ~1 CLA:"E~ RESPON3BILITY FOF ivCi~ET
L='I'?~C'r'c O.t: Tz?? FicENC?i ?MBASSF T:?v7 ON 'I'WC }i~ENCI-'s N,I:.I'_"ARY
rOSI'IIONS 01: THE DEMARCATIOtt LINE BE':idEEN EAST AND WEST
BViR~rT. A SPOF:ESP:AN FOR THE FRENCH EMBASSY SAID HE WAS
i:0'.r i.WARE OF AN ATTACK ON Ti?E FRENCH COMPOUND, BUT LEBANESE
?O:,ICE SAID THAT AN ARAB REPORTER WORKING WITH LEBANESE
G^,l'ERNAIET RADi'0 1dP.S KILLED B)' A ROCKET. Ac NE WALKED TO
WJR}: FAST THE EMBASSY.
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ON 16 YA_RCI! 1984 IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, A POLITICAL OFFICER
FROM, THE US EMBASSY WAS KIDNAPPED IN FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE_
ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES, THREE ARMED MEN IN CIVILIAN
CLOTHES APPROACHED WILLIAM BUCKLEY AS HE PREPARED TO ENTER HIS
VEHICLE WiiICH WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF HIS QUARTERS. THE ABDUCTORS
FORCED BUCKLEY INTO A {JHITE RENAULT 12 BEARING COVERED LICENSE
PLATES AND DROVE AWAY. SUBSEQUENT REPORTS TO THE US EMBASSY
FRO!! LEBANESE SECURITY OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT A CAR MATCHING
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE USED IN THE ABDUCTION HAII
PASSED AN AMAL CHECKPOINT BEFORE PERSONNEL AT TfiE CHECKPOINT
F.F?^, BEEN ALERTED TO? THE INCIDENT. Tn'? VEHIC:.E REPORTEDLY
CF~tRI?L' FOUR HEN WHG IDENTIFIID THEMSELVES AS JOURNALISTS. Ol:^?`
THROUGH THE CHECPOZh`T, THE VEiCLE PRQCEEDE'u II: THE DIRECTION
O? ::HALDEH. SI?ORTL?. ~r'~EAFTER, A PS: CIiECY:POINT LOCATED SOt'TI:
Or T:?? P:iIALDEI: TRIAI.G'1?Y RIDORTEDLY FiD'JiSEr SIG:iTING THE VEFICiE
CAzZRYiNG FOUR ".?rh' I.NCLIIBZNG J!: MA=..z'Ii:3 E.:Ji::r?Y'S DESCRIPTIO2:.
T?..= VE.~?iCLE PASSE? i~f;OUGt: ~r~ +:.HECICP^;1T nND WAS OBSERVED TU.~Zh'ili
NG CLFIMS 0= RESPJt:SIBi;?.iTY HALE -E'=' ?r-N ?iADE Ih
tZ-:.F,;1.1;: :C THIS .KID:~APPZNG. ;..EBANFa'E AL snv~l _ ? GJ SUSPECT THE
H-ZZ^ ~_.A-, Trii: ?=LP-C-C, OR Tk= n3n ?iEAi. L~::';;_~. T'tIz IeODt'S GP tir':C:
_~ "'rn'~ .,_?`:I:..A.=t _.~ ??:= F:iD1Y'APPiNGS L'F :'Ii? S~_.__ COtiStii AI+^ P.
?:cJ:'ESSvR .__ A!?:=.~c:CFlt: i:::?VERSITT JF BE;R;'_. ^:?OSE ~_Z~t'.APF~NGS WE::E
CLF.il:EJ 3Y iR>hZrN-SUP?ORT~ LEI3A!IFwc?E SiiIF ~'.'iSLi'x GROUPS.
O?: 27 uARCH 1984 IN BEIRUT, L?3ANON, AN Es:PLOSION TCOI:
?i..~.CE FIT ^_:*.E AT-TLFRABAH FACTORF II: S I i:::~:Iz _ TEERE WET?E
.^.NLY `:P.TERIrIL DAMAGES. FOLi.OWI?iC- TEE Ei3I..OSj_ON A STr?TEMEh^I' FaY
iHr ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION CiAIIx"aD REGPONSZE?? IT'F_
ON 27 KARC'r. 1984 IN '.,EEANON, A3I E.:PLOSION OCCURRED AT
ASIB FBI; ZAF:i ? SHOP ON AS-SIDANI ST_TZEE'I, WEST BEIRUT,
tiESULTING II. r;ATERIAL DAMAGES WITHII: A 100-METER CIRCLE_
Tc?? Ok'NER OF T}:E SHOP IS THE. UNCLE OF COLJNEL ` ISA!? .ABU ZAI:I ,
COM:'.AND?R OF THE SECURITY GROUP IN WEST BEIRI'^_ THE: ISLAMIC
:rIHnD ISSUc.1 A STATE:iENT THAW L2: T_YPLEMEA": ATIOD' OI: TKE1R
-::BEATS :jF H:'."TING DRI;ZE INTERESTS IN k'?.ST 5?IRUT, TriEY CF,RtiiEi:
~U': '=HE BOMBii:G OF THE ZAI:i SHOE.
ON 28 MARCH 1984 IN LEBANON, TH8 ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION.
HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR BLOWING UP A SHOP IN SAQIYAT AL-JANZI:Z.
ON AL-BIQA? STREET, BELONGING TG A DRUZE FROM THE LUZ?IAN FAMILI':
T}}E SHOE WAS DESTROYED.
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ON 6 HAY 1984 IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, AN AMERICAN MINISTER WAS
F:IDNAPED NEAR HIS NOME. REV BENJAMIN WEIR WAS"FORCED INTO A
CAR BY THREE ARHED HEN WHILE HIS WIFE STRUGGLED WITH THE
ABDUCTORS. THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE KIDNAPING.
ON 7 JUNE 1964 Itt LEBANON, A ONE POUND BOMB CAUSED
Y,INOR DAMAGE TO THE EMPTY SAUDI EHBA?SY Ili THE EARLY
MORNING. AN RPG-7 ROUND WAS ALSO. FZRED INTO THE
BUILDING. AN ANONYMOUS TELEPHONE CALL IN BEIRUT
CLAIMED THAT ISLAMIC J:iiIAD CONDUCTED THESE ATTACKS,
AND WARNED NATI:I:tAi.S OZ' SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN, KUWAIT,
AND THE UAs TO I_F.T~u? .L~ANOh` WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR SUFF~.~c
THE SAME FATE AS THE IiIfERZCAN p.ITD FRENCH MNF CONTI!:GEN'='S _
IT ?S BELIEVED T'r~.AT PRO-ZRANIRI+' 8&DICAL SFIIAS ATTACKED
TrE SnLTDI SASSY IN r'2ETALIATi-ON FOR TH? SHOOTING DOt.'Y.
OF AY. FRANIAN = Y BY A SAUDI F-].5 OVER THE PERSFA2v GIzT_.F
OD' 5 3UNE.
ON '' ?:;4? i?$'~ ~~' :HEt-3s ;IT.. I~n~~':-. 2:.*SfiERr Jr TIi?
S:~.iy:r .T.T_F:A? C'..iii2?EU ~ i Ti~'Y rl'.:L'L~TF'?~ THr SFc:TL`_
ts~~ Ih LK3YSSl. $L'iLDIi:G I~fi W?S B?IFtui' AN= i^DN i'Fs: :~!E.~
.T i1: ?ROT'-tS'? Aur's_2`Si' r'.~..L?GED SF:i.'Di wL.~nbOF'cA:IOt~ ?:.
^'I:= ''CG*;cp:.a3CY I;G:aT?:S`' THE IS...a2!I.:. zZ4'OLU^?~:: Ti.' :i:~E~-.'
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