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LEBANON/U.S. EMBASSY ATTACK

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP88-01070R000301390013-0
Release Decision: 
RIFPUB
Original Classification: 
K
Document Page Count: 
2
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
January 8, 2010
Sequence Number: 
13
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
October 4, 1984
Content Type: 
OPEN SOURCE
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Approved For Release 2010/01/08: CIA-RDP88-0107OR000301390013-0 - /--I-I - - - je-7t-Aw m A n Approved For Release 2010/01/08: CIA-RDP88-0107OR000301390013-0 Approved For Release 2010/01/08: CIA-RDP88-01070R000301390013-0 CBS EVENING NEWS 4 October 1984 LEBANON/U.S. RATHER: U.S. intelligence claims it now knows the group EMBASSY ATTACK responsible for the bombing two weeks ago of the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut. Sources tell Pentagon correspondent David Martin that the attack was carried out by a radical Shiite Moslem group called'` cri Party of God. That group is based in west Beirut and has ties to Iran. It also has been linked to last year's bombing of the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut. Approved For Release 2010/01/08: CIA-RDP88-01070R000301390013-0
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