BARRI'S COMMENTS ON SECURITY SITUATION IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01507R000100050092-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: September 21, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: BARRI'S COMMENTS ON SECURITY SITUATION IN
THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS
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2. 0,9.2tEr15EPTEmBER 21 CONAERSATION WITHAE11H
BARRii WE ASKED ABOUT THE MILITARY/SECURITY'SITUATION
IN THZ SOUTHERN SUBURBS. SPECIFICALLY IN THE
T?YrUNAH CIRCLE AREA WHERE EXCHANGES WITH THE LEBANESE
ARMY ARE A DAILY OCCURRENCE (SEE BEIRUT 10328).
BARRI SAID THAT THE TAYYUNAH SHOOTOUTS STEM FROM THE
FACT THAT A .P3-lALANGIST1 IS COMMANDING LAF TROOPS
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE. EVERYWHERE
ELSE IN THE SOUTHERN sueuues WHERE MILITIAMEN
AND THE ARMY ARE IN PROXIMITY. ANAL HAS ESTABLISHED
RELATICADHIPS WITH THE COMMAtEJECM (MOSTLY SI-AIA)
Alp WHEN INCIDENTS CO OCCUR, THEY ARE OUICKLY
RESOLVED. BARRI ASSERTED THAT THE INITIAL EXCHANGES
AT Taeivitm WERE PRECIPITATED BY THE LAW: NOW IT
IS DIFFICULT TO TELL WHO FIRES FIRST ON ANY GIVEN
DAT. HE ADDED THAT AT LEAST ON THE ANAL SIDE OF
THE LINE. THERE ARE VERY FEW CASUALTIES FROM THESE
CLASHES.
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3. RABBI WADE THE FOLLOWING OTHER COmmENTS OF
INTEREST CONCERNING SOUTH BEIRUT:
ANAL HAS tEl PLANS FOR A MAJOR OFFENSIVE Amoy.
-- THERE ARE SOME (03-ANAL MILITIAMEN INVOLVED.
MAINLY CONMUNIST ACTION ORGANIZATION FIGHTERS IN THE
TATYllvAH AREA. IN SPITE OF ANAL'S TRADITIONAL
ANTIPATHq TOWARD THE COMJNISTS, BARRI SAID HE CANNOT
AFFORD AN INTERNECINE BATTLE IN WEST BEIRUT AT THIS
TIME. PE MAINTAINED. HOWEVER, THAT THE CAO GUNMEN
OPERATE ONLY ON CONDITION THAT ALL THEIR ACTIONS
ARE CONTROLLED BY ANAL COMMANDERS. THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO
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OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY ARE FORCED OUT OF THE AREA
OR 'OTHER MEASURES. ARE TAKEN.
GCVERtilEMT ASSERTIONS THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF
PALESTINIAN FIGHTERS ARE INFILTRATING FROM SHUWAYFAT
INTO BE:RuT THROUGH THE SUBURBS ARE VASTLY
ExACC4RAIED. A FEW MAY HAVE SLIPPED IN. BUT ANAL,
WHICH (AGED ? SERIES OF BATTLES AGAINST THE PLO
PRIOR TO THE ISRAELI INVASION. IS ON THE ALERT FOR
ANY LARGE-SCALE INFILTRATION ATTEMPTS AND WOULD
ACTIVELY COmBAT THEM.
-- BARRI IS NOT CCNCERNEO OVER THREATS TO HIS
LEADERSHIP FROM ACRE RADICAL SHIA FIGURES: IN LARGE
PART HE HAS PREEMPTED THEM BY THE DECISIVE ACTION
CF PVTTING ANAL MILITIAMEN IN THE STREETS OF SOUTH
BEIRUT. THE PRO-IRANIAN HIEBALLAH PARTY HAS ONLY "A
FEW. FOLLOWERS IN SOUTH BEIRUT ANC SHIA EXTREMIST
QUHAMMAD HUSAYN FAOLALLA IS ITEN IN THE CITY.
4. =WENT: BARRI'S COW c S ON THE SITUATION AT
lArrLia.m CIRCLE TRACK FARILY CLOSELY WITH INFORMATION
WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES. HIS EXPLANATION
OF ANAL CONTROL OVER CAO FIGHTERS IS PLAUSIBLE: NH.--
WE COAT THAT GIVEN PAST FRICTION, ANAL AND THE
CAO COULD OPERATE SIDE SY SIDE AS INDEPENDENT
ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT CLASHES DEVELOPING. DILLON
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