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ruN. 16f'HI e L NorDpN<br />
CENTRAL INTElL(GENCE AGENCY<br />
DIRECTORATE or INTELLIGENCE<br />
ZZ Oecember 1988<br />
0930 EST<br />
SPOT COMMENTARY: PAN AM <strong>103</strong>: Analysts of Cla1ms<br />
We have received no forensic evidence to confIrm the cause of the crash<br />
of <strong>Pan</strong> <strong>Am</strong>erican AIrlines Fltght <strong>103</strong> yesterday; we do not rule out the<br />
posslb'l,ty that a bomb was behind the crash.<br />
Several groups have clatmed responsib'llty for the fneldent In telephone<br />
calls In the UnIted States and Europe:<br />
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--A male caller cla'med that l group called the Guardfans of the IslamIc<br />
RevolutIon had destroyed the pl~ne In retallat'on for the US shootdown of an<br />
Iran'an a'rllner last July.<br />
--A caller cla'ming to represent the Islam'c JIhad organizatIon told ABC<br />
News In New York that the group had planted the bomb to commemorate Christmas.<br />
--The Ulster Defense league allegedly Issued a telephonIc claim.<br />
--Another anonymous caller claimed the plane had been downed by Massad,<br />
the Israeli Intelligence servIce.<br />
Me consIder the claIm from the GuardIans of the Islamic RevolutIon as the<br />
.ast credible one rece1ved so far; previous attar.ks claimed by this group<br />
suggest It Is pro-IranIan:<br />
--Persons usIng thIs name have taken cred't for the h'jacking of an Air<br />
Franc@ fl'ght from Frankfurt. West Germany In 1984~ 'n that Incident, an<br />
anonymous caller demanded that France rel@ase f1v@ persons 1mpr1soned for<br />
attempting to kill former Iran'an PrIme "'n'ster Bakht'ar 1n 1980. The group<br />
had taken credIt for the assassination attempt as well.<br />
-~The GuardIans of the IslaM'c Revolut'on cla'med r@sponsib'l'ty for an<br />
assass'natton attempt aga1nst a former Cab1net M'n'ster of the Shah tn london<br />
on 18 July 1987.<br />
--In AprIl 1988, the Guardians of Islam took cred't for the bombing of a<br />
veh1cle belongIng to a German bustnessfi, ..... eillployed with a f\rm Involved In.<br />
transfer of M'ss'le technology. The anonymous caller accused the busInessman<br />
of prov1dlng m'sslles to Iraq, thtn at war w1th Iran.<br />
. An anonymous caller told a US dIplomatIc fac1llty tn Europe on 5 December<br />
that a bomb'ng attempt would be _Ide agaInst a <strong>Pan</strong> <strong>Am</strong>erican aircraft flying<br />
from frankfurt, West Germany to the United States. The Federal Av'at'on<br />
Admlntstratlon was notlfled of the threat and security for <strong>Pan</strong> <strong>Am</strong> fl'9 h ts out<br />
of frankfurt was enhanced.<br />
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