Pan Am Flight 103 CIA Files.pdf - Paperless Archives
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During the past two years, Tripoli may' have sponsored<br />
or encouraged several lit tacks against US interests<br />
activist m!:mbe,rs<br />
HizbalJah<br />
,.Qadhafi has periodically worked with elements of.the<br />
radical Lebanese Shia terrorist group Hizball:.h in<br />
l.:ebanon on an ad hoc basis; SU'oni! lies have not<br />
de'vclom:d oecause of political and rei ious differtwo<br />
days ·~fter th~ US ati':iitrikes<br />
however. is not a 'natural ally of Tripoli. Like most<br />
Lebanese Shill': 'its ~embers blame QadhailTor the<br />
disappcaw!~ in 1978.oLth;-I.ffiam M:usa Sadr, the<br />
spiritual leader of the.l.lbanese Shla eommlltlity..;.,and<br />
dislike Qadhafi's political views. Either reason would<br />
~~ ,:ufficient"to 'stop further development of relationl!.<br />
:rhe~lements·of 4he .. group·thatlipparentlY·l:6operate<br />
with-t-he ·Libyans 'are t:)robably only mercenaries.<br />
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Pronsionallrisii Republican Army<br />
Although Qadhafi almo~t certainly has little operaf---tfl:mt+i1nf11i~rc'~'~)Vet'<br />
PIRk;-h'c-has supplied it some of<br />
the most sophisticated weapons in his arsenal. Tripoli<br />
has provided weapons to PIRA since at least 1973.<br />
when Irish authorities intercepted a ship containing 5<br />
n a rrns off the coast<br />
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to press accounts,<br />
the Libyan gave a hero's welcome to<br />
the lone JRA survivor of the Lod Airport<br />
upon his release from an Israeli<br />
,,, •• n"rlII"'~ seized a<br />
bound for Ireland carrying 150 tons of arms and<br />
explosives:including' heavy machineguns. f1amethrowcrs,<br />
and shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles. PIRA's<br />
enhanced weapons capabilities have compelled British<br />
forces to augment their defensive posture and adopt<br />
new security measures. Qadhafi's support t(}-P~~<br />
most likely gro\vs out of his belief"thaLlbe United~<br />
Kingdom isa colonial~t power t<br />
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