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Qadhafi has suppor'tl!d' a number of other terrorist or<br />
-, sub .. ersive groups around the world that have anti-<br />
Western biases.~_.II.III •••• III.IIIIi.iiI<br />
recovered from the airstrikes a!; well as from his<br />
disastrous military defeat by Chad in 1987. In particular,<br />
the following developments have been instrum~ntal<br />
in restoring Qadhafi's political streneth:<br />
• Antiregime sentimenl in thc armed forces has recedcd,<br />
The cease-fire with Chad in Seotember 1987<br />
relieved one of the most salient grievances the<br />
officers corps held against Qadhafi; and in early<br />
1988 Qadhafi instituted economic and poli,tica,e,'i<br />
for s that have increased his general support _<br />
riots tnv~lving fundamentalist clem . ts in ~o<br />
not yet appear to have under~ined Q3dha1tl$ a~<br />
thority. Although Qadhafi's domestic standing .<br />
could be quickly threatened-by renewed, fi.ghting<br />
in Chad in which Libyan troops fared badly"'far<br />
exampl~his control oTlJie regime is probably the<br />
most secure it has beeri'1.ince the US airstriRes~<br />
• Foreign pressure on Qadhafi has eased. In the past<br />
18 months Qadha'fi has moved to restore diplomatic<br />
relations with Iraq and Tunisia and participated in<br />
both the Arab Leag'ue extraordinary summit in<br />
Algiers in June 1988 and two subsequent Maghreb<br />
five-party summits, He has eased his predicament in<br />
Chad h¥~gniziqg Pr..eside-1!.t Habreand escaped<br />
We believe that. as with Qadhafi's other client<br />
condemnation at the Organization of African Unity<br />
groups. pressure on -them to~nduct terrorist opera- summit in May 1988 despite being linked to an<br />
tions against targe~ of his chqosing in exchange for _ a'29rted terrorist operation in Senegal. He has also<br />
rCl;pc,"l/~,:":,,"lioSted visits by the heads of stale of nine African<br />
countries .••••<br />
West European senltment is also softening;<br />
hosted an official visit by Qaahafi's orin.:ir:)al<br />
'Abd ai-Salam lallud, in N()velmber;,<br />
.Qadhafi's hard-won current strength could be quickly<br />
undermined, however, if he is clearly linked to a new<br />
terrorist act and comes under renewed<br />
Despite recent incidents of internal unrest, Qadhafi<br />
ha~rown politically! more secure during the past<br />
yca~and that will enable him to devote more time to<br />
implementing his terrorism agenda. He has clearly<br />
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