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TERRORISM DATELINE 5 pp. 342
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TerrorisM dateline
1979: FBI
and New York City Police formally join forces in a signed Memorandum of
Understanding to end an epidemic of bank robberies‑‑local terrorism
will not be tolerated
1980: the
"Memorandum" precedent leads to the establishment of the Joint
Terrorist Task Force in New York, and its success leads to other task forces in
Chicago, New Haven, Newark, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and D.C.
Early, 1983: U.S.
Foreign Policy:
non-involvement with no active counter terrorism (all measures
considered self-defense and outside the 1973 War Powers Resolution)
April 18, 1983: truck
bomb, U.S. Embassy, Beirut; 17
Americans dead
Oct. 23, 1983: truck
bomb, U.S. Marine HQ, Beirut; 250
Americans dead, 100 wounded
Dec. 12, 1983: truck
bomb, U.S. Embassy, Kuwait; 5 dead, 37
wounded
1979-1983: Total
Average: aprox. 500 international
terrorist incidents per year
April 17, 1984: gunfire
from Libyan People's Bureau, London; 1
British policewoman dead, several wounded
April 26, 1984: U.S.
Foreign Policy: Reagan
asks for stronger measures
July, 1984: Libya
mines Red Sea; 18 merchant ships
damaged
Oct. 1984: U.S.
Foreign Policy: Act for
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Hostage-taking (U.S. law 18 USC
1203) enacted through the United Nations convention on hostage-taking: "seizure of a U.S. national as a
hostage anywhere in the world is a crime . . . subject to
investigation by the FBI and prosecution by U.S. authorities" (Department
of State Bulletin)
Oct. 1984: U.S.
Foreign Policy: Reagan
promises retaliation if credible evidence implicates and innocents can be
protected
1984: Total: aprox. 600 international terrorist
incidents; 312 dead, 967 wounded
Feb. 2, 1985: bomb
explosion, night club, Glyfada, Greece;
National Front claims credit; 69
Americans wounded
April, 1985: Qadhafi
tells followers, "to die to spite America"; McFarlane, National Security Advisor, recommends, "military
response against bona fide military targets in a state which directs terrorist
actions against us"
April 12, 1985: bomb
explosion, El Descanso Restaurant, Madrid, Spain; 8 wounded
May 15, 1985: simultaneous
bombs (including U.S. Ambassador's residence), Lima, Peru; no one hurt
June 13, 1985: Labanese
gunmen hijack TWA Flight 847 (Athens to Greece); 1 U.S. Navy diver killed
June 19, 1985: gunmen
in pickup fire on outdoor restaurant, San Salvador, El Salvador; Revolutionary Party of Central American
Workers claims credit; 13 dead (4 U.S.
military, 2 U.S. businessmen)
June 23, 1985: bomb
explosion, Air India Flight 182 (Toronto to India); Sikh group takes responsibility phoning N.Y. Times; 329 dead (4 Americans)
July 1, 1985: bomb
explosion, British Airways terminal, Madrid, Spain; both the Organization of the Oppressed and Abu Nidal's group the
Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims claims credit; 1 Spainard dead, 28 wounded (2 Americans)
July 19, 1985: car
bomb, U.S. Consulate, Santiago, Chile;
Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front claims credit; 1 Chilean dead, 4 wounded
July 22, 1985: 2
bomb explosions, Northwest Orient offices, Copenhagen, Denmark; Islamic Jihad claims credit; 14 wounded
Aug. 8, 1985: car
bomb, parking lot of U.S. Rhein-Main Air Force Base, Frankfurt, West
Germany; both the Red Army Faction and
the Action Directe claim credit; 1 U.S.
Airman and 1 woman dead, 20 wounded
Sept. 3, 1985: bomb
explosion in library of U.S. Colombian Binational Center and 3 bombs in front
of Coca-Cola bottling plant, Cali, Columbia;
both M-19 and Ricardo Franco Front claimed credit; 2 wounded, much damage
Sept. 16, 1985: 2
Soviet-made F1 grenades thrown into Cafe de Paris, Rome, Italy (one
explodes); Abu Nidal's Revolutionary
Organization of Socialist Muslims claimed credit; 40 wounded (several Brits and Americans)
Oct. 7, 1985: 4
Labanese gunmen hijack Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro,
Port Said, Egypt; after incident, Egypt
freed hijackers; U.S. Navy planes
intercept hijacker's plane and force it down in Italy where they are arrested
($250,000 reward for Abu Abbas); 1
elderly American confined to wheel-chair is killed and thrown overboard
Oct. 23, 1985: bomb
explosion, U.S. Chilean Binational Center, Conception, Chile; Manuel Rodriguez Front claimed credit; young girl severely wounded
Oct. 28, 1985: 3
bomb explosions (U.S. ITT and U.S. Freeport Chilean Exploration, and Chilean
United Trading Company), Santiago, Chile;
4 wounded, much damage
Nov. 1985: International
Maritime Organization (IMO) using information and experience of International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) instructs Maritime Safety Committee to
develop measures for the prevention of terrorist attacks on board ships
Nov. 6, 1985: gunmen
shoot and wound U.S. Army Major Michael Snyder and one passerby, San Juan,
Puerto Rico; the Organization of
Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution claimed credit
Nov. 23, 1985: gunmen
hijack Egyptair jetliner (Athens to Cairo), Malta; 3 Americans and 2 Isrealis shot in head (one each died); Isreali commandos stormed plane; 3 groups claimed credit (Egypt Revolution,
Egyptian Liberation Organization, and Abu Nidal's Arab Revolutionary
Brigade); 60 dead, 20 wounded
Nov. 24, 1985: car
bomb, U.S. military post exchange, Frankfurt, West Germany; 36 wounded (18 U.S. military, 15 U.S.
civilian citizens)
Dec. 4, 1985: McFarlane
is replaced by Vice Admiral Poindexter as National Security Advisor auguring
stronger measures against terrorism
Dec. 27, 1985: gunmen
attack Isreali El Al and TWA airline counters with grenades and machine guns in
Rome and Vienna; Abu Nidal's group
claims credit; 19 dead (5 American), 80
wounded; Qadhafi says attack
"heroic"
Dec. 1985: U.S.
Foreign Policy: Vice
President Bush's task force's year-end study recommends more active unilateral
and multilateral efforts to counter terrorism
Dec. 1985: UN
General Assembly unequivocally condemns as criminal "all acts, methods and
practices of terrorism wherever and by whomever committed." And, "The resolution specifically
called on all states to take appropriate measures . . . as set forth
in relevant international conventions [like ICAO] to prevent terrorist
attacks" (Department of State
Bulletin)
1985: Total: aprox. 800 international terrorist
incidents; 877 dead, 1300 wounded
Jan. 7, 1986: carrier
groups are ordered to Mediterranean;
Americans are to leave Libya and economic ties are severed; if this doesn't stop Qadhafi, says Reagan,
"I promise you further steps will be taken"
Feb., 1986: CIA
says Libyan agents are casing 35 U.S. installations abroad; it is known that Qadhafi gives or has given
support to the IRA, Moro National Liberation Front (Philipines), Abu Nidal (and
his many fronts), FP-25 (Portugal), anti-Turkish Armenians, Al-Sulfiqar group
(Pakistan), Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (New Caledonia), Muslim
insurgents (Thailand), M-19 (Columbia), Movement of the Revolutionary Left and
Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front (Chile), as well as insurgents in Guatemala,
El Salvador, and Nicaragua (via Cuba);
at home he has undermined the governments of Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, and
Chad
March 24, 1986: Libya
fires on U.S. planes patrolling below Qadhafi's "line of death"; U.S. missiles hit Libyan radar stations,
damage a vessel, and down Libyan planes
April 2, 1986: bomb
explosion, TWA jetliner (Rome to Athens);
4 dead
April 5, 1986: bomb
explosion, La Belle Discotheque, West Berlin, West Germany; 1 American serviceman and 1 Turkish woman
dead, more than 200 wounded;
"precise and irrefutable" evidence surfaces--Libya responsible
2 a.m., April 15, 1986 (Libyan time): 18 F‑111F's mounted with 500lb and
2,000lb laser guided Paveway 2 bombs and 3 Grumman/General Dynamic electronic
warfare EF‑111A's arrive at three known military bases around Tripoli
(having flown the 2,500 naut-miles from Britain around France and Spain and
through the straits of Gibraltar with the help of 28 KC‑10 and KC‑135
tankers); aiding the F‑111F's
around Tripoli and attacking two more bases around Benghazi, the carriers USS America
and USS Coral
Sea send 14 Grumman A‑6E's, 6 McDonnell Douglas F/A‑18's,
and 6 LTV Aerospace A‑7E's loaded with complements of Texas Instrument
Shrike and HARM anti-radar missiles, 1,000lb Snakeye and multiple projectile
Rockeye bombs; 3 General Dynamics
EF111A's and 3 Grumman EA‑6B's jam Libyan communication and missile
sites; several Grumman F‑14's
mounted with combinations of Hughes Phoenix, AIM‑9 Sidewinder, and AIM‑7
Sparrow air-to-air missiles provide combat air patrol; and Grumman E‑2C's provide early
warning against Libyan MiG fighters and attack control for the entire operation
with data links from the carriers' Tactical Data Systems to the fighters and
patrols
--Libya;
five bases are damaged: around
Tripoli--al Azziziyah (main HQ for terrorist planning and home of Qadhafi),
Sidi Bilal (port facility, terrorist diver units), Tripoli Airport (military
side); around Benghazi--al Jumahiriya
(alternate Eastern command post and barracks), Benina Airfield; much damage, including Russian made MiG‑23's,
Fokker F‑27's, Mi‑8 helicopters, I1‑76 transports, and radar
installations
--U.S. Sixth Fleet and Air Force; 1 F‑111F are lost; 5 F‑111F's and 2 A‑6E's have no
positive target identification and return without releasing their ordnances
(innocents must be protected); two
thirds of the carriers' aircraft remain behind
May 31, 1986: President
Reagan in his weekly radio address says, "History may well record that
1986 was the year the world came to grips with the plague of international
terrorism"
May 1986: Total: to date, 318 dead, 763 wounded
1986: U.S.
Foreign Policy:
involvement and active counterterrorism with much support and
international cooperation (all measures still considered outside the 1973 War
Powers Resolution: not only as
self-defense, but for preventive and preemptive actions, warnings, and
punishments)
--Results: marked reduction in Qadhafi-supported
terrorism; absence of strong negative
reaction (which was feared) from other Arab governments and U.S.S.R.; 12 European Community countries agree to
control movement of Libyans and their People's Bureaus; 32 foreign governments and 2,000 civilian
officials participate in the U.S. State Department's Antiterrorism Assistance
(ATA) program; with the cooperative
efforts of some 50 governments over 180 international terrorist actions have
been deterred; U.S. encourages more
states to become party to the Tokyo (121 parties), The Hague (126 parties), and
Montreal (127 parties) conventions that relate aircraft safety, hijacking, and
sabotage information
July 3-6, 1986: Liberty
Weekend--100th anniversary of the renovated Statue of
Liberty; Operation Sail 1986; many events commemorating and delineating
freedom and demoracy throughout both New York and New Jersey; to date the largest fourth of July
celebration in the nation
Note: The above data are only for incidents
considered international. Other
incidents within the borders particular countries like Ireland, Angola,
Mozambique, Uganda, South Africa, Cambodia, and Central and South America,
etc., are considered local terrorism or genocide, and data on these are not
included.
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ABSTRACT
EPIGRAPH
1-March
to April 22, 1986; "subhanallah"
-Libya, a geologic hell, economic
antinomy, and international vagabound;
-March 24, Libya fires on U.S.
planes; April 2, Bomb explodes on TWA
jetliner; April 5, Bomb explodes in La
Belle Discotheque in West Germany;
April 15, Regan sends 18 F-111F's and a portion of Sixth Fleet aircraft
to bomb Libyan bases suspected of housing and training terrorists.
-Mu'ammar Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi,
General Sayyid Barasa, Major Mukhtar Khaldun and his two folders.
9 pp.
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Friday,
May 2
2-Evening;
"not 'till Monday"
-Quin Fisttiche, Sue, Doug, Christy at
Burger King. Trisha Lombroso in her
bath and Gloria her roommate.
5 pp. ....................................................................................................... 10
Tuesday, May
13
3-Noon, Afternoon (p. 19), Evening (p. 22); "if tomorrow you would be strong"
-Mukhtar, Shwa'wish, Fatima, El Aqid
in the oasis. Uthman, Colonel Ismaili
and his sergeant.
12 pp. ..................................................................................................... 27
Tuesday, July 1
4-Morning;
"if conversation was necessary"
-Quin dreams in the morning and has
trouble waking, breakfast contemplations, plane flight to New York, thoughts on
profession. Tony Seal.
18 pp. ..................................................................................................... 27
5-Afternoon;
"the best scenario"
-Mukhtar, alias Jean Smith, and the
dentist, Dr. Haverd.
9 pp. ....................................................................................................... 45
6-Evening, Late Evening (p. 68);
"the prize is fear"
-Unit 3M at dinner in Vista
International Hilton. Quin, Trisha
(white Olds). Ron Tate, Bill Trucker
(red Olds). Phil Bolenhacher, Newcomb
Leighton (blue Buick).
-Trish in her room.
-Conference in Quin's room, his room
is named Monticello
-Quin and Trish leave Vista
19 pp. 54
Wednesday,
July 2
7-Morning;
"the cool air scared . . . more"
-Mukhtar in the Sheep Meadow, the
salat. Frank and friends accost
Rebekkah Seagrave. Mukhtar and Rebekkah
walk to her apartment.
11 pp. ..................................................................................................... 73
8-Morning;
"lacking attraction";
"believe in yourself"
-Unit 3M is introduced to NYPD. Quin and Trish visit Julio's home.
10 pp. ..................................................................................................... 84
9-Morning;
"wanted to cry for them . . . again"
-Mukhtar with Rebekkah in her
apartment, another ad hoc escape. Her
debt and his reluctance to accept. He
assumes the alias of uncle Weder Beckmann.
7 pp. ....................................................................................................... 95
10-Afternoon;
"fear-monger";
"like Thumper the rabbit";
"some . . . were enigmatic, complex"
-Back at the hotel, Unit 3M talks of
case and terrorist's goals.
-Quin and Trish go to the
airport. Confrontation between the
Russian and football player.
-Quin and Trish visit a McDonald's,
talk of Quin's home and work, Trish's association with Lewis.
14 pp. ................................................................................................... 102
11-Evening;
"your true capitalist"
-Mukhtar talks with Cindy from the
Columbia University, enters the Russian's room, leaves True-Value hardware
store sack and receipt, and takes a leather driving cap.
7 pp. ..................................................................................................... 116
12-Evening;
"full like her, too, maybe fuller"
-At Monticello (Quin's room),
suspicion leads them to case the Russians' rooms where the True-Value purchase
receipt is found.
6 pp. ..................................................................................................... 123
Thursday, July 3
13-Early Morning;
"when the hammer and sickle appear"
-Mukhtar plants bomb in Battery Park.
-The threat is made.
3 pp. ..................................................................................................... 129
14-Morning, Afternoon (p. 135), Late Afternoon (p.
153); "Indeed. Cavernous."; "and that wasn't a show"; "missing link";
"did . . . slay his commitment"
-Explosion in Battery Park. Trish wakes Quin.
-A step-up on the True-Value
purchase. Quin and Trish go to the
Skydive Restaurant for lunch. Quin
muses on female agents.
-Bill has a recording of the threat
analyzed by linguistic psychologist, thwarts robbery in getting recorder.
-Quin, Trish, Newcomb, and Bill take a
rest. True-Value purchase moved to
Phil's room.
-Ron and Phil check the Russians'
cars.
-Quin thinks of his son as he reads
the paper. Right before they leave for
dinner, Trish's uncle calls: they will
eat with him after they enter the Russians' rooms again (frightened).
28 pp. ................................................................................................... 132
15-Late Afternoon;
"because . . . nobodies can't be traced"
-Mukhtar rents limo as alias Peter
Hamilton. He and Sam meet Spinoza.
8 pp. ..................................................................................................... 160
16-Evening, Late Evening (p. 181); "Liberty's torch--covered with
gold--would flare"; "the
comfort of the edge"
-Uncle Jack Lombroso, Trish, and Quin
(with Unit 3M) dialogue. Uncle Jack
Lombroso of immigrant heritage. Quin
muses about wife's good. They decide to
go undercover and move Monticello to Phil's room. They meet Kar the young Russian and Cindy his prostitute.
-Barroom brawl.
22 pp. ................................................................................................... 168
Friday, July 4, Morning
17-Early Morning;
"treat him differently"
Mukhtar meets Spinoza north of the Cloisters, then returns to Vista after
stopping at the Queens store.
4 pp. ..................................................................................................... 192
18-Early Morning;
"being single wasn't easy"
-Later, at Monticello, there is a
conference. A stranger had entered
Kar's room.
-Their cover necessitates Trish's move
into Quin's room.
8 pp. ..................................................................................................... 196
19-Early Morning;
"simple"
-Mukhtar waits on Kar, then hits a
Columbia University lab.
4 pp. ..................................................................................................... 204
20-Morning, Mid-Morning (p. 225); "Liberty dear children is but the fruit
of these"; "afraid of
intimacy"
-Trish has trouble raising Quin.
-Quin and Trish have breakfast with
Kar and Cindy. A little dialogue ensues
about communism.
-Phil visits Cindy's parents, Tammy
Davis, Raymond Sanchez. Lastly, he
proceeds to pay a visit to a Middle Eastern expert at an apartment near the
U.N. Newcomb calls Bill.
-Quin, Trish, Kar, and Cindy walk
through the crowd to Battery Park.
Cindy is sentimental and Trish has sympathy.
26 pp. ................................................................................................... 208
21-Mid-Morning;
". . . especially dressed like a plumber"
-Mukhtar prepares device at the Queens
store, then calls a cab.
3 pp. ..................................................................................................... 234
Friday,
July 4, Afternoon
22-Noon, Afternoon (p. 251); "Eden without maturity"; "revenge is an emotion a selfish person cannot easily
quench"; And I, unaccustomed to
such rights, cannot easily accept comfort"
-Quin and Trish, still in Battery
Park, view the Amerigo Vespucci--a possible pirate ship--and they think on
freedom.
-Antiquity has value.
-Phil is at the Middle Eastern
expert's apartment.
-Ron visits police station, the
Columbia University, and meets the science professor. Kar's passport is found.
-Kar decides to get some beers, but
gets informed. He is worried and muses
his own fears.
31 pp. ................................................................................................... 237
23-Afternoon;
"one day, one day it would come"
-Mukhtar leaves Vista to set up
device, pauses at Trinity Church.
2 pp. ..................................................................................................... 268
24-Afternoon;
"presence of one who had no walls"; "there were classes all the same"; "the path . . . ruthless time
pounded"
-Trish and Cindy talk in Quin's room,
fallen walls and a man named Peter Hamilton.
Cindy and Kar have their final farewells.
-Another visit to Kar's room, he's
missing a driving cap.
-Unit 3M must wait, time is slow. At the same time, the phone rings and
someone knocks at the door.
14 pp. ................................................................................................... 270
25-Afternoon;
"if good goes to better, there'll be panic"
-Mukhtar sets up the device.
3 pp. ..................................................................................................... 284
26-Late Afternoon;
"hear it call out to warn her"; "with a patriotism equal to his own"; "not how fast he could go on the
merry-go-round"; "holiday
could now continue"
-It was the professor calling and the
poison expert at the door.
-Bill escorts Cindy to NYPD
headquarters where they meet Raymond and identify Mukhtar.
-Quin, and other officers, begin
search. His marital resolution is
defined. Quin and Ron find the device
and return to the Vista.
18 pp. ................................................................................................... 206
27-Late Afternoon;
"wasn't tired anymore"
-Mukhtar at Vista watching
celebration.
3 pp. ..................................................................................................... 313
28-Evening;
"the fact that they . . . wish peace and freedom for
both"; "witnessed first-hand
the price of a free land"
-Unit 3M has debriefing with Lewis
where the stranger, Mukhtar, is dealt with using pseudo-disinformation.
-The concluding thoughts of Quin,
Trish, and Kar.
-Unit 3M and Kar have diner with
Lewis, after which Quin and Trish go to Battery Park to see the fireworks
extravaganza.
16 pp. ................................................................................................... 316
29-Late Evening;
"scared of heights"
-Mukhtar calls on Rebekkah Seagrave to
see if he can collect a debt.
4 pp. ..................................................................................................... 332
Saturday,
July 5
30-Early Morning;
"a place to return after dark"
-Quin goes home to his wife and
family.
5 pp. ..................................................................................................... 336
TERRORISM DATELINE
5 pp. ..................................................................................................... 342
ANALYTICAL CONTENTS
5 pp. ..................................................................................................... 347
CONTENTS SYNOPSIS
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CONTENTS
SYNOPSIS
1-Qadhafi makes plans 9
pp.
2-Quin Keragogos and Trisha Lombroso muse 5 pp.
3-Mukhtar picnics with future wife in desert 12 pp.
4-Quin dreams, then flies to N.Y. 18
pp.
5-Mukhtar visits dentist, thinks of mission 9 pp.
6-Quin and unit 3M meet in N.Y. 19
pp.
7-Mukhtar stops rape in Central Park 11 pp.
8-Unit 3M is introduced at NYPD 10
pp.
9-Mukhtar is at Rebekkah's apartment 7 pp.
10-Quin briefs unit, two see Russians 14 pp.
11-Mukhtar talks with Cindy (Russian's
whore) 7 pp.
12-Quin & Trish find receipt in
R.'s room 6
pp.
13-Mukhtar plants bomb in Battery Park 3 pp.
14-Unit 3M investigates bomb and etc. 28 pp.
15-Mukhtar (w/ alias) meets Dragon gang
members 8 pp.
16-Quin & Trish meet Russian
incognito 22
pp.
17-Mukhtar gets R.'s passport north of
Cloisters 4 pp.
18-Trish moves into Quin's room 8
pp.
19-Mukhtar hits Columbia lab 4
pp.
20-Unit 3M investigates, Q. & T. in
park w/ R. 26
pp.
21-Mukhtar prepares device in leased
store 3
pp.
22-3M investigate; Q., T. & R. still in park 31 pp.
23-Mukhtar leaves to set up device 2
pp.
24-Trish talks to Cindy in Quin's room 14 pp.
25-Mukhtar sets up device 3
pp.
26-Professor calls; unit 3M search & find 6 pp.
27-Mukhtar watches T.V. in his Vista
room 3
pp.
28-Unit 3M has debriefing with Lewis 16 pp.
29-Mukhtar calls Rebekkah, needs way
out fast 4 pp.
30-Quin goes home, loves his wife 5
pp.
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