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Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R000100330001-5 SPECIAL EDITION -- TERRORISM -- 26 JUNE 1984 NEW YORK POST 22 May 1984 Pg. 2 port facilities on the Reagan sent an urgent Gulf if they refuse to Similar fears have. _By NILES LATHEM Persian Gulf was de- letter to Fahd, urging heed warnings.to turn been expressed in other and URI DAN stroyed by Iran. him to allow the U.S. Air’ away, sources told The Persian Gulf states YHE U.S. was on the Qne Mideast expert Force to use Saudi air Post last night. which have large Shiite alert today for a new told The Post last night bases. . Senior U.S. officals and Palestinian com- wave of Iranian terror- that there is deep con- .,fficials said a deci- said that the White munities. ist attacks on American cern in the White House ‘sion has been made by House made its first The Saudi government military and diplomatic that Iranian. pilots may . the National Security offer of assistance to declared over the week- installations in the Mid- pegin attacking -. the Council to . approve Saudi Arabia about four end that its air force dle East. Saudi oil facilities in Planstosendinas many months ago. would handle any esca- White House sources Ras Tanura, as 150 F-15 fighters to a But the Saudi royal laton of Iranian attacks. said the Iranians may Officials say that the major air base near family has repeatedly But Israeli and US. unleash another cam- girdefense system there. Dhahran, the oil center refused to Jet the U.S. military analysts be- paign.of hit-run violence “jegyves much. to be de- of Eastern Saudi Ara- use its bases because of _ lieve that the Saudi air to keep the U.S. out of sired" and that it would dia, if the Iran-Iraq war the anti-American senti- force, for all its sophisti- the Persian Gulf war jake an Iranian pilot continues to spread. " eated equipment, is no that continues to men- only :ten ainates to The planes would be ment in the Arab wor match for Iran’s fa- ace vital oil shipping reach targets. on the flown by American’ snovertU.S.presencein natical pilots, who are lanes to the west. ; Persiari Gulf coast. pilots who would have the area would inflame battle-trained and also The Iranian govern: As fears of anescalat- orders to engage in di- the numerous Shiite Use sophisticated U.S, ment-controlled news- ing confrontation grew, Yect combat. with Ira- Moslem communities. equipment. paper Keyhan_ yester- day warned President Reagan that “the only thing he would be able to offer the voters” by intervening “would be the corpses of American soldiers.” The paper also urged Iran’s air force to bomb power stations in Ku- wait and Saudi Arabia to force them. to stop supporting Iraq, These _ threats prompted Reagan to ask King Fahd of Saudi Ara- bia to let U.S. warplanes use airfields in his coun- try if necessary. US, and Israeli intelli- gence sources told The Post: last. night such preparations were nec- nian planes over the NEW YORK POST 28 May 1984 Pg. 4 RITS BOO’ HOMEINI HIT SQUAD essary’ because Iran BRITAIN has kicked out 7 The Sunday Times may launch a series of four men believed to be Post Foreign Desk said Col. Vahab Zade- kamikaze attacks members of an Iranian — gan, head of the naval against Americans. . hit squad under orders section at the Iranian The sources predicted Iran wants to create an- other Lebanon crisis to prevent the U.S. from stepping into the Gulf war.- American military in- stallations in the area are on top alert status, No direct government to kill opponents of the embassy in London, con- Ayatollah Ruhollah fomment wes available tacted British intelli- Khomeini. - bate ately... tea Bence about the alleged Scotland Yard was ‘our men suspected hit men in February. of being members of an : lipped teen about we Iranian hit squad have Zadegan stayed on the ob until three weeks nian, a Moroccan and been deporte d from M0 ‘and now has asked _ Britain,” the report said. ; two Algerians : by & -utt is believed that they the Home Office — for nig! Pr rank Ing er rant ” had been ordered to kiil British residence, the sources said. paper sald. _ US. and Israeli intelli- wanted to defect. anti-Khomeini | dissi- ©), gence officials also fear “The men were de- dents in London.” Iam a nationalist, and The Times said Ali although think the coun- Bore tany was satiation Ghorbani Far, an Ira- bil [ran] needs our help, that they were involved ian, and Abdel Majea ere a a toon when you. in preparing acts of ter- Chraibi, a Morrocan anes safeguard your rorism and: that their With French identity coun af Facing presence here was not papers, were deportedto yoursell, e Sunday conducive to the public France on May17. _ Times quoted Zadegan as good,” the Sunday _,O" May 38, two Alge- Sey NE Times quoted a Home rians, Abdel Liad Djaffar “It is better to stay Office spokesman as and Hafid Regradj, were alive and follow your saying.. © deported to Algeria. conscience, that. unless tensions ease soon, Iran may escalate its Persian Gulf attacks to include Saudi and Kuwaiti oil facilities. Saudi Arabia and Ku- wait are backing Iraq in the war and have helped the Iraqis ship their oil after one of its major 39 Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R000100330001-5