LEBANON-IRAN: ATTACK ON US EMBASSY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06825349
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2020
• Case Number: F-2019-00123
• Publication Date: April 19, 1983

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Director of
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National Intelligence Daily
Tuesday
19 April 1983
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CPAS NID 83-092JX
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Contents
Lebanon-Iran: Attack on US Embassy
China-Vietnam: Military and Political Pressure
USSR-El Salvador: Soviet Views
Nigeria-US: Possible Demonstrations
France: Communist Party Meeting
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USSR: Speech by Andropov
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El Salvador: New Defense Minister
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Netherlands: Difficulties Over INF
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Guatemala: Controversy Over Economic Policy
10
Special Analysis
Jordan: The King's Next Moves
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LEBANON-IRAN: Attack on US Embassy
The Islamic Struggle Organization, which claimed responsibility
for the bombing yesterday of the US Embassy in Beirut, is probably an
Iranian-supported Lebanese Shia group.
The Struggle Organization has claimed responsibility for the
attack last month on the US Marines assigned to the multinational
peacekeeping force. It also says it carried out at least one other
attack against the French contingent of the multinational force this
month.
Disrupting the situation in Lebanon by bombing the Embassy
would further Iran's foreign policy objective of exporting the Islamic
Revolution but would undercut its attempts to improve its
international image. Radical elements within the regime may have
sponsored the act without official sanction.
--MrBoatel._
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