'EXPELLING U.S.' - HOW RADICALS WORK IT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100060010-7
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 11, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON TIMES
11 July 1985
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'Expeffing U.S: how
radicals work it
By Ted Agres
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A new coordinated radical
strategy as en devise to drive
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t reat assessment prepare or
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The architects of the strategy, the
study says, include radical Third
World states and terrorist groups,
with clear support from the Soviet
Union.
Basic elements uniting the group,
according to the report, are
"extreme hostility toward the
United States" and "deep anxiety
over U.S. intentions and policies."
This language is strikingly simi-
lar to that used by President Reagan
earlier this week in his speech to the
American Bar Association when he
outlined what he termed the "strate-
gic perspective" behind the actions
of international terrorists.
He said Libya, Iran, North Korea,
Nicaragua and Cuba are engaged in
a "pattern of terrorism" designed "to
disorient the United States, to dis-
rupt or alter our foreign policy, to
sow discord between ourselves and
our allies ... [and] to remove
American influence from those
areas of the world where we are
working to bring stable and demo-
cratic government."
"Their real goal is to expel
America from the world," the pres-
ident declared.
Mr. Reagan cited terrorist
training camps in Libya, arms provi-
sions by Cuba and joint military
operations in Nicaragua as evidence
of mutual cooperation by the mem-
bers of "Murder Inc:'
But he provided few details of the
motivations and operations behind
the strategy of expulsion.
The stategy, however, is detailed in
the new report, titled "Expelling
America: A New Coordinated Radi-
cal Strategy." It outlines the origins,
participants, purpose and implica-
tions for the United States of this
radical expulsion strategy.
It also details the involvement of
the Soviet Union in fomenting Third
World terrorism against U.S. inter-
ests - details Mr. Reagan did not
divulge in his address.
A copy of the report was obtained
by The Washington Times.
The report lists Libya, Iran, Cuba
and North Korea among the partici-
pants in the coordinated terrorist
strategy. In contrast to Mr. Reagan's
list, the report includes Syria, but
not Nicaragua.
Mr. Reagan said his list was not
inclusive, but administration offi-
cials conceded that efforts by the
government to elicit Syria's help in
freeing seven remaining U.S. hos-
tages in Lebanon led to the decision
not to publicly brand Damascus at
this time.
The countries participating in the
coordinated strategy are seeking to
expel U.S. military, political and eco-
nomic influence from five key
regions of the world - East Asia,
South Asia, the Middle East, West
Africa and Central America.
The United States is perceived as
being both a "strong ideological
threat" as well as a "potential mili-
tary threat" to these countries, the
report states.
"U.S. pro-status quo policies inter-
fere with the radicals' political ambi-
tions;' while U.S. support for Israel
is regarded by Arab radical states
"as indicating U.S. strategy in the
region"
Coordinated strikes against
American targets are "a result of
shared ideology, common enemy
and joint purpose." But direct
coordination is "superfluous" since
the terrorists are guided by their
common ideology and methods of
operation, the report states.
Their activities, moreover, are not
limited to terrorism. There exist
"multiple types" of anti-U.S. actions
including "dislodging external stra-
tegic assets [allies, bases, etc.,
stretching U.S. forces thin, and
direct targeting of overseas U.S.
presence and interests"
The report outlines three areas in
which radicals seek to subvert U.S.
relations with the allies:
? Economic subversion, includes
such disruptive efforts as mining the-
Red Sea to halt vital tanker traffic
and seeking to subvert the Saudi oil
industry and economy.
? Political subversion involves
state-sponsored terrorism, for
example, attacks by such groups as
the PLO, Al-Jihad and the PFLP. It
also includes "supporting internal
insurgencies" within countries
friendly to the United States, such as
the Philippines, Thailand and El Sal-
vador. Conventional military pres-
sure and psychological warfare also
are included.
? Ideological subversion involves
granting scholarships to people with
the potential of supporting radical
objectives; holding seminars (ideo-
logical and religious); and propa-
ganda (ideological and religious).
In discussing efforts to stretch
thin U.S. forces around the world,
the report cites as a case history
cooperative relations between Libya
and North Korea.
Starting with the U.S. shooting
down of two Libyan Su-22 jet fighters
over the Gulf of Sidra in 1981, North
Korea and Libya began a concerted
effort against U.S. interests. One
week after the gulf incident, for
instance, North Korea for the first
time unsuccessfully attempted to
shoot down a U.S. SR-71 recon-
naisance aircraft with a surface-to-
air missile.
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In early 1983 and 1984, during
joint U.S.-South Korean troop-
training exercises, Libya engaged in
"diversionary actions," including
incursions into Chad and the Sudan.
At the same time, North Korean
leader Kim Il Sung wrote to Col.
Muammar Quaddafi acknowledging
the Libyan' leaders "resolute sup-
port."
The Soviet Union, the report says,
does not need to control strategy and
operations of the radical countries
because they are "sufficiently moti-
vated to act independently against
the U.S."
Nevertheless, the Soviets are not
"passive watchers but actively sup-
port the radical offensive," the
report states. And the Soviets seek
to exploit radical pressure to "pen-
etrate" target areas, such as Kuwait,
Lebanon and North Yemen, the
report says.
The Soviets work to "radicalize
radicals further" by "streamlining"
their hostilities exclusively against
the United States, by supplying
advanced military weaponry (to
Syria and Libya), and deterring the
United States from responding.
The implications of Soviet
involvement are "far-reaching," the
report states.
"The Soviets may seize the oppor-
tunity, or pre-plan with radicals, to
launch a major strategic move in
conjunction with radical diversion-
ary activities." There is, in addition,
"noticeable Soviet readiness not
only to displace but replace America
in areas of intensive radical pres-
sure [Kuwait, Lebanon I."
A "major developing concern;'
according to the report, is the "grad-
ual radicalization of Soviet policies
vis a vis the U.S" It cites as evidence
Soviet willingness to consider a
friendship treaty with Libya, the
supplying of anti-ship missiles to
Syria, SS-12s and sophisticated
mines to Libya and resumption of
aircraft deliveries to North Korea.
The Soviets, however, may face an
internal dilemma if, for example,
Islamic fundamentalism spreads
inside its own southern borders in
regions with large Moslem pop-
ulations.
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