BEIRUT MONDAY MORNING ENGLISH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP05-01507R000100060023-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: October 7, 1987
• Content Type: CABLE

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REF NC070958 BEIRUT MONDAY MORNING ENGLISH 5-11 OCT///WITHOUT
PRESCRIBED BORDERS.
TAKE 2 OF 3--LEBANON: FADLALLAH ON HOSTAGES, BRIBE CLAIMS
NC071007
((TEXT)) ((ABU GHANNAM)) HOW WOULD THE ESCALATION OF THE
GULF WAR AFFECT THE HOSTAGE ISSUE, DO YOU THINK?
((FADLALLAH)) I DON'T THINK THERE IS DIRECT INFLUENCE ON
THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW IT HAS REACHED A, CERTAIN
STAGE WHEREBY THINGS HAVE STARTED MOVING WITHIN BILATERAL
RELATIONS, INSTEAD OF MOVING WITHIN GENERAL POLITICAL
LINES.
((ABU GHANNAM)) WHAT IS YOUR VIEWPOINT REGARDING THE
ARAB SUMMIT SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN AMMAN NEXT NOVEMBER?
((FADLALLAH)) I DON'T THINK THIS SUMMIT WILL HAVE A
GREAT CHANCE OF SUCCESS IF IT IS HELD IN THE ABSNECE OF AN
INTERNATIONAL STAND THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE
INTERNATIONAL BALANCE IN RELATIONS BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
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WE KNOW THAT THE ARAB SUMMITS ARE NOT HELD AS A RESULT
OF AN INDEPENDENT ARAB RESOLUTION, BUT AS A RESULT OF
INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE HARMONIOUS
WITH THE ARAB INTERESTS. THUS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
POSITIONS IN EAST AND WEST, WITH RESPECT TO THE STRATEGIC
INTERESTS OF THE POLITICAL LINES, MAY PREVENT THE CONVENING
OF A SUMMIT, AND MAY OBSTRUCT THE SUCCESS OF THIS SUMMIT.
A BEST PROOF WOULD BE THAT OF THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS'
MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 20, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO ISSUE A
DECISIVE RESOLUTION CONCERNING FUTURE IRANIAN-ARAB
RELATIONS IF A CEASEFIRE IS NOT REACHED. BUT THIS MEETING
ENDED WITH NO RESULTS AND THE CONFEREES INSTEAD OF REACHING
SUCH A RESOLUTION DECIDED TO. HOLD A SUMMIT MEETING WHOSE
CHANCES OF SUCCESS MAY NOT BE BETTER THAN THOSE OF ANY
RESOLUTION TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH IRAN.
WE DO NOT EXPLAIN THIS IN TERMS OF INTER-ARAB RELATIONS,
BUT THROUGH THE GREEN, RED OR YELLOW LIGHTS WHICH ARE
MOVING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE, AND IN THE LIGHT. THAT
THE ARAB SCENE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO BE COMPLEMENTARY WITH
THE INTERNATIONAL ONE. I RULE OUT THE CONVENING OF A
SUMMIT OF ALL THE ARAB STATES, AND I RULE OUT ITS SUCCESS
ON THE BASIS OF WHAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE AND ON THE BASIS
OF PAST EXPERIENCES.
((ABU GHANNAM)) WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT ON WHAT WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS LAST WEEK ABOUT THE 1985 EXPLOSION
AT B'IR AL-'ABD AND WHICH WAS BASICALLY AIMED AGAINST YOUR
LIFE?
((FADLALLAH)) 1) THE FIRST POINT IS THAT FROMA THE VERY
BEGINNING I FELT THAT THE ISSUE WAS AMERICAN AND I KNEW
THAT IT WAS A RESPONSE TO THE EXPLOSION OF THE MARINES,
WHILE THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE WAS ACCUSING ME OF BEING
BEHIND ALL THIS. THIS IS WHY I DECLARED THE U.S.
RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE BEGINNING. THE POSTER IN FRONT OF
THE BURNT HOUSES ENTITLED: "MADE IN THE UNITED STATES",
WAS THE PROOF. WE KNOW THAT WHEN THE U.S. MOVES, IT DOES
NOT HAVE DETAILS ON THIS MATTER, ALTHOUGH WE WERE ABLE TO
LAY OUR HANDS ON CERTAIN GUIDE LINES CONCERNING LEBANESE,
AMERICAN AND ISRAELI INVOLVEMENT THROUGH THOSE WHO
IMPLEMENTED THIS OPERATION. WE WERE NOT ASTONISHED WITH
THE INVOLVEMENT OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE ON THIS ISSUE, AND
OUR INTUITION IN THE PAST AND AT PRESENT ARE CORRECT.
2) THE SECOND POINT IS THAT TALK OF THE RELATION OF A
CETAIN ARAB STATE IN THIS ISSUE IS NOT ASTONISHING, BECAUSE
WE KNOW THE FIRM RELATION BETWEEN CETAIN ARAB STATES AND
THE U.S. SUCH A RELATION PROMPTS THEM TO FINANCE ANY
AMERICAN OPERATION IN THIS DIRECTION IF THE U.S. OFFICIAL
COULD NOT OBTAIN THE APPROVAL OF THE HOUSE OF SENATES ((AS
PUBLISHED)).
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