TUNISIA: THE THREAT OF TERORISM TUNISIA: PROSPECTS FOR STABILITY

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CIA-RDP90T00114R000600040001-8
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December 22, 2016
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February 1, 2012
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January 12, 1987
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MEMO
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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 :CIA-RDP90T00114R000600040001-8 CTC/OAG~ (12 Jan 1987) Internal Distribution: External 1 - L. Paul Bremer, III, Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism, State Department 1 - Morton I. Abramowitz, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, State Department c 1 - Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, State Department 1 - Robert H. Pelletreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asian Affairs, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense 1 - Michael Ussery, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, State Department 1 - NIO/CT 1 - NIO/NESA - 1 -Director, OGI 1 -Director, MESA A 1 - CT/COPS 1 - C/CTC/OAG TITLE: ~lt.Yl~51GL-~? ~~,Q. { It.Y~ I ,px~p~r~ ~-'"~- DATE: t~ ~~ 197 GI M #: ~~ ~ ~ ~~v ~' ~~ST? 25X1 25X1 25X1, LJ/~1 DATE ~~~~ ~~c"~~ G.Z-N! ~'!- 3od a ~-- DOC NO OIR P $ PD I Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 :CIA-RDP90T00114R000600040001-8 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 :CIA-RDP90T00114R000600040001-8 .iX1 ~ . a Central Intelligence Agency L. Paul Bremer, Ilt Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Department of State Chief, Operations and Analysis Group Counterterrorist Center SUBJECT: Tunisia and Terrorism 1. The attached) (prepared in response to a query to the Counterterrorist Center concerning the likelihood of Tunisia becoming a future base for terrorist operations. Despite Tunisia's unstable political environment, we do not see any evidence that state sponsors of terrorism or radical Palestinian terrorist groups seek to turn Tunisia into a safehaven or base for terrorist operations. p.. .. r.... .... .. u..c~ ~aA n~ a~~c Counterterrorist Center and Office of ear Eastern and South Asian Analysis. Any comments can be addressed directly to Counterterrorist Center. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1. ~oX1 Tunisia: The Threat of Terrorism GI M 87-30002, January 1987 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/01 :CIA-RDP90T00114R000600040001-8