LEBANON: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OPPRESSED

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 13, 1986
• Content Type: REPORT

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
13 January 1986
Lebanon: The Organization of the oppressed
the "Organization of the
Oppressed" (Mustada'afin) is a cover name used by elements of the
radical Shia Hizballah movement. We do not, however, have any
information concerning the composition or identity of the
Hizballah units that use that particular cover name. The
evidence suggests that radical Shias predominantly from southern
Lebanon comprise the organization of the Oppressed.
-- At a news conference on 1 July 1985, following the
release of the TWA hostages, two Hizballah members
claimed credit for the hijacking in the name of the
Organization of the Oppressed and threatened reprisals
if the US retaliated against Lebanon. This was the
first time the cover name was used to claim
responsibility for a terrorists operation.
On 18 November 1985, a statement issued in Beirut in the
name of the Organization fo the oppressed claimed credit
for the kidnapping of four members of the Jewish
community in Lebanon. The Lebanese Jews had been
kidnapped in West Beirut in March 1985. In the December
communique they threatened to execute the hostages
unless Israel released some 300 prisoners being held at
a detention center in al-Khiyam (3319N, 3536E) in
southern Lebanon. Two of the hostages were subsequently
executed.
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The Hizballah elements currently using this cover name
probably are related to Shia prisoners being held at al-Khiyam.
The following is a chronology of threats and claims issued
in the name of the "Organization of the Oppressed:"
1 July 1985 Press conference following the release of the
TWA hostages. Two Hizballah members--
ostensibly the original hijackers of the
aircraft--explain why the hostages were
released warns the US not to retaliate against
Lebanon.
1 July 1985 A statement issued in Beirut claims that the
group was responsible for the bombing of the
TWA office in Madrid, Spain.
10 July 1985 The Pan Am office in Zurich received a threat
letter, written in English, demanding that Pan
Am and TWA flights to Tel Aviv, Cairo, Zurich,
Geneva, Athens, Rome, and Istanbul, be
cancelled. The letter threatened that the
group would conduct "the world's biggest
hijacking" and that it had placed bombs at the
TWA and Pan Am terminals in New York City. We
do not believe this was a geniune threat
letter from Hizballah members.
18 Nov 1985 A statement issued in Beirut claims the group
was responsible for the kidnaping of four
Lebanese Jews in West Beirut: Yitzak Sasson,
Yitzak Tarab, Eli Surur, and Hayim Kohen-
Halaq. The group accused the four of being
spies for Israel and threatened to execute
them unless Israel releases the prisoners held
at the al-Khiyam detention center in Southern
Lebanon.
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17 Dec 1985 A Beirut newspaper, An-Nahar, carries another
statement issued by the group, again
threatening to execute the hostages unless the
Khiyam prisoners are released.
24 Dec 1985 The same Beirut newspaper carries another
statement from the group announcing the
execution of one of the hostages, Hayim Kohen-
Halaq--an Iranian national who had moved to
Lebanon--in retaliation for Israeli shelling
of villages in southern Lebanon.
28 Dec 1985 The group issues another threat to kill the
remaining Jewish hostages unless the Khiyam
prisoners are released and Israel stops its
"terrorism" in southern Lebanon.
1 Jan 1986 The group announces the execution of a second
hostage, Yitzak Tarab, in "reply to recent
aggressions undertaken by Israeli forces
against the town of Kunin in southern
Lebanon.
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