DETENTION IN LIBYA OF LIBYAN RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING DEATH OF BRITISH POLICEWOMAN AND LIBYAN MEASURES TO PREVENT DEFECTIONS FROM PEOPLE'S BUREAU IN LONDON

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01176274
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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-02270
• Publication Date: May 16, 1984

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DIST: 16 MAY 1984
COUNTRY: LIBYA/BRITAIN
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DETENTION IN LIBYA OF LIBYAN RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING
DEATH OF BRITISH POLICEWOMAN AND LIBYAN MEASURES TO PREVENT
DEFECTIONS FROM PEOPLE'S BUREAU IN LONDON
TEXT: 1. THE LIBYAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FATAL SHOOTING OF BRITISH
POLICEWOMAN YVONNE ((FLETCHER)) WAS 'ABD-AL-QADIR ((BAQDADI)).
BAQDADI IS UNDER ARREST IN TRIPOLI ALTHOUGH HE HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY
CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.
2. IN ADDITION TO HIS ROLE AS LIBYA'S NEGOTIATOR DURING THE
BRITISH SIEGE OF THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU IN LONDON, COLONEL 'ABD-AL-
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RAHMAN ((SHAYBI)) HAD ANOTHER EQUALLY IMPORTANT TASK TO DISCHARGE
FOR LIBYAN LEADER COLONEL MU'AMMAR ((QADHAFI)). WHEN THE LIBYAN
INTELLIGENCE SERVICE LEARNED THAT AS MANY AS EIGHT OF THE LIBYANS
BARRICADED IN THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU WANTED TO SEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM
IN BRITAIN, QADHAFI DISPATCHED SHAYBI TO LONDON TO PREVENT SUCH
DEFECTIONS. SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING IN LONDON, SHAYBI SENT WORD
THOSE INSIDE THE PEOPLE'S BUREAU THAT THEIR FAMILIES WOULD BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE IF ANYONE DEFECTED.
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