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INR-07 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-05 PA-02 PRS-01 SP-02 SS-15
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R 201613Z JAN 76
FM USMISSION USUN NY
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5426
INFO AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
USINT BAGHDAD
UNCLAS USUN 0187
DEPT PASS JUSTICE - FRANK NILAND AND JAMES ROBINSON (GENERAL
CRIMES)
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: PFOR, PINS, IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQI COMPLAINT CONERNING PIPE BOMBS FOUND OUTSIDE
MISSION
REF: USUN 103
1. AMB. AL-SHAIKHLY HAS SENT FORMAL NOTED DATED JANUARY 14
1976 TO SYG WALDHEIM CONCERNING PIPE BOMB INCIDENT OF
JANUARY 12, 1976. NOTE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AS DOCUMENT
OF COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY. TEXT OF
NOTE IS AS FOLLOWS:
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THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ TO THE UNITED NATIONS
PRESENTS HIS COMPLIMENTS TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED
NATIONS AND HAS THE HONOUR TO INFORM HIM THAT ON 12 JANUARY
1976, SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT, TWO BOMBS WERE FOUND
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AT THE SIDE ENTRANCE TO THE PREMISES OF THE MISSION. BOTH
BOMBS WERE WIRED TO TIMING DEVICES AND PLACED IN A PAPER BAG
AT THE SIDE ENTRANCE WHICH LEADS TO THE LIVING QUARTER IN THE
MISSION OCCUPIED BY AN AMERICAN EMPLOYEE AT THE MISSION AND THE FOUR
MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.
ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS, RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THIS LATEST CRIMINAL ACT AGAINST A MISSION ACCREDITED TO THE
UNITED NATIONS WAS CLAIMED BY A GROUP VARIOUSLY CALLING ITSELF
THE "UNDERGROUND JEWISH ARMY" AND THE "JEWISH ARMED RESISTANCE."
IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT THE PHONE CALLS WHICH CLAIMED THE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACT CAME BEFORE THE DISCOVERY OF THE
BOMBS AND BEFORE THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED BY THE NEWS MEDIA.
A REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES OF 14 JANUARY
1976 STATED THAT ACCORDING TO ONE RUSSEL KELNER, A SO-CALLED
OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE
"JEWISH DEFENCE LEAGUE", "A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE
JEWISH ARMED RESISTANCE HAVE BEEN AND ARE ACTIVE WITH JDL", AND
THAT "A NUMBER HAD ATTENDED LEAGUE TRAINING CAMPS OPERATED
SUMMERS NEAR HUNTER, N.Y., FOR TWO MONTHS IDEOLOGICAL,
PHYSICAL, SELF-CONFIDENCE AND PARA-MILITARY PROGRAMS".
ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, MR. KELNER SAID THE LEAGUE APPLAUDED
THE PLACING OF THE BOMBS (AT THE IRAQI MISSION AND THREE SIMILAR
ONES NEXT TO THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS EARLIER ON THE SAME DAY)
AS "A PROTEST TO UNITED NATIONS CAPITULATION" TO THE
PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION, AND THAT THE LEAGUE WOULD
PROVIDE LEGAL AND FINANCIAL AID IF NEEDED.
THE PERMANENT MISSION OF IRAQ WOULD LIKE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ITS
PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS DATED 5 MARCH 1971 AND 11 APRIL
1975/1 CONCERNING TWO PREVIOUS BOMB ATTACKS ON THE MISSION.
ONE OF THOSE BOMBS HAD EXPLODED INSIDE THE PREMISES
OF THE MISSION CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE. THE SAME ZIONIST
GANG WHICH CLAIMED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LATEST ACT
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EARLIER ATTACKS, AND IN SPITE
OF THE FACT THAT THE PERPETRATORS OF THESE CRIMINAL ACTS ARE
WELL KNOWN TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THEY CONTINUE TO REPEAT
THEIR CRIMES WITH IMPUNITY AND THEIR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
CONTINUES TO ENJOY FREEDOM OF OPERATION.
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AS THE UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES HAVE SHOWN
THEMSELVES TO BE UNABLE TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THESE
CRIMINAL ACTS AND AS THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TAKE EFFECTIVE
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THEIR PERPETRATORS, THE UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT HAS OBVIOUSLY FAILED TO FULFIL ITS OBLIGATIONS IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT. IT HAS BECOME QUITE NECESSARY
FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TO START TO CONSIDER SERIOUSLY
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE REMOVAL OF THE HEADQUARTERS TO
ANOTHER LOCATION.
THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ KINDLY REQUESTS THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CIRCULATE THIS NOTE AS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT
AND TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON
RELATIONS WITH THE HOST COUNTRY.
UNQUOTE
MOYNIHAN
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