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The Naked Gun: Where's Lieutenant Frank Drebbond when you need him?

The list of participants read like the U.S. State Department's catalog of Middle East terrorists, including such notorious top names as the infamous Ahmed Jibril of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, spiritual leader of Hezbollah, and Dr. Ramadan Shallah, the leader of Islamic Jihad. But not Osama bin Laden, according to intelligence reports, although his terror organization al Qaida was represented. In all, Western intelligence sources revealed Thursday, 160 delegates attended what amounted to a secret terrorists' convention in Tehran on June 1. The sources believe the main discussion centered on developing a strategy to counter the U.S. offensive against terrorism. The meeting also resolved to back Palestinian suicide attacks against Israelis with funds and expertise as well as vocal support. More intriguing to Western intelligence services wore the small secret meetings of no more than 10 delegates including Jibril, Sallah, and Fadlallah. The meeting hosts were senior officials of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which is in charge of Iran's chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs and forces. (UPI Hears, Jul. 18)

posted by Howard @ 7/19/2002 10:18:21 AM