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Terrorist Alert Issued to Americans in Beijing
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CHINA, From A25
The embassy notice to U.S. cit-
izens said "there is no specific in-
formation as to when or where an
attack might take place, but the
embassy believes that this warning
reflects a genuine threat and that
American citizens ... should take
appropriate steps to protect them-
selves."
An embassy official said that in-
formation concerning the threat
was provided to the embassy late
yesterday by a "high-ranking rep-
· resentative" of the Chinese govern-
ment.
U.S. antiterrorist officials in
Washington reported a week ago
that Gadhafi, using the cover of Pal-
estinian and Japanese terrorist
groups, had launched a sudden re-
surgence of terrorist attacks on
American and western targets in
the Middle East and elsewhere.
Libya maintains an embassy in
MOAMMAR GADHAFI
said to be aiding Japanese groups
Beijing. Other nations hostile to the
United States, such as Iran and
North Korea, also maintain embas-
sies here, and the PLO has a small
mission. Iranians are allowed to en-
ter China without visas.
Officials interviewed by The
Washington Post recently said the
main suspected Libyan surrogate
for terrorist activities appears to be
Sabri Banna, the Palestinian terror-
ist known as Abu Nidal, who has
been at odds with the PLO.
U.S. officials also said they be-
lieve that the Japanese Red Army
terrorist group, with possible Lib-
yan backing, was responsible for
bombings directed against Amer-
icans in Naples and New Delhi in
April and May.
After the notice was issued to-
day, some American children were.
absent from a playground where
they usually play.
Embassy officials said that de-
spite the warning, they plan to hold
a Fourth of July celebration.
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