DATE=8/26/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-237679
TITLE=ABU NIDAL ARREST (S)
BYLINE=JIM RANDLE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED TERRORISTS IS REPORTED TO
BE IN CUSTODY IN EGYPT. ABU NIDAL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SCORES OF
TERRORIST ATTACKS IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE 1970'S AND
'80'S. CORRESPONDENT JIM RANDLE REPORTS, THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT
AND ABU NIDAL'S GROUP BOTH DENY HE IS IN JAIL.
TEXT: ABU NIDAL IS ACCUSED OF ORCHESTRATING ATTACKS IN 20
COUNTRIES THAT LEFT 900 PEOPLE DEAD.
STORIES IN SEVERAL PROMINENT U-S NEWSPAPERS CITE U-S AND ARAB
OFFICIALS WHO SAY THAT ABU NIDAL WAS ARRESTED BY EGYPT ONE-MONTH
AGO. SOME OF THE STORIES SAY ABU NIDAL, WHOSE REAL NAME IS SABRI
AL BANNA, IS SERIOUSLY ILL AND WAS SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT NOT
AVAILABLE TO HIM IN LIBYA.
REPORTS OF HIS ARREST FIRST SURFACED LAST WEEK IN ARABIC LANGUAGE
NEWSPAPERS IN LONDON. IN BEIRUT, ABU NIDAL'S GROUP, THE FATAH
REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL, SAYS HE IS NEITHER ILL NOR UNDER ARREST.
THE GROUP SPLIT FROM THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION IN
1974. (SIGNED)
NEB/RAE
26-Aug-98 7:08 AM EDT (1108 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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