Dr. Ludwig de Braeckeleer

Haffez Kassem Dalkamoni and the Cyprus connection

Part 72 – SEPTEMBER 12 1988 'Sometimes people call me and asked if anyone had phone for Dalkamoni. I remember Abu Talb and Abu Nidal.' - Habib al Dajani, Syrian restaurant owner in Nicosia, Cyprus Today, Dalkamoni goes to Cyprus where the PFLP-GC maintains a bank account. Dalkamoni has full control over the account. Bank records show that its state has fluctuated from one US$ million to several millions. Dalkamoni has been in Cyprus earlier this year in February and in May.

Imad Chaaban AKA Marten Imandi

Part 71 – SEPTEMBER 11, 1988 "People have said that I might get in trouble if I was with Abu Talb." - Imad Chaaban Mahmoud and Mustafa Mograbi, with the help of their brother in law Abu Talb and a friend named Imad Chaaban, aka Marten Imandi, were using Uppsala as a base for their terrorism operations. In 1985 and 1986, they bombed the offices of Northwest Airlines in Copenhagen and Stockholm, an Amsterdam office of Israel's airline, El Al, and a synagogue in Copenhagen.

Mohamed Abu Talb

Part 70 – SEPTEMBER 10, 1988 'Talb was not just a distinguished fighter; he was an intellectual and a highly articulate advocate of the Palestinian cause. In the silence of Abu Talb, the Scots police were to find their most formidable adversary.' - David Leppard, In the trail of terror In November 1983, Talb and his wife, born Jamilla Mograbi, entered Sweden. Talb used a false Moroccan passport. They asked for political asylum and received it quickly.

The Moghrabis: Terror as a Palestinian family business

Part 69 – SEPTEMBER 9, 1988 'Dalal Al-Moghrabi was, and still is, a commander and a fighter for the sake of Palestine.' - Jihad Abu Zneid , Fatah representative in the Palestinian Legislative Council, Interview by Palestinian TV on the return of the remains of Dalal Al-Moghrabi, July 16, 2008

US: Iraq has used chemical weapons against Kurds

Part 68 – SEPTEMBER 8, 1988 ''As a result of our evaluation of the situation, the United States Government is convinced that Iraq has used chemical weapons in its military campaign against Kurdish guerrillas. Any use in this context is abhorrent and unjustifiable.'' - State Department Spokesman Charles E. Redman Today, State Department officials said that US intelligence agencies have confirmed Iraq's use of chemicals in its recent drive against Kurdish civilians in Northern Iraq.

Danish police release terror suspects

Part 67 – SEPTEMBER 7, 1988 "The pair [Chabaan and Ourfali] got our telephone number in Neuss via parents and parents-in-law. They only got our address when they arrived here. " - Somaia Abassi On September 7, Jehab Chabaan, Ziad Chabaan, Samir Ourfali and Martin Imandi are released from Danish custody. [See Part 65 – SEPTEMBER 5 1988]

US Iran hold secret talks in Geneva

Part 66 – SEPTEMBER 6, 1988 ''I wish to propose for the reader's favorable consideration, a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true.'' - Bertrand Russell Over the last week of July, Washington and Tehran have exchanged a few messages through a third party, not known but most likely to be Swiss officials. The message from the US administration is said to congratulate Iran for accepting the cease fire and to seek the help of Iranian officials to secure the safe release of the US citizens held hostage in Lebanon.

An unusual crown witness

Part 65 – SEPTEMBER 5, 1988 Mohammed Abu Talb has provided testimony tying the radical faction, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, General Command, to the Pan Am bombing. NYT October 31, 1989 On Sept 5 1988, Jehab Chabaan, Ziad Chabaan and Samir Ourfali entered Germany on a flight from Damascus. Jehab and Ziad are brothers of Imad Chabaan, while Samir is a cousin.

Lockerbie convicted bomber vanishes

Part 64 – SEPTEMBER 4 1988 'A reward was paid out in the Lockerbie Pan Am 103 case.' - US State Department Official The name of the man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am 103 has been mysteriously removed from the REWARDS FOR JUSTICE US Website. [1] Fortunately, a copy of the page as previously displayed had been saved. [2]

The European section of the PFLP-GC

Part 63 – SEPTEMBER 3, 1988 'I only gave Abu Elias name once… to Khreesat. And therefore, only Khreesat could have revealed his name.' - Haffez Dalkamoni to Somaia Abassi, Prison visit, July 1989 Beside Jibril himself, two other members of the PFLP-GC are known to have participated with Iranian officials in the discussions regarding the revenge for the USS Vincennes 'incident': Major Tunayb and Haffez Kassem Dalkamoni.

Ahmed Jibril and the PFLP-GC

Part 62 – SEPTEMBER 2, 1988 "The Americans will never, ever find out how I did it." - Ahmed Jibril, Champagne party to celebrate the downing of Pan Am 103 The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) is usually described as a pan-Arab, secular, Marxist-Leninist group. Yet, in the early 90s, the group adopted a religion inspired rhetoric which is quite unique for such an organization. On March 5 1989, Jibril pledged to carry out "the Islamic verdict, to protect Islam and its prophet."

Baghdad to crush Kurdish insurgency

Part 61 – SEPTEMBER 1 1988 'Now that the war is winding down, Iraq is able to turn more attention to its Kurdish problem. We've seen a number of indications that the Iraqis are making a determined push to bring the Kurds to heel, once and for all.' --US State Department official A United Nations report, to be made public Thursday, accuses Iran of using mental pressure on Iraqi prisoners. The three-member team has visited prisoners in both nations. The purpose of the pressure is allegedly to turn Iraqi captives into pro-Khomeini militants.

August Intelligence Summary

Part 60 – AUGUST 31, 1988 'The truth [about Pan Am 103] has not come out. I think the investigation found what it was told to find.' Martin Cadman, Father of Bill who died in the bombing of Pan Am 103. In the aftermath of the shooting down of an Iranian airliner by the USS Vincennes on July 3 1988, Mossad intercepted several message between the Sheick Abdulah Barracks and the Damascus-based headquarters of Jibril PFLP-GC. [1]

US and Iran in secret talks over hostages

Part 59 – AUGUST 30 ,1988 'I have very important and serious things to say. The reports that attribute Lockerbie to others are lies. We are behind it.' - Abu Nidal Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar told representatives of Britain, China, France, the Soviet Union and the United States at the European headquarters of the United Nations that the peace talks between Iran and Iraq had run into major problems because of Iraq insistence of sovereignty over the shat-al Arab.

Iraqis gas thousands of civilians at the Turkish border

Part 58 – AUGUST 29, 1988 ''The Shatt al Arab has been a river of Iraqi sovereignty through all stages of history. Any attempt to minimize the full sovereignty of Iraq over this vital lane would be faced with categorical rejection from our side.'' - Sadoun Hamadi, Iraqi Foreign Minister The UN-sponsored peace talks between Iraq and Iran appear to have reached a road block. Iraq insists on full sovereignty over the Shatt al Arab while Iran adamantly rejects such a demand.

Navy videotape reveals dramatic scene aboard US ship

Part 57 – AUGUST 28, 1988 ''In their campaign against the Kurds, we got the impression that the Iraqis wanted to finish the whole business.'' - A regional diplomat After having learned of the existence of a videotape made by the Navy which documents the events that led to the downing of an Iranian airliner by the USS Vincennes on July 3, NBC News requested a copy under the Freedom of Information Act.

Tehran executes thousands of political prisoners

Part 56 – AUGUST 27, 1988 It is naive to show mercy to those who wage war on God . . . I hope that with your revolutionary rage and rancor toward the enemies of Islam, you can satisfy the Almighty. - Aytollah Khomeini, Letter ordering the execution of political prisoners In late July, the National Liberation Army of Iran, the military wing of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran launched an armed incursion, named “Operation Eternal Light”, into Iran from its bases in Iraq.

Iraq and Iran open direct talks in Geneva

Part 55 – AUGUST 26, 1988 ''Your presence here clearly indicates your Governments are quite prepared to pursue the path to peace. Against the background of the cease-fire, our discussions will be businesslike, constructive and indeed productive.'' - Javier Perez de Cuellar, United Nations Secretary General Today, Foreign Ministers Tariq Aziz of Iraq and Ali Akbar Velayati of Iran opened direct face-to-face negotiations in Geneva.

Baghdad uses Mustard Gas on the Kurdish Rebels

Part 54 – AUGUST 25 1988 'Survivors painted a grisly picture of noiseless bombs producing yellowish smoke smelling of bad garlic or rotten apples; of people, plants and livestock dying instantly as dead birds and bees fell from the sky. The bodies of the dead burned and blistered and later turned blackish blue.' - Peter Galbraith and Christopher Van Hollen, Chemical Weapons Use in Kurdistan: Iraq's Final Offensive Staff Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate [1]

UN reports Iraqi use of gas against civilians

Part 53 – AUGUST 24 1988 "And so we resorted, not to poison gas, but to the atomic bomb. Are we therefore permitted to adopt a moral stance against the use of another kind of weapon - mustard gas? War is war is war. Poison gas, flame throwers, napalm, nuclear weapons - they are all obscene. How hypocritical to pick and choose." - Stanley Frankel, New York, Aug. 8, 1988 Today, United Nations inspectors said that Iraq used mustard gas against Iranian civilians in a bombing raid near the town of Oshnaviyeh on Aug. 2.