July 19, 1996
New York Times - TWA Flight 800
A specific warning about the flight had been sent by an extremist Saudi
organization called the Movement of Islamic Change, the organization
that
claimed responsibility for blowing up US military personnel in Saudi
Arabia
last November. "Late this morning we got a copy of a letter in Arabic
that we
then had translated, and got it to the FBI" said a State Department
spokesman.
... "It's a ... statement that seems aimed at
the Saudi regime or the
American presence in Saudi Arabia"......... Officials said they were
reviewing a telephone call placed to a Tampa, Florida television station
yesterday morning from a man who identified himself as a member of
a jihad
and claimed responsibility for the crash.
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