Word: chapman
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...September, Gaddafi dispatched an envoy, Ahmad Shahati, to Washington with a personal message of reconciliation to Reagan. But U.S. intelligence officials had begun to receive reports that Libyan hit teams were out to kill Reagan. By the time U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Chapman narrowly missed being assassinated in Paris in November, Washington had made up its mind about Gaddafi's true intentions. As Haig put it: "I think it underlines the urgency of dealing with the problem [Gaddafi] in an effective, prudent, unequivocal...
...alleged Gaddafi plot to kill Maxwell Rabb, U.S. Ambassador to Italy. Rabb was given special protection, and Rome police arrested a suspect. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports were circulating in France that Gaddafi was planning assaults on other U.S. embassy personnel in Europe. U.S. officials thus grew especially concerned when Christian Chapman, chargé d'affaires at the American embassy in Paris, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in November. No suspects were arrested, but again Gaddafi was thought to be the mastermind...
Libya has been suspected in the attempted murder last month of Christian Chapman, the American chargé d'affaires in Paris. It has been accused of sending hitmen to assassinate Washington's Ambassador to Italy Maxwell Rabb. And now U.S. intelligence authorities are investigating a report that agents of Muammar Gaddafi may be on the prowl for even bigger targets: President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush, Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger...
...Libyan strongman and exporter of terrorism. Said Haig: "We do have repeated reports coming to us from reliable sources that Mr. Gaddafi has been funding, sponsoring, training, harboring terrorist groups who conduct activities against the lives of American diplomats." Haig had "no other information" directly linking the attempt on Chapman's life to Gaddafi, but added: "I think it underlines once again the urgency of dealing with this problem [Gaddafi] in an effective, prudent, but unequivocal...
...Libyan government promptly dismissed Haig's charges as "insolent in the extreme." But French government sources said that Chapman had recently received a number of threats, some of which had been traced to Libya. In Rome, a U.S. embassy official said there was some evidence that Gaddafi was planning to go after American personnel. Indeed, U.S. security agents learned last September of a Gaddafi plot to kill Maxwell Rabb, the U.S. Ambassador to Italy. Rabb was given special protection. One reason he was suddenly summoned home to Washington last month was to preserve his safety. In early October...