drapery boutique Since 1969 INC. For this event only all Stores open this Sunday: 10 to 5 5-Day Holiday Home Shopping... route from London to New York, reached its cruising altitude over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, an explo- sion in the baggage hold immediately under the flight deck disabled the con- trols, tore open the fragile skin of the airliner and dispatched 200 souls to obli- vion. Alarmed that meticulous investigators were able to piece together the tiny fragments of fuselage and luggage and point the finger of responsibility directly at his organization, Jibril issued a stream of denials. As the noose tightened last weekend, he repeated his denials and bravely declared that he was willing to allow his fighters to be questioned by investigators from the United States or Britain. "I am prepared to send them to a neutral country like Switzerland on condi- tion the Swiss will guar- antee that they come to no harm," he told an inter- viewer for the London-based Sunday Correspondent. Western intelligence agencies swiftly discounted Jibril's protestations of in- nocence, insisting that the shadowy figure in Damascus continues to head their list of suspects as the man most likely to have perpetrated the attack on the Pan Am airliner. Jibril, inventor of the barometric detonating device which was used to blast Pan Am Flight 103 out of the sky at a pre- determined altitude, had the means, the motive and the opportunity to perpetrate the Pan Am atrocity. Indeed, one of the principal suspects in the case, Mohammed Dalkamoni, a senior member of Jibril's central committee, is in a West German prison follow- ing a raid, reputedly prompted by a tip-off from Israeli intelligence, on a group of Arabs just two mon- ths before the Lockerbie disaster. Western intelligence agencies believe that Dalkamoni arranged the logistics of the Pan Am at- tack with the active coopera- tion of the Iranian regime. Dalkamoni, they also note, was among those released by Israel in the 1985 exchange with Jibril. Notwithstanding his denials, Jibril demonstrated no remorse for the loss of American lives on the Pan Am flight or elsewhere. "I was happy to hear about the Sal.. Francisco earth- quake," tie boasted to the British reporter. "I don't know how I would have managed to take revenge on the United States, but it seems that God did it for me." Whatever his grievance against the United States — presumably because of its support for Israel — his loathing for the British is equally deep and, indeed, dates back even further, to the 1917 Balfour Declara- tion which recognized the right of the Jewish people to a homeland in Palestine. "It will be impossible for us to forgive the Britons for the crime they committed against us 72 years ago and which is still continuing to- day. The day will come when we will settle the account of this crime," he warned his British interviewer. Nor is his hatred confined to the United States, Britain and Israel. Ahmed Jibril re- serves a special place on his hate list for Yassir Arafat. While other Syrian-based hard-liners — notably George Habash and Naif Hawatmeh — have managed to bring themselves to an ac- commodation of sorts with the PLO leader, Jibril has steadfastly rejected any solution that involves con- cessions to Israel. Many Israelis believe that the most terrifying scenario of all is the prospect of virulent, violent, uncom- promising Islamic fun- damentalism sweeping all before it in the territories and, ultimately, within Israel's pre-1967 borders. Ahmed Jibril shares this vision and is now devoting his energies and skills to fostering just such an future. He speaks with passion of his Islamic soul and, in addi- tion to paying obeisance to his Syrian patrons, he reveals his allegiance to the Islamic revolutionary regime in Iran. Clearly miffed by the per- sistent Palestinian support for Arafat, he believes — as Israelis fear — that the future belongs to Hamas, the home-grown fundamentalist movement in Gaza, and Islamic Jihad, the mother and father of Iranian- inspired terrorism abroad. 0 0 ay o o tIA tlI ttl o e c. spREE SAVE„4 0% 20% 30 % Off Our Everyday Low Prices on AIL.. In-Stock Merchandise Does not include our already low priced C-Curve P.V.C. Vertical Blind **pert) boutique 00UPOR Valld thru Monday. Decemoer 4. 1989 only . 4 47 All Special Order Off Wallpaper in our library ALL 1400 SPECIAL ORDER BOOKS will be 47% off for 5-Days only. Present coupon at time of order only. Minimum order at sale price, $50. Otherwise discount is only 35% off. Borders with coupon 35% off. Freight and Handling added. 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