linked - Investigating the Terror

FD—302a (Rev. 11—15—83)
Continuation of FD-302 of ABDUL BASIT MAH1VOUD ABDUL KAR.IM On 2/7"2/8/95 Psge 13
He noted that this seemed to him at the time to be
"just like a movie", as they waited to make their exit.
BASIT stated that, following their exit from the
garage, they drov.' approximately five minutes in Manhattan, and
then stopped and deposited in a mailbox five letters to various
newspapers. These letters, BASIT explained, claimed
responsibility for the WTC bombing, in the name of the
"Liberation Army-Fifth Battalion".
BASIT claimed that the "Liberation Army - Fifth
Battalion" is a genuine organization, responsible for numerous
bombings; however, he refused to provide any specific information
regarding the structure of this organization, or specific attacks
for which they had been responsible.
- (Following his explanation of how the van had been
placed in the WTC parking level, BASIT expressed concern over the
disposition of the diagram which he had sketched; subsequently,
while handling the sketch, BASIT tore out the center of the
diagram, in the area representing WTC Tower One, and destroyed
that portion.)
BASIT claimed that following the mailing of the
letters, he traveled to the Jersey City waterfront area and
observed sinok crxning from the area of the WTC towers.
He remarked that he -1ater- monitored ews--reportsof the
bombing, and was disappointed at the initial report of only one
death as its result. He noted that he feared at that time that
only the detonator had functioned, but that the main charge had
not.
He related that, later that evening he traveled to JFK
Airport, where he made a telephone call from a pay telephone to
the police, where he claimed credit for the bombing in the name
of the "Libration Army-Fifth Battalion". He stated that he -
dialed ar number" to reacri the po1ie, and noted that he
could tell that the line was recorded, as he could hear a beeping
in the background.