CIA Reading Room cia-rdp87t00289r000100190001-8: NEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIA REVIEW

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/09: CIA-RDP87T00289R000100190001-8 Directorate of I -" Intelligence LL DID MiT GIVE- OU-.7 0l r_I ii Near East and South Asia Review I -sue NESA NESAR 85-020 13 September 1985 415 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/09: CIA-RDP87T00289R000100190001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/09: CIA-RDP87T00289R000100190001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/09: CIA-RDP87T00289R000100190001-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/09: CIA-RDP87T00289R000100190001-8 Near East and South Asia Review F__] 25X1 1 25X1 25X1 Domestic opposition to Libyan leader Qadhafi continues to grow, spurred by renewed plotting by military officers and more widespread grumbling about deteriorating economic conditions, and his refusal to compromise any aspect of his revolution enhances the prospects of his ouster. Libya: The Subversive Role of the Islamic Call Society in 5 East Asia Libya's Islamic Call Society is becoming more active in support of Tripoli's foreign policy aims in East Asia, but most Asian governments will continue to restrict these activities as long as they believe that Libyan-backed personnel threaten to destabilize their own political futures. Sudan: Consequences of the Drought 25X1 25X1 9 25X1 25X1 Even through US and other donors have narrowed the food gap in the past year, Sudan's grossly in