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Chronoloffv of International Terrorism
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism?July 1997
This review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Center. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
Information available as of 22 August 1997 was used in this report.
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Paramilitaries Adopting Terrorist Tactics
Colombia's right-wing paramilitary groups?private militias that carry out assassi-
nations and massacres targeting leftist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers?have
intensified their violent activities in recent months. Carlos Castano's notorious
Peasant Self-Defense Group of Cordoba and Uraba (ACCU), which operates
throughout northwestern Colombia and the border re ions o
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mid-July 1997 and the subsequent killing of several village residents. Other ACCU
activities that month, including an attempted bombing in Bogota and a death threat
against an international human rights delegation, suggest that the group also is
beginning to adopt more traditional terrorist tactics:
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Mapinpana, Colombia, in
? On 25 July, paramilitaries shot and killed a Bogota policeman who caught them
planting a dynamite bomb at the headquarters of the Patriotic Union (UP), a
political party associated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), the country's largest guerrilla group. The ACCU repeatedly had threat-
ened to dynamite the building, according to a UP leader.
? On 28 July, members of a delegation investigating reports of human rights abuses
in Antioquia province were forced to cut short their mission after receiving a
written bomb threat from the ACCU ordering them to leave the area within 12
hours. Two delegation members were em lo ees of the UN High Commission
for Human Rights, according to press
These incidents highlight the possibility that foreign citizens could become victims
of expanding paramilitary violence, either as unintended casualties of attacks
against domestic targets or as deliberate targets if naramilitarv 2rouns associate
them with leftist guerrillas.
paramilitary groups together comprise 4,000 to 6,000 armed members, less
fJi?Thalf the strength of their guerrilla adversaries. Paramilitaries receive most of
their backing from lar :e landowners and narcotrafficke s w by
guerrilla activities, bu the
groups enjoy the tacit support o some Colombian military commanders who
frustrated with the government's inability to keep the guerrillas in check
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September 1970
The Terrorism Diary for September and October
Below is a compendium of September and October dates of known or conceivable
significance to terrorists around the world. Our inclusion of a date or event should
not by itself becoiistriiedip suggest that we expect or anticipate a commemorative
terrorist event.
Libya. Coup overthrows monarchy.
Palestinians. During this month, the Jordanian Army drove the Palestinian guerril-
las out of the country because they would not stop attacking Israel from Jordanian
soil; in response, the largest group, Fatah, established the Black September Organi-
zation, best known for its attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics.
3 September 1971 Qatar. Independence Day.
3 September 1982 Peru. Death of Sendero Luminoso (SL) leader Edith Lagos.
4 September 1980 Iran, Iraq. Date Iraq charges Iran started war.
8 September 1982 India. Death of Shaykh Mohammad Abdullah, "the Lion of Kashmir."
10 September 1922 Turkey. Founding of Turkish Communist Party.
12 September 1992 Peru. Arrest of Sendero Luminoso leader Abimael Guzman.
14 September 1982 Lebanon. Assassination of Phalangist leader and Lebanese President-elect
Bashir Gemayel.
15 September 1982 Lebanon. Israeli invasion of Muslim West Beirut.
17 September 1978 United States, Israel, Egypt. Signing of Camp David accords.
17 September 1982 Lebanon. Massacre in Shatila and Sabra refugee camps (17 September
Organization takes its name from this event).
21 September 1989 Saudi Arabia. Execution of 16 Kuwaiti shias for hail bombings that sparked
anti-Saudi retaliatory attacks.
23 September 1932 Saudi Arabia. Unification of the kingdom.
23 September 1964 Saudi Arabia. National Day.
25 September 1984 Egypt, Jordan. Resumption of diplomatic relations.
27 September Spain. Basque National Party Day.
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28 September 1970 Egypt. Death of Jamal 'Abd al-Nasir.
1 October 1985 Tunisia, Israel, Palestinians. Israeli bombing of PLO headquarters in Tunis.
6 October 1973 Israel, Arab World. Arab-Israeli war begins.
Egypt. Armed Forces Day (commemorates October war with Israel).
7 October 1930
8 October 1967
Peru. Founding of the Communist Party of Peru, out of which Sendero Luminoso
evolved.
Cuba. Heroic Guerrilla Day (death of Che Guevara in Bolivia).
11 October 1997 Israel, Jewish World. Yom Kippur (Day of-Atonement). Anniversary of 1973
Arab-Israeli war, according to the Hebrew calendar.
12 October 1965 Chile. Movement of Revolutionary Left (MIR) founded.
14 October 1985
21 October 1978
23 October 1983
28 October 1983
29 October 1923
29 October 1973
31 October 1984
Germany. Revolutionary Cells bomb economic targets to commemorate 1977
suicides of Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin.
Japan. Beginning of construction of Narita airport (usually marked by 10 days
of demonstrations).
Lebanon. Bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut.
Cyprus. Greek National Day (observed by Greek Cypriot community).
Turkey. Independence Day (proclamation of republic).
Cyprus. Turkish Republic Day (observed by Turkish Cypriot community).
India. Assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards,
triggering anti-Sikh riots throughout northern India.
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Chronology of International Terrorisn
The following incidents were considered by the Intelligence Community's Incident
Review Panel since publication of the previous issue of the Terrorism Review and
were determined by the Panel to constitute international terrorism. Such incidents
provide the basis for the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, which is
publishedannualla. the US Government's official record of international
terrorism
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Asia
22 April
27 April
31 May
Eurasia
17 June
Europe
15 June
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge guerrillas attacked two trucks in the Barkeo district
of Rotanah Kin Province, killing three Vietnamese citizens and wounding six
others
Cambodia: Khmer Rouge guerrillas attacked Vietnamese fishermen and wood
cutters intiieBarko district of Rotana Kiri, killing nine persons and wounding
10 others
Cambodia: A bomb exploded at a Vietnamese War memorial in Preah
Seihanu Province, causing4wnaemt no injuries. No group claimed
responsibility for the attack
Tajikistan: A gunman opened fire on two Russian CIS Collective Peacekeeping
Force officers in Dushanbe killin one and wounding the other. No one claimed
responsibility for the attack
Greece: Unknown assailants threw Molotov cocktails at the Austrian Embassy in
Athens, injuring a policeman and causing minor damage to two vehicles. Youth
supporters of several anarchist groups are suspected.
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22 June
Algeria: Unknown assailants killed a French woman in Bouzeguene and
dumped her body in a well. No one claimed res onsibility for the attack, but the
Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspecte
30 July Israel: Two bombs detonated in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, killing
16 persons, including two suspected suicide bombers, and wounding 168
others. A dual US-Israeli citizen was among the dead and two US citizens were
wounded. The Izz Al-Din Al-Qassem Battalion, the military wing of the Islamic
Resistance Movement (HAMAS), claimed responsibility for the attack
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Africa
South Africa
Asia
India
Japan
Sri Lanka
Europe
Spain
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism?July 199
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accounting of all domestic terrorLsLjizcident, but rather to provide an overview of
indigenous terrorism worldwide
A gasoline bomb exploded on 14 July in a residence-based Jewish book center in a
Cape Town neighborhood where several US Consulate employees also reside. The
blast caused damage but no injuries. No one claimed responsibility for the attack,
but a previously unknown group, Muslims Against GlobaLQznir?ion, had demon-
strated in front of the vacant Israeli Embassy on 12 Jul
On 1 July in Machareddy Village, Andhra Pradesh, People's War Group guerrillas
detonated a land mine, killing four persons and injuring five others. The victims
were in thestyehice of a convoy carrying political activists to a party
convention
An explosion on 8 July destroyed a passenger train in Punjab, killing 34 persons
and injuring 67 others. No rou claimed responsibility, but Kashmiri or Sikh
militants are suspected
On 14 July a bomb exploded in the garage of a transport ministry official's home in
Tokyo, causing damage but no injuries. No group claimed responsibility, but police
suspect leftist radcaLswhp oppose the expansion of the New Tokyo International
Airport Authorit
During the inauguration of a school building on 5 July in Trincomalee, suspected
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L7TE) guerrillas assassinated a Tamil member
of parliament, also killing his body guarandJur others, and injuring at least 15
persons in a grenade and firearms attack
Also in Trincomalee, suspected L77'E gunmen ambushed a jeep on 20 July, killing
a United National Party deputy, a police constable, a labor de artment employee, a
school principal, the driver and his four-year-old son.
On 9 July two bombs detonated at beaches along the Mediterranean coast of Lloret
de Mar, causing minor damage but no injuries. A third device was found and
destroyed bnolice.1The Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) is believed
responsible
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On 21 July unknown assailants launched two grenades at a police station in
Oviedo. The projectiles fell short of their target, landing near another building and
street, injuringoiieerson, causing minor damage. Authorities suspect ETA
involvement
Arsonists set fire to a Basque National Party office in Elorrio on 25 July, causin
extensive damage but no injuries. ETA members or sympathizers are suspecte
On 8 July suspected Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) gunmen strafed a dormitory
housing a endarmerie team in Tokat, injuring two policemen and causing minor
damage
The same day, unidentified gunmen ambushed a commercial minibus on 8 July in
Ucpinar, killing four passengers and wounding 10 others. The PKK is suspected
Unknown assailants opened fire on a truck on the Erzincan-Erzurum highway on
23 July, killing a 13-year- ld d injuring her father. Authorities believe PKK
militants are responsible
On 6 July an explosive device detonated in front of a police station in
rBelfast
causing minor damage but no injuries. No one claimed responsibility.
Assailants firebombed residences, meeting halls, vehicles, trains, and police sta-
tions throughout Northern Ireland between 6 and 8 July during rioting sparked by
the government's decision to allow the-Orange Order loyalist organization to con-
duct a parade through Catholic neighborhoods. Hundreds were reported injured
and major damage was sustained in Belfast, Londonderry, Armagh, Newry,
Portadown, Lurgan, and Dungannon. The Irish Republican ArmyJJRAIand other
nationalist groups are suspected of inciting some of the violence
On 11 July unidentified gunmen opened fire on a joint army and police security
patrol in Belfast, injuring three soldiers and two policemen. The IRA is sus-
pected
Authorities deactivated a large bomb concealed inside a car next to a hotel in Lis-
bellaw, Northern Ireland, on 31 July. No one claimed responsibility, but authorities
suspect the Continuity Army Council (CAC), a rou composed of former IRA
members opposed to the multiparty peace talks
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On 4 July in Antioquia and Santander departments, Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (iARCieurrillas set fire to 29 vehicles after forcing their occupants to
vacate them
FARC guerrillas attacked a police garrison and looted a bank in Piendamo on 25
July using plastic gel, grenades, and rifles
On 18 July unidentified assailants threw a bomb at a bank in Tgcgipa, causing
minor damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
A bomb exploded in a cinema in Algiers on 9 July, killing one person and wound-
ing 20 others. Authorities suspect the Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Militants attacked a bus in Dellys on 12 July, killing sevennasseigers and injuring
11 others. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
Islamic extremists armed with axes and knives killed 33 villagers and abducted 21
young women in Fetha on 12 July. The GIA may be responsible
Al-Gama 'at al-lslamiyya militants opened fire on a poli
22 July, killing six policemen and injuring two civilians
in Al-Minya on
A bomb exploded on 9 July on a roadside near Nablus as a bus carrying Jewish
seminary students passed by, injuring two Israeli poi' ho were escorting
the bus. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
A bomb exploded in an apartment in Bethlehem on 14 July, killing a Palestinian
youth. Authorities believe t victim was a HAMAS activist preparing a bomb that
detonated prematurely
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