THE ABU NIDAL TERROR NETWORK: ORGANIZATION, STATE SPONSORS, AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE

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Appendix
Chronology of Significant
Abu Nidal Organization
Terrorist Activities, 1974-86
1974
22 November
United Arab Emirates (UAE): Four terrorists, armed
with machineguns, handgrenades, and pistols, hijack
British Airways plane en route from Dubayy to
Tunis ... two people wounded during takeover
plane took off with approximately 46 hostages; refu-
eled in Tripoli, Libya; and went on to Tunis ... one
passenger killed on ground; hostages later released. (u)
Late 1974
Location unknown; probably Lebanon: Murder
planned by Sabri al-Banna against Yasir 'Arafat,
Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad), and other prominent Pales-
tinian leaders uncovered by Fatah intelligence...
Banna sentenced to death in absentia in October. (u)
1976
26 September
Syria: Four terrorists, armed with machineguns and
grenades, take over Semiramis Hotel in Damascus,
taking 90 hostages ... Syrian troops storm hotel ...
one terrorist killed and three captured; four hostages
killed and 34 wounded. (u)
11 October
Pakistan: Grenade attack on Syrian Embassy and
Syrian Ambassador's residence in Islamabad. (u)
17 November
Jordan: Four Palestinians attack Intercontinental Ho-
tel with handguns and grenades, killing two employ-
ees and taking hostages. . . Jordanian troops counter-
attack, killing three terrorists and wounding
one ... two soldiers, one hotel guest killed; four hotel
guests wounded. (u)
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2 December
Syria: Syrian Foreign Minister 'Abd al-Halim
Khaddam seriously wounded in assassination attempt
in Damascus. (u)
1977
October
UAE: Assassination attempt against Syrian Foreign
Minister Khaddam in Abu Dhabi results in death of
UAE Minister of State. (u)
1978
4 January
United Kingdom: PLO representative murdered in
London. (u)
15 February
Cyprus: Two gunmen attack Afro-Asian People's
Solidarity Organization meeting in Nicosia and kill
its secretary general, Yusuf as-Sibal, a confidant of
Anwar EI-Sadat ... leave country on aircraft with 11
hostages but refused permission to land in Libya,
Kuwait, Somalia, Ethiopia, or People's Democratic
Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). . . subsequently
return to Larnaca Airport... Egyptian counterterror-
ism force conducts airborne assault on airport ... re-
sulting firefight kills 15 and wounds 16. (u)
15 June
Kuwait: PLO official murdered in Kuwait City. (u)
3 August
France: Two gunmen attack PLO office in Paris and
kill PLO representative to France. (u)
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5 August
Pakistan: Four gunmen, armed with submachineguns
and grenades, attack PLO office in Islamabad and kill
radio operator, two Palestinian students, and Paki-
stani police guard. (u)
1980
17 January
France: Manager of Arab bookstore murdered in
Paris. (u)
3 March
Spain: Gunman mistakenly shoots and kills Spanish
attorney Adolfo Cotelo Villareal ... apparent target
is Max Mazin, leader of Spanish Jewish community.
(u)
22 April
Yugoslavia: Attempted murder of Fatah official Sa-
lah Khalaf in Belgrade; one bodyguard wounded. (u)
5 June
Kuwait: Attempted murder of PLO representative in
Kuwait City. (u)
27 July
Belgium: Attack on Agudat Israel synagogue in Ant-
werp; one person killed and 20 injured. (u)
1981
1 May
Austria: Head of Austrian-Israeli Friendship Society
killed in Vienna. (u)
1 June
Belgium: PLO representative murdered in Brussels.
(u)
29 August
Austria: Two gunmen, armed with machine pistols
and handgrenades, attack Vienna synagogue. .. two
killed, 19 injured. (u)
23 September
Cyprus: Two Arabs attack Israeli shipping firm in
Limassol with handgrenades, injuring five employees.
(u)
8 October
Malta: Aborted attempt in Valletta to kill the PLO
representative to Libya. (u)
9 October
Italy: Senior PLO official murdered in Rome. (u)
1982
4 February
Austria: Bomb explodes at residence of chief rabbi in
Vienna, causing some property damage but no casual-
ties. (u)
1 March
Spain: Nabil Arnaki, coleader of Arab People's Liber-
ation Movement (APLM), a splinter group of the
ANO, killed in Madrid. (u)
3 June
United Kingdom: Attempted assassination of Israeli
Ambassador Shlomo Argov in London ... precipitates
Israeli invasion of Lebanon. (u)
5 June
India: First secretary of Kuwaiti Embassy assassi-
nated in New Delhi. (u)
17 June
Italy: Deputy director of PLO office in Rome mur-
dered. (u)
9 July
Turkey: President of Palestinian Student Union mur-
dered in Ankara. (3)
23 July
France: Deputy director of PLO office murdered in
Paris. (u)
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9 August
France: Two gunmen with grenades and automatic
weapons attack Jewish-owned restaurant; six killed,
27 wounded. (u)
23 August
Kuwait: UAE Charge d'Affaires wounded in assassi-
nation attempt. (u)
26 August
India: UAE Consul General in Bombay escapes injury
in assassination attempt. (u)
16 September
Pakistan: Attempted assassination of Kuwaiti Consul
General in Karachi. (u)
18 September
Spain: First secretary of Kuwaiti Embassy assassi-
nated in Madrid, driver wounded. (u)
9 October
Italy: Grenade and machinegun attack against syna-
gogue in Rome kills a child and wounds 10 persons.
(u)
8 December
Greece: Kuwait Airways offices bombed in Athens, no
casualties. (u)
1983
10 April
Portugal: Issam Sartawi, prominent PLO moderate
and close friend of 'Arafat's, killed in Lisbon. (u)
20 August
Greece: Murder of aide to high-ranking Fatah official
Khalil al-Wazir. (u)
23 September
UAE: Gulf Air Boeing 737 en route from Karachi,
Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi crashes, killing all Ill pas-
sengers and crew ... crash may have been caused by
bomb aboard aircraft. (u)
25 October
India: Jordanian Ambassador wounded in assassina-
tion attempt in New Delhi. (u)
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26 October
Italy: Jordanian Ambassador and driver wounded in
assassination attempt in Rome. (y)
31 October
Jordan: Car bomb detonated outside main Jordanian
Army officers' club in Az Zarqa'; no casualties
reported. (u)
7 November
Greece: Two security guards of Jordanian Embassy in
Athens attacked; one killed, one wounded. (u)
12 November
Jordan: Discovery of car bomb in residential area in
Amman. (u)
19 December
Turkey: Car bomb discovered midway between
French cultural center and US officers' club in Izmir.
(u)
20 December
Turkey: Car bomb injures one person and causes
extensive damage to apartment building near PLO
office and living quarters in Ankara. (u)
29 December
Spain: Two Jordanian Embassy employees attacked in
Madrid; one killed, one wounded. (u)
1984
8 February
France: UAE Ambassador to France assassinated in
Paris. (u)
24 March
Jordan: Bomb defused outside British Consulate in
Amman. (u)
24 March
Jordan: Bomb defused outside British cultural center
in Amman. (u)
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24 March
Jordan: Bomb explodes in parking lot of Interconti-
nental Hotel across street from US Embassy, damag-
ing two vehicles and slightly injuring two persons;
second bomb discovered and defused. (u)
28 March
Greece: British Embassy first secretary assassinated
in Athens. (u)
3 May
Cyprus: Chairman of Arab Writers' Union killed in
Nicosia. (u)
25 October
Italy: UAE vice consul wounded and student accom-
panying him killed in assassination attempt in Rome.
(u)
November
Lebanon: Bomb attack on British Airways office in
Beirut. (u)
12 November
Austria: Bomb partially explodes at Israeli El Al
Airlines office; no casualties. (u)
12 November
Austria: Bomb explodes in entrance hallway of British
Consulate. (u)
27 November
India: British DeputyHigh Commissioner assassi-
nated in Bombay
29 November
Greece: Attempted assassination of Jordan's Deputy
Chief of Mission in Athens. (u)
4 December
Romania: Deputy Chief of Mission of Jordanian
Embassy assassinated in Bucharest. (u)
14 December
Italy: Ismail Darwish, a leading military figure in the
Fatah movement, murdered in Rome. (u)
1985
9 March
UAE: ANO member arrested for attempted sabotage
of Royal Jordanian Airlines flight. (u)
21 March
Italy: Grenade attack on Royal Jordanian Airlines
office in Rome, injuring two. (u)
21 March
Cyprus: Unidentified man throws two grenades into
Royal Jordanian Airlines office in Nicosia. (u)
21 March
Greece: Grenade thrown into Royal Jordanian Air-
lines office in Athens, injuring three. (u)
26 March
Lebanon: British journalist kidnaped in Beirut. (u)
3 April
Italy: Rocket fired at Jordanian Embassy in Rome
... misses Embassy and hits apartment on fourth
floor of the building, but causes no casualties. (u)
4 April
Greece: Rocket fired at Jordanian airliner as it takes
off from Athens airport ... projectile hits plane but
does not explode. (u)
23 April
Kuwait: Moderate newspaper editor wounded in mur-
der attempt. (u)
15 May
Lebanon: UN Relief and Works Agency official
kidnaped but released the next day. (u)
1 July
Spain: Bomb explodes at British Airways ticket office
in Madrid, also damaging TWA office upstairs ...
Royal Jordanian Airlines ticket office nearby hit by
automatic weapons fire and two grenades that fail to
explode ... one killed, 27 wounded. (u)
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11 July
Kuwait: Two bombs explode within minutes of each
other, killing eight and injuring 89 at two cafes about
10 kilometers apart in Kuwait City. ... third bomb
defused at another cafe. (u)
21 July
Lebanon: Bomb explodes outside Kuwaiti Airlines
office in Beirut .. no casualties reported. (u)
24 July
Turkey: First secretary at Jordanian Embassy assassi-
nated in Ankara. (u)
8 August
Greece: Bomb explodes in kitchen of London Hotel in
Athens, wounding 13 tourists. (u)
24 August
Turkey: Bomb discovered in PLO office in Ankara.
(u)
30 August
Greece: Palestinian arrested in Athens for plotting
assassination of Jordanian Ambassador. (u)
3 September
Greece: Two grenades thrown at swimming pool at
Glyfada Hotel in Athens... 19 British tourists
wounded. (u)
16 September
Italy: Grenades thrown at Cafe de Paris in Rome,
injuring 38 tourists. (u)
18 September
Greece: Palestinian magazine publisher murdered in
Athens. (u)
22 September
United Kingdom: British authorities arrest an ANO
member found in possession of four handgrenades and
charge him with conspiracy to cause explosions and to
endanger life ... grenades provided by Libyan con-
tact ... target identity unknown. (u)
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25 September
Italy: Bomb explodes at British Airways office in
Rome, killing one and injuring 14. (u)
23 November
Malta: Three gunmen seize Egyptair Flight 648 en
route from Athens to Cairo and force it to land in
Valletta, Malta ... when hijackers' demand for refu-
eling refused, they begin shooting selected passengers
... ultimately, 56 passengers and two terrorists killed;
23 passengers and one terrorist wounded ... on 24
November Egyptian military commando unit storms
plane. OA
24 November
Jordan: Husayn al-Bitar killed in Amman as a result
of financial dispute over his house, which was alleg-
edly owned by Sabri al-Banna. (u)
27 December
Austria: Three gunmen attack El Al counter at
Vienna's Schwechat Airport with grenades and
AK-47s, killing two and wounding 39 ... one terrorist
also died and two were wounded. (u)
27 December
Italy: Four gunmen attack El Al ticket counter at
Rome's Fiumicino Airport with grenades and
AK-47s, killing 12 and wounding 72 ... three terror:
ists also died and one was injured. (u)
1986
5 September
Pakistan: Four men armed with automatic weapons,
handguns, and grenades storm Pan Am Flight 73 in
Karachi, killing 21 and injuring over 100 others. (u)
6 September
Turkey: Two gunmen attack Neve Shalom synagogue
in Istanbul with grenades and machineguns 22
killed and six wounded. (u)
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