TERRORISM REVIEW

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 Terrorism Review
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The Terrorism Diary for January and February) 17
Chronology of International Terrorism
This review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Center. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
Information available as of 16 December 1996 was used in this
Review
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 The Terrorism Diary for January and Februar
I ,Tanuary 1956
1 January 1965
5 January 1928
5 January 1996
S January 1963
10 January 1997
15 January 1918
IS January 1922
16 January 1979
16 January 1991
17 January 1974
T 8 January 1974
25 January 1993
26 January 1950
30 January 1933
30 January 1972
1 February 1979
1 February 1984
3 February 1963
Below is a compendium of January and February dates of known. or conceivable
significance to terrorists around the world. Our inclusion of a date or event should
not by itself be construed to suggest that we expect or anticipate a commemorative
terrorist events
Sudan. Independence Day. Proclamation of republic.
Palestinians. Palestinian revolution; founding of Fatah.
Pakistan. Birthday of executed former President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Palestinians. Assassination of HAMAS bombmaker Yahyah Ayyash.
Colombia. Founding of National Liberation Army (ELN}.
Islamic World. Beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.
Egypt. Birthday of Jamal 'Abd al-Nasir.
Ireland. Founding of Irish Free State.
Iran. Departure of Shah from Uan.
Iraq, Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm begins.
Colombia. Nineteenth of April Movement (M-19) steals sword of Simon Bolivar
from Bogota museum. Founding dates from this act.
Egypt, Israel. Disengagement agreement signed.
United States. Mir Aimal Kansi shoots and kills Dr. Lansing Bennett and Frank
Darling and wounds three others in front of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
India. Republic Day (national day).
Germany. Accession to power by Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Party.
Northern Ireland Bloody Monday; 13 killed and 16 wounded during demonstra-
tion in Londonderry.
Iran. Return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran from exile in Paris.
India. Kashmir separatist leader Magbool Butt executed.
Iraq. Anniversary of Bath Revolution.
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4 February 1979
7 February 1997
8 February 1963
14 February 1979
19 February 1980
22 February 1969
25 February 1991
26 February 1993
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Sri Lanka. Independence Day.
Iran. Revolution Day.
Quds Day or Jerusalem Day. Muslims protest Israeli occupation of Jerusalem.
(Quds Day is commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan, which ends on
8 February 1997.)
Iraq. Revolution Day.
Iran. Attack on US Embassy in Tehran; the Embassy was briefly occupied and the
Ambassador briefly held.
Egypt, Israel. Exchange of ambassadors.
Palestinians. Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine founded.
Iraq. Beginning of the ground war in Desert Storm.
United States. World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
 Chronology of International Terrorism
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
published annually as the US Government's offrcial record of international
terrorism.)
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16 October
24 October
20 September
Ethiopia: Unidentified assailants shot and' killed a German botanist near a shop-
ping area called the Taiwan market in Dire Dawa. No one claimed responsibility
for the attack.
Ethiopia: In two separate incidents near the same shopping center in Dire Dawa,
unknown assailants shot and killed a French national and wounded a Yemeni
national
Uganda: Several gunmen attacked a Sudanese refugee camp in Palorinya, West
Moyo, killing 16 Sudanese refugees and wounding five others. The gunmen also
set fire to the refugees' huts. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.~~
France: A bomb placed outside a customs o,~tce building in Bayonne detonated,
causing minor material damage but no in uries. The Basque Fatherland and Lib-
erty {ETA) organization is suspected.
 26 October France: Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) gunmen shot and
killed the organization's international treasurer and a companion in Paris.
Authorities b li v he LTTE killed the activist for misappropriating funds for
personal use.
24 September Peru: Assailants opened fire on a US-owned helicopter during a coca eradica-
. twn mission in Huanuco Department. Three bullets pierced the craft, causing
superficial damage but no injuries. The shooting stopped when the helicopter
returned fire. Sendero Luminoso (SL) is suspected.~~
8 October Venezuela: In Naranjal, presumed National Liberation Army {ELN) guerrillas
burned a lumber factory and two of its vehicles and detonated an explosive
device in the o,,~ce. Guerrillas left a red and black flag bearing the Colombian ELN
inscription at the scene
10 October Venezuela: Suspected ELN guerrillas kidnapped a Venezuelan cattleman at the
border with Colombia. A few hours later the cattleman was found dead in
l.ibertador.~~
26 October Colombia: Leftist rebels attacked a convoy in Meta Department, killing the .
driver of one vehicle and abducting a French geologist and' a Colombian engi-
neer from another. The attackers also stole money from an armored truck in the
convoy, which was traveling to a highway construction site near Villavicencio,
before fleeing with the two hostages. No one claimed responsibility, but authorities
suspect the ELN or the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)~~
 Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-November 1996
indigenous terrorism worldwide.
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed account-
ing of all domestic terrorist incidents, but rather to provide an overview of
ity for the attack
On 19 November in Phnom Penh two unidentified gunmen shot and killed the
Deputy Director of the Interior Ministry's Criminal Police. The victim was the
brother-in-law of Cambodia's Second Prime Minister. No one claimed responsibil-
India Peoples War Group militants .attacked a police station in Andhra Pradesh on
15 November, killing l3 policemen and a civilian and wounding five others
Spain
Turkey
A bomb exploded on a passenger train enroute to Rawalpindi from Karachi on
3 November, killing ons and injuring eight others. No one claimed respon-
sibility for the attack
A car bomb exploded outside the Bunuel civil guard barracks on 1 November,
injuring a policeman and three bystanders and causing extensive ma mage.
The Basque Fatherland and .liberty (ETA) organization is suspected
An explosive device detonated in a Gijon courthouse on 2 November, causing
minor damage but no injuries. The ETA is suspected.
7 November, causing major damage to the vehicle. No injuries were reported
Suspected ETA militants threw Molotov cocktails into a San Sebastian bus on
On 11 November unidentified assailants abducted a Basque businessman from his
car in Bilbao. Authorities believe E7A carried out the kidnapping to extort funds
from the victim's family business.)
Suspected ETA members detonated a bomb in front of a bank in Vitoria nn
16 November, causing minor damage to the. facade and nearby vehicles but no
injuries~~
On 8 November in Hakkari's Cukurca district, gunmen fired rockets and long-bar-
reled weapons at a minibus, killing 12 village guards and five civilians and injuring
nine guards and two civilians. No one claimed res onsibility for the attack. The
Kurdistan Workers' Parry (PKK) is suspected.
Assailants threw a firebomb at an Istanbul bank on 10 November, damaging the
bank and three floors of businesses above it. No one claimed responsibility for the
attack.)
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 Assailants kidnapped the son of the mayor of Hasankeyf as he drove a fuel tanker
truck between Batman and Hasankeyf on 12 November. It is unknown whether any
ransom demands were issued. No one claimed responsibility~~
On 26 November assailants bombed a building housing the Idealist Hearth Associ-
ation in Istanbul. No one claimed responsibility for the attack)
United Kingdom Authorities defused an explosive device hidden inside a vehicle in front of police
headquarters in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on 21 November. The Irish Repub-
lican Army Continuity Council claimed responsibility for placing the bomb
Colombia National Liberation Army (ELN uerrillas kidnapped a coffee rancher on
2 November in Ciudad Bolivar
Algeria
On 9 November in Uraba, armed men alleged to be ELN members hijacked an
electrical company's helicopter for an unknown destination. The helico ter is still
in the hands of the hijackers and the fate of the pilot is unknown
agents who were investigating cases of cattle rustling in the area
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members attacked a cattle ranch
in Sucre Department on 13 November, killing a farmer and three, government
Unidentified assailants attacked a village near Blida on 5 November, killing 31 per-
sons. Islamic extremists are suspected
A bomb exploded at a construction site in Beni Ouarsous, near Tlemcen, on 7
November, killing the mayor, his deputy, and three employees who were visiting
the site. No one claimed r b'lity for the attack. The Armed Islamic Group
(G/A) may be responsible
On 10 November a car bomb exploded near a bus in front of a school outside
Algiers, killing 10 persons and injuring 20 others. The GIA may be responsible
Israel A pipe bomb detonated at the Israeli Interior Ministry building in Jerusalem on
7 November, causing minor damage. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.