TERRORISM REVIEW

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1996

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 The Terrorism Diary for June and July
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-April 19961 25
Center. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
This Review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Information available as of 17 May 1996 was used in this report.
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Significant Developments
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 The Terrorism Diary for June and July
Below is a cotnpettdiurn of June and July 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 event
1 June 1976 Palestinians. During this month, Syria entered the civil conflict in Lebanon on the
side of the Christian Phalange and against the Palestinians and their Muslim allies.
In response, Palestinian renegade Abu Nidal renamed his terrorist group (then
based in Iraq) the Black June Organization and began attacking Syrian targets.
3 June 1989 Iran. Death of Ayatollah Khomeini.
4 June 1982 Israel, Lebanon. First Israeli bombing of Beirut.
5 June 1963 Iran. National Day of Mourning; Revolution Day; Day of Uprising (commemo-
rates the arrest of Ayatollah Khomeini by police under the Shah).
SJune 1967 Middle East. $eginning of the Six-Day War.
6 June 1982 Israel, Lebanon. Israeli forces invade Lebanon.
6 June 1984 India. Army storms the Sikh Golden Temple in Amritsar..
I8 June 1953 Egypt. Evacuation Day (anniversary of the proclamation of the republic).
25 June 1964 Mozambique. Founding of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique.
26 June 1995 Ethiopia. Attempted assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak by al-
Gama'at al-Islamiyya.
Italy. Arrest of l3 Gama'at members in Milan.
3 July 1988 Iran. USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 in Persian Gulf.
4 July 1776 United States. Independence Day:
4 July 194b Philippines. Republic Day (date on which the Philippines became an independent
republic).
5 July 1962 Algeria. Independence Day.
9 July 1929 Morocco. Birthday of King Hassan II.
10 July 1978 Mauritania. Armed Forces Day (commemorates military coup).
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 12 July 1690 Northern Ireland. Orangemen's Day (Protestants march to commemorate victory
in Battle of the Boyne).
14 July 1789 France. Bastille Day.
14 July 1958 Iraq. Republic Day (Army coup d'etat that overthrew monarchy and established
republic).
ISJuIy 1946 Brunei. Sultan's birthday.
17 July 1968 Iraq. Revolution Day (Ba'th Party coup).
20 July 1974 Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot Peace and Freedom Day (commemorates intervention by
Turkish forces).
23 July 1952 Egypt. National Day (commemorates military coup ousting King Farouk).
23 July 1970 Oman. Accession Day of Sultan Qaboos.
25 July 1957 Tunisia. Proclamation of republic.
26 July 1956 Egypt. Nationalization of Suez Canal.
28 Jicly 1821 Peru. Independence Day.
28 July 1989 Lebanon. Abduction by Israel of Hizballah cleric Shaykh Ubayd.
31 July Spain, France. St. Ignatius' Day (Basque patron saint).
31 July 1969 Spain, France. Founding of Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA).
 Chronology of International Terroris~
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 and as the US Government's official record of international
terrorism.
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 Cambodia: Suspected Khmer Rouge guerrillas abducted 26 Cambodian mine
disposal experts, their British supervisor, and his translator near the Angor Wat
temple complex. Six of the hostages escaped; only the British national and his
interpreter remain captive. Landmines have killed at least five police officers and
soldiers while they were searching for the hostages.)
Germany: Unidentified assailants conducted five separate firebombings of Turk-
ish-owned businesses and social centers, causing varying amounts of damage,
but no injuries. The incidents occurred in Bremen, Gelsenkirchen Bielefeld, and
Hanover. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is suspected.)
24 March Austria: PKK sympathizers set fire to two Turkish cultural centers in Sienna,
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causing extensive property damage, but no injuries
the alleged persecution of Colombian peasants living along the border
.The group has threatened to expand its guerrilla war to Venezuela in response to
Colombia: Colombian police defused a letter bomb found at the door of the Ven-
ezuelan Consulate in Bogota. Police suspect the National Liheration Army (ELN).
policeman and a civilian in La Victoria
Venezuela: Suspected ELN guerrillas killed one policeman and injured another
Resistance Movement (HAMAS), claimed responsibility for the attack
Israel: A suicide bomber dressed as an Israeli soldier detonated an explosive
device on a bus in Jerusalem, killing I9 persons, including six Romanians, and
injuring six others. The Students of Yahya Ayyash, a splinter group of the Islamic
 employees and destroying the restaurant
Bahrain: Assailants poured gasoline at the entrance to a foreign-owned restau-
rant in Sitrah and threw molotov cocktarlc.~ income, killing seven Bangladeshi
Algeria: Armed Islamic Group (AIG) extremists kidnapped seven French monks
from their monastery in Medea Province. On 26 April the AIC offered to free the
monks in exchange for the release of AIG members held in France. The group has
threatened to kill the monks if its members are not released.)
 Assam, killing a candidate for the ruling Congress party and four others
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-April 1996
Tlzis description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accounting of all domestic terrorist incidents, but rather to provide an overview of
indigenous terrorism worldwide. ~~
About 30 Khmer Rouge guerrillas attacked a group of tourists at a scenic waterfall
near Kampot on 1 I April killing and wounding an unknown number and kidnap-
ping at least 20 personsh
India On 25 April United Liberation Front of Assam guerrillas ambushed a vehicle in
Japan
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A woman sprayed an unidentified gas in an underground theater in a Tokyo amuse-
ment center on 12 April, causing panic in the audience of 500. Seventeen persons
were admitted to a hospital for burning eyes and sore throats.)
A bomb exploded at the Shaukaat Khanum Memorial Hospital in Lahore on
14 April, killing six persons and injuring 34. The bombing occurred the da after
the hospital's founder announced plans to form a new political party
Philippines A pipe bomb exploded inside a Zamboanga theater on 3 April, causing panic but
no injuries. Fifteen minutes later a second pipe bomb exploded outside another the-
ater, in'urin two police officers and three others. Police suspect the Abu Sayyaf
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injurie
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a landmine under a passenger and
freight train en route to Batticaloa on 20 April, derailing the train. There were no
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A bomb exploded at the Athens residence of a deputy supreme court prosecutor on
16 April, causing extensive damage, but no in uries. Authorities suspect the leftist
Revolutionary Organization 17 November
police officers and damaging nearby shops. 17 November is suspected
On 28 April two bombs detonated in a shopping complex in Athens, in'ur~~wo
Spain Explosive devices damaged two banks in Pais Vasco Autonomous Community on
l4 April. It is believed the Basque Fatherland a~zd Liberty (ETA) is responsible.r
Turkey On 22 April in Kahramanmaras' Ekinozu District in southeast Turkey, gunmen
shot and killed three primary school teachers after kidnapping the victims from
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 their homes. Military forces later killed the five militants believed responsible.
Despite the group's denials, authorities believe the Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) is responsible for the attack
A bomb exploded at the Turkish Air League Directorate on 23 April in Istanbul,
causing damage to buildings and a nearby vehicle. The PKK or the Revolutionary
People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) may be responsible~~
responsibility for the attack
Unknown assailants threw explosive devices at the residence of the Susehri district
mayor on 2S April, causing an unknown amount of damage. No one claimed
United Kingdom On ] 2 April in Belfast, masked assailants identifying themselves as Provisional
Irish Republic (PIRA) members set a man on fire after dousing his legs
with gasoline
On 24 April an explosive device partially detonated under a bridge in London,
causing minor damage but failing to ignite a second device containing 30 pounds
of high explosives. A PIRA tele hone call alerted police shortly before the blast
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Two gunmen shot and wounded a doctor as he was leaving his house in Quiimes on
4 April. The People's Revolutionary Organization claimed responsibility and
explained that the attack was to mark the 20th anniversary of the military coup on
24 March 1976. The group condemned the wounded doctor for human rights
abuses during the 1976-83 military dictatorshi ,and accused him of trafficking in
babies born in military concentration camps
On 10 April in Santiago, two members of the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front
(FPMR} attacked a prison police school, killing one Quard and injuring another.
section of the Trans-Andean oil pipeline in Narino Department on 15 April
Guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia {FARC) blew up a
National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas intercepted a bus on 23 April in
Santander Department, and shot and killed four passengers~~
Guatemala Guatemala National Revolutionary Union militants attacked a private farm in
Playa Grande on 15 April, damaging a school and the farm's central offices
 Middle East
Some 60 armed Sendero Luminoso (SL) militants attacked a village in Anchihuay
on 16 April, killing four persons. The guerrillas ransacked the village, forced resi-
dents to listen to s eeches on SL philosophy, and took two villagers with them as
they withdrev,~~
Suspected al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya militants opened fire on a group of sentries
lewin~ a mosque in Samalut on 16 April, killing one sentry and wounding another.
On 7 April unidentified assailants threw two molotov cocktails at a bus in the
Hebron district, wounding three Israeli civilians. No one has claimed responsibility
for the attack)
were closed for Independence Day celebration
A small bomb detonated near [he Interior Ministry's Population Administration
Bureau in 3erusalem on 24 April, slightly damn in a car. All government offices
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