TERRORISM REVIEW

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Chronology of International Terrorism
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 The Terrorism Diary for May and June
Below is a compendium of May and June 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 May Socialist World. May Day (commemorates labor violence in Chicago).
1 May 1980 Peru. Destruction of electoral material in Chuschi, Ayacucho Department, begin-
ning of armed struggle by Sendero Luminoso; commemorated by acts of violence
throughouC May.
2 May 1953 Jordan. King Husayn assumed constitutional power.
6 May 1900 Iran. Birthday of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
14 May 1948 Middle East. Beginning of first Arab-Israeli war.
IS May 1948 Palestinians. Palestine Day (end of UN mandate); 15 May Organization, founded
in 1979 by remnant of Special Operations Group of Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PEEP), takes its name from this event.
17 May 1983 Lebanon, Israel Signing of troop withdrawal accord (17 May agreement}.
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.
S June 1963 Iran. National Day of Mourning; Revolution Day; Day of Uprising
(commemorates the arrest of Ayatollah Khomeini by police under the Shah).
S June 1967 Middle East. Beginning 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.
l8 June 1953 Egypt. Evacuation Day (anniversary of the proclamation of the republic).
2S June 1964 Mozambique. Founding of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique.
2S June 1995 Ethiopia. Attempted assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Italy. Arrest of 13 Gama'at members in Milan.
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 Chronology of International Terrorism
31 January
Europe
9 February
12 February
29 February
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 official record of international
terrorism.)
Sri Lanka: Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members
rammed an explosives-laden truck into the Central Bank in the heart of down-
town Colombo, killing 90 civilians and injuring more than 1,400 others. Among
the wounded were two US citizens, six Japanese, and one Dutch national. The
explosion caused major damage to the Central Bank building, an American
Express office, a KLM Airlines office, and the Intercontinental Hotel, among other
buildings~~
the attac
United Kingdom: A bomb detonated in a parking garage in the Docklands area
of London, killing two persons and wounding more than 100 others, including
two US citizens. The Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for
Belgium: Unknown assailants threw Molotov cocktails at the offices of a Spanish
opposition party in Brussels, causing minor damage. The poli i anization
reportedly is tied to the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
Germany: Assailants hurled a gasoline bomb at a Turkish mosque in Wiesloch,
causing extensive damage. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
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 Germany: Assailants threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Turkish
travel agency in Hamburg, causing minor damage. No one claimed responsibility
for the attack,~~
1 January Costa Rica: Armed gunmen stormed a hotel and abducted two European
women-a Swiss tour guide and a German tourist in Alajuela province. The
kidnappers claimed to be members of a group called Viviano Gallardo Command.
They demanded $1 million, the release of a Gallardo commando in prison for a
1993 kidnapping, and social benefits for overnment workers. The two hostages
were released unharmed on 12 March
6 February Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels kidnapped three cement
industry engineers, including a Briton, a Dane, a German, and their Colombian
companion in San Luis. The hostages were abducted from their vehicle at a make-
shift roadblock. The Colombian driver of the vehicle, who was not held, said the
rebels made off with the four o y had been identified as engineers. No ran-
som demands have been made.
8 February
16 February
l7 February
Venezuela: Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas attacked the
Venezuelan naval base in Cararabo. The guerrillas were repelled by Venezuelan
army troops guarding the base.~~
Colombia: Six alleged ELN guerrillas kidnapped a US citizen employed as a
contractor at a mining company in the municipals o Hatonuevo, La Guajira
Department. No ransom demand has been made
waters of the Rio Arauca
Venezuela: Two alleged Colombian ELN guerrillas killed two Venezuelan guards
at a gasoline station near the Colombian-Venezuelan border in La Vctoria. The
two men stole the guards' rifles and fled in a small boat down the international
 25 February Israel: A suicide bomber blew up a bus in Jerusalem, killing 24 persons, includ-
ing two US citizens, and injuring at least 50 others, it:eluding four US citizens.
The Izz Al-Din Al-Qassem Battalion, a military wing of the Islamic Resistance
Movement (HAMAS), claimed responsibility for the bombing as retaliation for the
Hebron massacre two years ago. HAMAS also issued a leaflet assuming responsi-
bility for the bombing signed by the Squads of the New Disciples of Martyr Yahya
A ash, the Engineer, claiming the bombing was in retaliation for Ayyash's death.
4 March Israel: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside Tel Aviv-Yafo's
largest shopping mall, Dizengaff Center, killing 20 persons and injuring 75
others, includin two US citizens. An unidentified caller claimed HAMAS was
responsibl
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Three persons died in the attack.
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-March 199
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accounting of all domestic terrorist incidents, but rasher to provide an overview
of indigenous terrorism worldwide.)
Four rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army attacked and burned a Catholic Relief
Sergi truck in Loyoboo on 20 March. The driver and passenger escaped unhurt.
others.
Three homemade bombs exploded in the main market area of Batdamban on
6 March, injuring six persons. Authorities suspect the Khmer Rouge
Members of the Naxalite People's War Group (PWG) threw bombs into a crowd
in Andhra Pradesh State on 2 March, killing one individual and injuring several
On 3 March also in Andhra Pradesh, PWG guerrillas threw sticks off dynamite at a
police station, killing one police officer and wounding three others
Philippines Suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front gunmen opened fire on a group of gov-
ernment workers in Languyan village, in the province of Basilan, on 6 March.
Spain
Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group threw grenades at two Catholic
churches in Zamboanga on 10 March, injuring three persons~~
Spanish police located and defused a car bomb outside a Madrid supermarket on
20 March, after receiving a warning from a erson claiming to speak for the
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
ETA militants threw molotov cocktails into a Pamplona bus on 23 March, causing
minor fire dama a to the vehicle. The assailants evacuated the bus before carrying
ou[ the attack
ETA forces threw four improvised grenades at an Ark~iute police headquarters
building on 26 March,. causing minor damage but no injuries. Authorities suspect
the attack was in retaliation for the arrest of ETA leader Valentin Lasarte Oliden the
previous day~~
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 Four assailants abducted and killed a construction worker from Igdir on 9 March.
The Kurdistan Workers' Parry is suspected.
A bomb exploded on 16 March in Istanbul's Gungoren district at a branch of the
Association for the Encouragement of Contemporary Livin ,causing some dam-
age, No one has claimed responsibility for the attack
In a drive-by shooting, unidentified assailants caused minor damage to the Nation-
alist Action Party's office building in Istanbul on 21 March. A short time later,
authorities discovered and defused a bomb placed at the scene~~
Gunmen in a vehicle fired shots at a local Istanbul television station on 25 March,
causing minor damage. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack,~~
United Kingdom A bomb exploded on a deserted street near an underground train station in London
on 9 March, causing minor damage to nearby property. Three days later, the
Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibilit ~n a call to the Belfast
office of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Colombia
On 16 March members of an Irish National Liberation Army (INCA) splinter group
strafed the Belfast home of a suspected rival INCA member, killing anine-year-old
girl who lived there and wounding a visitor. A caller to the local BBC office identi-
fied the assailants as members of the Gallagher Gang, a group that has vowed
revenge for the January 1996 murder of INCA member Gino Gallagher.~~
Three other policemen were wounded in the attac
Some 80 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas raided the
town of Iscuande on 6 March, kidnapping the mayor a doctor, and two policemen.
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Using aremote-control device to detonate explosives strapped to a donkey, FARC
guerrillas attacked the Chalan police station on 12 March, killing 11 policemen and
destroying the station, the mayor's office, and several other buildings)
A mortar round exploded in the air near the Presidential Palace in Bogota on
16 March, causin no damage. National Liberation Army leaflets were found near
the mortars
Three gunmen shot and killed a local community leader as she left her home in
Lima on 6 March. Leaflets left at the scene were s., ianed by the Communist Party
of Peru, the former name of Sendero Luminoso.
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 Algeria
A car bomb exploded in Tizi Ouzou on 18 March, kil]ing six ersons and wound-
ing 21 others. "d'he Armed Islamic Group (G/A) is suspected
On 15 March suspected al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya militants fired on a police car
near Markaz Mallawi, AI Minya Governorte, wounding two police officers