TERRORISM REVIEW

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 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 26 January 1996 was used in this
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3 February 1963
4 February 1948
4 February 1979
8 February 1963
14 February 1979
19 February 1980
22 February 1969
26 February 1993
2 March 1956
2 March 1977
3 March 1878
3 March 1961
4 March 1982
The Terrorism Diary for February and March
Below is a compendium of February and March 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.)
Iran. Return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran from exile in Paris.
India. Kashmir separatist leader Maqbool Butt executed.
Iraq. Anniversary of Ba'th Revolution.
Sri Lanka. Independence Day.
Iran. Revolution Day.
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.
Quds Day or Jerusalem Day. Muslims protest Israeli occupation of Jerusalem.
(Quds Day is commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan, which ends mid-
February 1996.)
United States. World Trade Center Bombing in New York City.
Morocco. Independence Day (termination of Treaty of Fez).
Libya. Establishment of Jamahiriyah (Masses' State).
Bulgaria. Independence Day.
Morocco. Accession of King Hassan to throne.
Colombia, United States, Effective date of extradition treaty aimed at narcotics
traffickers.
Ghana. Independence Day.
Kurdish region. Algerian accord between Iran and Iraq abandoning support for the
Kurds.
Kurdish region. Death of Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa Barzani.
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12 March 1968
12 March 1880
12 March 1968
13 March 1979
14 March 1975
17 March
20 March 1956
20 March 1981
21 March
22 March 1945
25 March 1932
25 March 1975
26 March 1971
26 March 1978
26 March 1970
28 March
30 March 1974
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Indonesia. President Sukarno turns over power to Suharto.
Gabon. National Day.
Turkey: Birthday of Ataturk.
Mauritius. Independence Day.
Grenada. Coup d'etat by Maurice Bishop (National Day).
Japan. Chukaku-ha (Nucleus Faction) Secretary General Honda assassinated by
rival radical groups.
Armenians. Signing of Soviet-Turkish border treaty that ended Armenian hopes of
establishing an independent state.
Ireland. St. Patrick's Day (National Day).
Tunisia. Independence Day.
Colombia. Death of M-19 terrorist Carmenza Londono (La Chiqui).
Turkey. Kurdish New Year.
Arab World. Founding of Arab League (original members: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria).
Pakistan. Pakistan Day (founding of Islamic republic).
Greece. Greek Revolution Memorial Day (celebrating beginning of independence
from Turkey).
Iraq. Independence Day.
Saudi Arabia. Assassination of King Faisal and accession of King Khalid.
Bangladesh. Independence Day.
Egypt, Israel. Peace agreement ratified.
Libya. UK Evacuation Day (day British forces turned over bases and left).
Palestinians. National Day.
Turkey,.Death of terrorist Mahir Cayan, member of Turkish People's Liberation
Party.
Palestinians. Day of the Homeland.
 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 official record of international
India: A powerful bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the Connaught Place
shopping area in New Delhi, injuring 22 persons, including two Dutch citizens,
one South African, and one Norwegian. The blast caused major damage to shops
and parked cars. The Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front, a Kashmiri Muslem sep-
aratist group, and the Khalistan Liberation Tier Force, a Sikh separatist group,
claimed responsibility for the bombing~~
27 December Philippines: Twenty Abu Sayyaf militants kidnapped at least 16 vacationers,
including six American citizens, at Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Mindanao. Two
of the hostages escaped, and four were released to carry a ransom demand of
$57,700. On 31 December the kidnappers released the remaining hostages in
exchange for government promises of improvements in the south.
Europe
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 Netherlands: A bomb placed outside a French-owned bank in Armhem partially
detonated! causing minor damage. No one has claimed responsibility for the
attack
23 October- Germany: Unknown assailants engaged in nine separate attacks against Turk-
15 December ish-owned businesses, cultural centers, residences, a soccer club, a tea house,
and two vehicles, killing one Turkish resident, wounding two, and causing vary-
ing amounts of damage. Attacks occurred in Heilbronn, Duisberg, Bayreuth, and
Hagen. No one has claimed responsibility but the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
is suspected
10 November
11 November
13 November
Switzerland: Unknown assailants firebombed a Turkish-owned shop in Basel,
injuring three persons and causing major damage. No one has claimed responsi-
bility for the attack
Germany: An unknown assailant hurled a homemade bomb through the window
of a hostel for Bosnian refugees in Lena, causing minor damage. No one has
claimed responsibility for the attack
Group, claimed responsibility for the assassinatio
Switzerland: An Egyptian diplomat was shot and killed in the parking garage of
his apartment building in Geneva. On 15 November the International Justice
Liberty (ETA)
France: Assailants in Bayonne set fire to a stolen vehicle and firebombed a bank
after the French Government expelled a member of the Basque Fatherland and
11 December Austria: Two letter bombs detonated inside a mailbox located outside a local post
office in Graz, wounding a passer-by. One was addressed to the UN High Com-
missioner for Refugees. Remnants of a claimant letter were found at the scene.
Two other letter bombs were discovered intact. Authorities suspect the Bavarian
Liberation Army may be responsible
damage. The Cell for Internationalism claimed responsibility for the attack
Austria: Two assailants smashed a window and tossed a beer can containing
flammable liquid inside the American Express office in Salzburg, causing major
 23 December Germany: A bomb detonated outside an office building in Dusseldorf that houses
the Peruvian Honorary Consulate, causing major damage. On 27 December the
Anti-Imperialist Cell (AIZ) claimed responsibility for the attack in a letter stating
that the Peruvian Government's domestic policies are "unbearable for the majority
29 December Italy: Unknown assailants threw a Molotov cocktail onto the rounds of the Rus-
sian Consulate in Milan. There were no injuries or damage
29-30 December Spain: Unknown assailants set fire to a French-registered vehicle in Renteria
during a violent ainst the arrest of three ETA members from the Araba
commando cell. 7
responsible
30 December France: A bomb placed outside a Paris branch of Citibank detonated, causing
major damage. Authorities believe sympathizers of the Armed Islamic Group
(AIG)-suspected to be behind the recent bombing campaign in France-may be
19 April
Company Russian engineer.
Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas kidnapped a Maquesa
3 October-28 November Colombia: Unknown assailants bombed the Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline on
three separate occasions during this period, causing minor damag
12 October Colombia: ELN guerrillas bombed the Cano Limon-C eline and
engaged a Helicol helicopter. No injuries were reportednas vi~
elections
two Cupiaga oil well compressors belonging to British Petroleum
Colombia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas burned
12 November Guatemala: In a drive-by shooting, unidentified assailants machine-gunned the
Minugua UN mission offices building. No injuries were reported but the front of
the building sustained 24 bullet impacts. No group has claimed responsibility for
the attack, which occurred before the polling tables opened for the government
were killed during the rescue operation and two others escaped
10 December Ecuador: Three FARC militants kidnapped a US citizen, who is the treasurer for
the Nazarine missions. A captured member of the gang led a rescue group to a
mountainous area near Quito, where they rescued the victim. Three kidnappers
Islamiyya claimed responsibility for the attack. la
injuring a Dutchman, a French woman, and an Egyptian. Al-Gama'at al-
8 November Egypt: Islamic extremists opened fire on a train en route to Cairo from Aswan,
 terrorist group known locally as the Farshout Group may have carried out the
attack in revenge for the death of two of its members in a shootout with police last
suspecte
and wounded a third. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. The AIG is
Algeria: Four suspected Islamic extremists shot and killed two Latvian seamen
 Summary of Indigenous Terrorism--December 199$
Pakistan
Philippines
Eurasia
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accounting of all domestic terrorist i nts, but rather to provide an overview of
People's War Group, part of the Maoist guerrilla Naxalite movement
Assailants shot and killed a member of the Indian Parliament in front of his home
on 1 December in Ongole, Andra Pradesh. His bodyguard was also killed and two
others were wounded. Police arrested one of the terrorists, a commander of the
A powerful bomb exploded in a busy marketplace on 6 December in Ludhiana,
Punjab, injuring at least 22 persons, damaging nearby buildin s and creating a
two-foot crater. Sikh terrorists are probably responsible.
A car bomb detonated in Peshawar's crowded Saddar Bazaar on 21 December, kill-
ing at least 30 persons and injuring 100 others. The resulting fire damaged two
department stores and destroyed a dozen cars. No group claimed responsibility.[
The Alex Boncayao Brigades claimed responsibility for attacking two businessmen
in separate incidents in Manila on 11 December. 0 ssman and his driver
were killed while the other was critically wounded
On 3 December a bomb detonated near the Russian Government administration
headquarters building in Groznyy, killing 11 persons and wounding 60 others. No
one claimed responsibility for the attackr__1
paralyzed France for several weeks
A bomb placed in the French Communist-led CGT trade union's office in Bastia
detonated on 11 December, causing major damage to the building and vehicles
parked nearby, but no injuries. The CGT led the recent public-sector strike that
Germany A letter bomb addressed to Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Henningsdorf partially det-
onated while an employee sorted the mail on I 1 December. A short time later, the
same letter bomb again exploded when experts handled the device. There were no
injuries or damage from either explosion. The device resembled a large firecracker
rather than a more lethal explosive. On 20 December, a Berlin newspaper received
a letter stating the bomb was sent "for fun, without any understanding of the conse-
quences.
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Turkey
There were no injuries. Protestant extremists are suspected
On 9 December, in Pamplona, young radicals firebombed two Spanish Radio and
Television (RTVE) trucks, the RTVE offices, a municipal police car, the front of
the town hall, and an ATM machine. There was major damage, but no one was
injured. No one claimed responsibility
Diyarbakir and Mersi
Firebombings of political party offices highlighted the weeks before the 24 Decem-
ber parliamentary elections. The majority of the attacks-involving Molotov cock-
tails and other incend*v devices--occurred in Istanbul, with isolated incidents in
A time bomb exploded under the car of the Varto Mus provincial security director
on 17 December in Istanbul. The director was not in the vehicle when the device
detonated. No one claimed responsibility.)
DHKP/C gunmen shot at a True Path Party (DYP) campaign office in Istanbul on
22 December, killing a policeman and wounding three campaign workers. The
assailants left propaganda leaflets before fleeing
United Kingdom In Belfast, Northern Ireland, assailants doused the front door of a Catholic family's
home with gasoline and ignited it, filling the residence with smoke on 3 December.
Argentina
were no casualties. No group has claimed responsibility
Unknown assailants threw a pipe bomb from a car at a publishing house in Buenos
Aires on 2 December. The explosion destroyed the facade of the building, but there
Suspected guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
killed three former members of the Hope, Peace, and Liberty Party on 5 December
in Turbo and Carepa.F_~
 Ecuador Four unidentified individuals fired shots at the car of the Health Minis er in
Guayaquil on 17 December. No one was injured in the attack)
Algeria
Egypt
ber. There were no casualties. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
prevented an explosion. No group has claimed responsibility
A bomb. was found in the ceiling of the third floor of the Congress building in Lima
on 16 December. The immediate intervention of the national police bomb brigade
(AIG) may be responsible
A car bomb exploded near a cafe in the suburbs of Ain Naadja in Algiers on 12
December, killing 14 persons and injuring 41 others. The Armed Islamic Group
On 10 December unidentified gunmen opened fire from a passing truck on people
gathered near Qasim Preparatory School in Al-Fikriyah, Al-Minya killin two per-
sons and injuring one. Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya (IG) is suspected.
A policeman shot and killed the assailan
An Islamic Resistance Movement (MAMAS) militant stabbed and wounded two eld-
erly Jewish men near the Cave of the Patriarchs i Qiryaat Arba' on 14 December.
West Bank Unidentified assailants threw a grenade at the Nabulus police station on 9 Decem-