TERRORISM REVIEW

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005330479
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 28
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2011
• Case Number: F-2008-00992
• Publication Date: January 1, 1995

41-
Director of Central Intelligence
e e
(b)(1)
(b)(3)
Ti 66
APPROVED FOR RELEASED
DATE: 07-25-2011
Se et
DI TR 9\O01
January 1995
Copy 349
Warning Notice
Intelligence Sources
or Methods Involved
(WNINTEL)
National Security Unauthorized Disclosure
Information Subject to Criminal Sanctions
Dissemination Control
Abbreviations
NOFORN (NF) Not releasable to foreign nationals
NOCONTRACT (NC) Not releasable to contractors or contractor/consultants
PROPIN (PR) Caution?proprietary information involved
ORCON (OC) Dissemination and extraction of information
controlled by originator
REL... This information has been authorized for release to...
Terrorism Review
January 1995
Articles
Page
13
III
Se et
DI TR 5-001
January 1995
17
The Terrorism Diary for March
Chronoloev of Terrorism-1994
19
21
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism?December 1994
23
27
This review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Center Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
Information available as of 23 January was used in this Review.
Sncet iv
1
Se et
DI Tk..95-001
Janua 1995
Siket
Sec1et
2
AI
Reverse Blank
3
Sec et
5
Se et
DI T 95-O01
Janua 1995
? .......
t
7 Se\
9
Set
DI TR 5-001
January 1995
10
.
Sert
13
S et
DI T 95-001
January 1995
14
Reverse Blank
15
17
S ret
DI 95-001
January 1995
Sec
18
St
19
Se et
DI 7 95-001
January 1995
20
The Terrorism Diary for Marc
Below is a compendium of March dates of known or conceivable significance to
terrorists around the world. Our inclusion of a date or event should not by itself be
rconstruedl
o suggest that we expect or anticipate a commemorative terrorist event.
Quds Day or Jerusalem Day. Muslims protest Israeli occupation of Jerusalem.
(Quds Day is commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan.)
2 March 1956 Morocco. Independence Day (termination of Treaty of Fez).
2 March 1977 Libya. Establishment of Jamahiriyah (Masses' State).
3 March 1878 Bulgaria. Independence Day.
3 March 1961 Morocco. Accession of King Hassan to throne.
4 March 1982 Colombia, United States. Effective date of extradition treaty aimed at narcotics
traffickers.
6 March 1957 Ghana. Independence Day.
6 March 1975 Kurdish region. Algerian accord between Iran and Iraq abandoning support for the
Kurds.
10 March 1979 Kurdish region. Death of Kurdish leader Mulla Mustafa Barzani.
11 March 1966 Indonesia. President Sukarno turns over power to Suharto.
12 March 1880 Turkey. Birthday of Ataturk.
12 March 1968 Gabon. National Day.
12 March 1968 Mauritius. Independence Day.
13 March 1979 Grenada. Coup d'etat by Maurice Bishop (national day).
14 March 1975 Japan. Chukaku-ha (Nucleus Faction) Secretary General Honda assassinated by
rival radical groups.
16 March 1921 Armenians. Signing of Soviet-Turkish border treaty that ended Armenian hopes of
establishing an independent state.
17 March Ireland. St. Patrick's Day (national day).
20 March 1956 Tunisia. Independence Day.
21
Sectct
DI TR 5-001
January 1995
20 March 1981
21 March
Colombia. Death of M-19 terrorist Carrnenza Londono (La Chiqui).
Arab World. Kurdish New Year.
22 March 1945 Arab World. Founding of Arab League (original members: Egypt, Iraq,
Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria).
23 March 1956 Pakistan. Pakistan Day (founding of Islamic republic).
24 March 1972 Northern Ireland. Beginning of direct rule by the British Government.
25 March 1921
Greece. Greek Revolution Memorial Day (celebrating beginning of
independence from Turkey).
25 March 1932 Iraq. Independence Day.
25 March 1975 Saudi Arabia. Assassination of King Faisal and accession of King Khalid.
26 March 1970 Libya. UK Evacuation Day (day British forces turned over bases and departed).
26 March 1971 Bangladesh. Independence Day.
26 March 1978 Egypt, Israel. Peace agreement ratified.
28 March Palestinians. National Day.
30 March 1974
Turkey. Death of terrorist Mahir Cayan, member of Turkish People's Liberation
Party.
30 March 1976 Palestinians. Day of the Homeland.
22
?
Chronology of Terrorism-1994
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 terror-
ism.
Europe
5 September
Asia
Spain: A small package bomb exploded at the Greek Consulate in Barcelona. No
one was injured, but the Consulate was lightly damaged. The Basque Fatherland
and Liberty (ETA) is probably responsible.
13 October
Africa
27 September
Vietnam: Twenty-one persons, among them seven Chinese businessmen and a
Taiwan tourist were injured when a man on a motorcycle lobbed a grenade into
a crow
Egypt: Three people were killed and two were wounded when an assailant fired
on a downtown tourist area in Hurghada. Two Egyptians and one German were
killed in the attack. The Islamic group al-Gamaat al-Islamiyya (IG) claimed
responsibility for the attack
23
Sec
DI TR -001
January 1995
Middle East
22 August
Egypt: Assailants shot and killed a British tourist and wounded three other
an attack on a bus near Luxor. The IG is believed responsible for the attack
Iraq: A powerful vehicle bomb detonated; killing a five-year-old Egyptian boy
and wounding 13 other persons in Baghdad. A new group calling itself the Iraqi
Islamic Vanguards for National Salvation (IIVNS) claimed res nsibility for the
attack as part of a campaign to topple Saddam Husayn
5 October
9 October
West Bank: An Italian and a Spaniard were among four tourists injured in
Al `Ayzariyah when an assailant threw a grenade into the crowd
Israel: Two Arabs armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked pedestrians
on Yoel Salomon Street. The gunmen killed two people and injured 14 others.
Two US citizens were among the injured. The two militants were killed by police
fire, and a third accomplice, who was waiting in a get-away car, was arrested.
HAMAS has claimed responsibility for the inciden
19 October
f_l
Israel: A bomb exploded on a crowded commuter bus in Tel Aviv, killing 22peo-
ple and injuring at least 48 others. The attack was claimed by HAMAS
Latin America
19 July Panama: The extremist group, Ansar Allah (Followers of God) claimed respon-
sibility for a commuter plane that exploded in flight over the Santa Rita moun-
tains, killing three US citizens and 12 Jewish persons. Among the victims were
Israeli nationals and dual Israeli-Panamanian citizens. It is possible another group
may be responsible for the bombing
22 October
Colombia: Suspected members of the Simon Bolivar Guerrillas Coordinator
(SBGC) detonated a bomb outside two Mormon churches. The explosives caused
property damage, but no one was injured
Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Asia
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism?December 1994
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accounting of all domestic terrorist incidents but rather to provide an over-
view of indigenous terrorism worldwid
On 7 December in Boufarik, gunmen fired on a secondary school, killing
one student and injuriininethers. The Armed Islamic Group (AIG) is
suspected in the attack
On 9 December, suspected Islamic militants shot and killed two policemen
at a train station in the town of Mallawi. Al-Gamaat al-Islamiyya or IG is
probably responsible
Sri Lanka Five police commandos were killed when members
of Tamil Elam ambushed their patrol on 9 Decembe
ration Tigers
Philippines On 1 December a bomb detonated at a Manila theater, in wing three people.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack
On 15 December a member of the Philippine National Police was ambushed
and assassinated. Chief Inspector Jose Pring was shot in his vehicle while
en route to work in the vicinity of Santa Mesa Manila. The Alex Boncayo
Brigade claimed responsibility for the attacic
India On 10 December suspected Sikh militants detonated a bomb on a bus pear
Jammu. Three persons were killed, and at least 10 others were injured
Middle East
Israel On 21 December an Arab resident of Samaria was shot and killed near t
village of Tulkram. Kakh activists claimed responsibility for the murder.
Iraq On 14 December a bomb exploded in the computer building of the p
security directorate in Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility
27 S et
DI T 5-001
January 1995
Europe
France
On 21 November near Bastia, Corsica, suspected members of the National
Front for the Liberation of Corsica bombed five bungalows at a tourist
complex. No one was injured, but the bungalows were destroyed.
Spain
Turkey
Latin America
Colombia
On 13 December police defused a bomb at the Rontegui Bridge in Bar-
akaldo. The Basque Fatherland and Liberty is probably responsible.
On 11 December in Adana, a bomb detonated at the Hippodrome during a
horse race, wounding 16 persons. On 14 December a bomb detonated inside
an Istanbul department store, wounding one customer. No group has
claimed cre1itIorhe attacks, but the Kurdistan Workers' Party may be
responsible.
On 3 December, members of the Shining Path (SL) detonated a car bomb
near the Advanced School of the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) in the La
Molina District. No injuries were reported, but damages were sustained
On 13 December suspected guerrillas bombed a police station and city vehi-
cle in Bogota. The attacks caused minor damage, but no injuries. Police
found and deactivated a third bomb near a transportation union building. No
group has claimed responsibility, but these attacks occurred before a
rolannel transportation strike by bus owners who are in a contract dispute.
On 14 December approximately 100 armed members of the SL ambushed a
convoy, killing 14 soldiers and six civilians The convoy's destination was a
highway construction site in Tingo Maria
Se et 28
Ak?,,,f,,c;*;f.
?