TERRORISM REVIEW

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 Terrorism
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This Review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Center. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
Information available as of 31 March 2001 was used in this Review,
except as otherwise noted.
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3 April 1984
7 April 1916
8 April 1947
11 April 1968
13 April 1975
14-15 April 1986
15 April 1982
16 April 1992
18 April 1983
19 April 1980
20 April 2001
22 April 1997
24 April 1915
24 April 1987
26 April 2001
27 April 1999
28 April 1937
The Terrorism Diary for April-June 2001
Below is a compendium of April, May, and June dates of known or conceivable
significance to terrorists around the world. Inclusion of a d vent does not
suggest that we anticipate a commemorative terrorist event
Greece. US Air Force courier Robert Judd escapes 17 November motorcycle attack
with minor injuries.
Ireland. Beginning of insurrection that led to independence.
Iraq. Founding of ruling Ba'th Party.
Palestinians. Founding of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General
Command (PFLP-GC)
Lebanon. Christian Phalange militiamen attack bus, triggering Lebanese civil war.
Libya. US aircraft bomb Tripoli and Banghazi in retaliation for Libyan involve-
ment in anti-US terrorism.
Egypt. Assassins of President Anwar Sadat executed.
Afghanistan. Communist government in Kabul falls to mujahidin forces.
Lebanon. Hizballah's terrorist wing, Islamic Jihad Organization, car-bombed the
US Embassy in Beirut.
Peru. The Sendero Luminoso (SL) Declaration of War.
Jewish World. Commemoration of the Holocaust.
Peru. Death of MRTA Leader Nestor Cerpa Cartolini during the hostage rescue
mission at the Japanese Ambassador's Residence.
Armenians. National Day of Sorrow. Commemorates Turkish massacre.
Greece. 17 November bombs US military shuttle bus causing minor injuries.
Israel. Independence Day.
Greece. Revolutionary Nuclei bombs Intercontinental Hotel, killing a Greek
woman and injuring a Greek man.
Iraq. Birthday of Saddam Husayn.
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 29 April 1986 India. Sikh militants declare independent republic of Khalistan at Golden Temple
in Amritsar; militants expelled from temple next day.
Peru. Destruction of electoral material in Chuschi, Cangallo Province, marks
beginning of armed struggle by Sendero Luminoso; anniversary is commemorated
by acts of violence throughout May, but especially on 16 May.
2 May 1953 Jordan. King Hussein assumed constitutional power.
6 May 1900 Iran. Birthday of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
14 May 1948 Middle East. Beginning of first Arab-Israeli war.
15 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 Libera-
tion of Palestine (PFLP), takes its name from this event.
17 May 1983 Lebanon, Israel. Signing of troop withdrawal accord (known as 17 May
Agreement).
24-25 May 2000 Lebanon, Israel. Israel Defense Forces withdraw from southern Lebanon.
26 May 1991 Georgia. Independence Day.
30 May 1972 Israel. Japanese Red Army massacre at Lod Airport, Tel Aviv-Yafo.
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, to
commemorate the arrest of Ayatollah Khomeini by police under the Shah.
5 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.
8 June 1967 Palestinians. Founding of Palestinian rejectionist group Sa'iqa, a.k.a.
Thunderbolt.
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 8 June 2000 Greece. British Defense Attache Stephen Saunders assassinated by 17 November
motorcycle gunmen.
9 June 1984 Peru. Launching of guerrilla action by MRTA; the takeover of a radio station in
Lima.
18 June 1953 Egypt. Evacuation Day, which is the anniversary of the proclamation of the
republic.
25 June 1964 Mozambique. Founding of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique.
25 June 1996 Saudi Arabia. Truck bombing of Khubar Towers facility in Dhahran, in which 19
US servicemen were killed and hundreds of others were wounded.
26 June 1995 Ethiopia, Egypt. Attempted assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in
Addis Ababa.
Italy. Arrest of 13 members of the Egyptian al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya in Milan.
28 June 1988 Greece. Revolutionary Organization 17 November car bomb kills US Navy Capt.
William Nordeen.
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The following incidents have met the criteria for the Intelligence Community's
Incident Review Panel since publication of the previous issue of the Terrorism
Review. These incidents are the basis for the State Department's Patterns of
Global Terrorism, published annually as the US Government's official record of
international terrorism
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 Africa
29 January
9 February
Nigeria: Armed militants stormed oil flow stations. The attack resulted in the loss
of 40,000 barrels per day, according to press reports. Ijaw youths are probably
responsible.
Tanzania: In Kasulu, rebels raided a refugee camp, kidnapping 13 persons and
killing one other, according to press evorts. The Forces for the Defense of
Democracy are probably responsibl
I8 February Angola: In Cassanguidi, rebels ambushed and burned a vehicle, killing two
persons and wounding two others, according to press reports. The National
Union for the Total Independence of Angola claimed responsibilit~~
Philippines: In Manila, a bomb exploded in a plaza across the street from the US
Embassy, injuring nine persons, according to press reports. The bomb was one of
five that exploded, and officials believe the attacks were targeted against Pr
Joseph Estrada. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is probably responsibly
31 December Thailand: Lt Suan Phung, armed militants attacked a grocery store-where a
New Year's celebration was being held-and killed six persons, according to
press reports. The Burmese group, God's Army, is probably responsibl
5 January India: In Srinagar, a grenade exploded in the downtown area injuring 27 per-
sons, including four police officers, according to press reports. The grenade was
thrown a police picket but fell short of its target. No one claimed responsibility.
21 January India: In Rajpura, a grenade thrown at a security patrol missed its target, killing
two civilians and a policeman and injuring 20 others, according to press reports.
No one claimed responsibility.
India: In Jammu, a bomb exploded near the headquarters of the National
Conference Party, injuring six passengers in three buses parked nearby and
damaging several private vehicles, according to press reports. No one claimed
responsibility
22 January Afghanistan: In Kabul, a bomb exploded near the UN office and the unoccupied
Iranian Embassy, resulting in no in uries or damage, according to press reports.
No one claimed responsibility
India: In Kreeri, a public bus hit a landmine, killing four civilians and two
soldiers and injuring 16 civilians and eight soldiers, according to press reports.
No one claimed responsibilit
Indonesia: According to press reports, in Merauke, armed militants kidnapped
17 persons four Koreans and 13 Indonesians-working on a forest logging
project. The kidnappers demanded $1 million (US) dollars to compensate for
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 ably responsibl
"environmental damage," a halt to all future logging, and withdrawal of police
mobile brigade forces from the district. They also demanded that the Indonesian
Government open a dialog with the Free Papua Movement (OPM) regarding the
status of Irian Jaya. The Willem Onde Group, a splinter group of the OPM, is prob-
27 January India: According to press reports, armed militants kidnapped a district president
of Shah's Awami National Conference (political party-Bangladesh) when he was
moving out of his private residence without his security forces. No one claimed
responsibility{
28 January India: In Srinagar, militants threw a grenade at a police post, missin~ther_tar~
get but injuring two civilian passers-by. No one claimed responsibility
29 January Indonesia: A bomb exploded causing no injuries but damaging the subsidiary
office of the TL wmont Mining Corp in Lombok. No one claimed
responsibili
31 January Sri Lanka: In Colombo, two unidentified persons on a motorcycle lobbed a
handgrenade onto the premises of the British nongovernmental organization,
Oxfam, resulting in damage to two vehicles, but no injuries. onal Front
Against Tigers Sri Lanka claimed responsibility for the attack
4 February
9 February
16 February
person
India: Armed militants killed four Sikhs and injured four other
Srinagar, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility
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$1.6 million
India: In Srinagar, armed militants set fire to several private residence killing
15 persons, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility
Bangladesh: Armed tribesmen at a roadblock kidnapped two British citizens and
two Danes working for a Danish consulting firm engaged in road work in Ran-
gamati, according to press reports. The driver of the vehicle and one of the British
kidnapped were later released to deliver a ransom note to authorities demanding
6 January Albania: In Wore, a bomb exploded, causing no injuries but damaging a bus
belonging to a Greek transport company, according to press reports. No one
claimed responsibility
9 January Russia: In Chechnya, according to press accounts, a US citizen working for
Medecins Sans Frontieres was kidnapped. On 4 February, the hostage was
released unharmed.
Europe
3 January Switzerland: In Zurich, a bomb exploded outside the glass entrance doors to the
office of El Al airlines, causing damage to the doors, according to press reports.
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 A group calling itself For a Revolutionary Perspective claimed responsibility in a
message faxed to the Associated Press.
6 January Greece: In Athens, press reported an incendiary bomb placed under the vehicle
of a Turkish commercial attache exploded, resulting in no injuries but causing
major damage to the car. A group calling itself the Crazy Gas Cannisters claimed
responsibilityF_~
17 February Turkey: In Istanbul, press reported a bomb was found at a McDonald's restau-
rant and safely defused by police. No one claimed responsibilit
Colombia: In Cesar, according to press reports, an explosion caused major dam-
age to the railroad tracks used to transport coal by the US multinational firm
Drummond. Drummond company officials said that the company was being
extorted and blackmailed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARO)
rebelsJ
sion in the pumping of crude oil. FARC rebels are suspected
Colombia: In Arauca, according to press reports, six bombs exploded along the
Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline, derailing a 9-car train and f rcin ze suspen-
8 January Algeria: In Annaba, six Russian nationals were killed according to press reports.
The Armed Islamic Group is probably responsible
izen was released the next day
Yemen: In Sanna, unidentified militants kidnapped a German citizen working
for the German company, Preussag Energy, according to press reports. No one
claimed responsibility. According to the German Foreign Ministry, the German cit-
crew were injured
Yemen: In Sanna, the US Ambassador to Yemen and the Yemeni Ambassador to
Washington were aboard a Yemeni airliner that was hijacked by a Yemeni
national during an internal flight, according to press reports. The plane, which
had 91 passengers nn hoard ded safely at Djibouti Airport. No passengers or
 Angola
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism January-February 200JI
worldwide
The incidents listed below provide an overview of indigenous terrorism
On 3 January, armed militants mounted an attack in Belo Horizonte, killing seven
persons, wounding 12 others, kidnapping 40 women and children, and destroying
several private residences and retail businesses, according to press reports.
The National Union or the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) is probably
responsible.
On 10 January near Kuito, seven persons were killed and. 14 others were injured
when a passenger v thank mine, according to press reports. UNITA is.
probably responsible t_an_~n
reports. UNITA is probably responsible~
On 11 January in Macala, armed militants attacked two police vehicles carrying
private citizens, killing six persons and injurin 12 others, according to press
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On 12 January in Sango, armed militants attacked a village, killing nine persons
and ring 14 others, according to press reports. UNITA is probably responsible.
On 1 February in Uige, local radio reported that NITA rebels attacked the
city, killing eight persons and injuring 40 others
On 7 February in Ganda, local television reported that armed UNIT bels
attacked an Angolan Armed Forces base, killing four policemen
others. No one claimed responsibility
On 15 February in Quinzango, news reports stated that unidentified armed men
attacked peasants working on a plantation, killing 20 persons and wounding 10
On 17 February in Cachiza, news reports stated that UNITA rebels raided the vil-
lage, killing 35 persons and wounding more than 10 others
Democratic Republic of On 4 February in Kisangani, press reports stated that armed Mai-Mai militiamen
the Congo ambushed civilians, killing 11 persons and wounding eight othe
Senegal On 16 February in Ziguinchor, press reports stated that armed Movement of
Democratic Forces Of Casamance rebels stopped six trucks, then killed 13 persons
and wounded two others,--
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 On 9 February in Kasulu, armed Forces for the Defense of Democracy rebels
raided a refugee camp, killing one person and kidnapping 13 others, according to
US Embassy reports
Uganda On 26 February in Kitgum, armed Lor istance Army rebels kidnapped seven
children, according to press reports
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Bangladesh On 20 January in Dhaka, two bombs exploded simultaneously, killing seven
sons, according to press reports. The Jamaat-i-Islami is probably responsible
Nepal
Pakistan
On 16 January in Rosera, armed militants attacked a political gathering, killing
seven persons-two National Democratic Alliance leaders and five civilians-pnd
50 others, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility
mittee member, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibilit}
On 12 February in Calcutta, armed militants killed a Secretary of Congress Com-
On 4 February in Kathmandu, militants killed five persons-one senior court offi-
cial and four other government officials-and woun dfive others, according to
press reports. The Maoists are probably responsible
bly responsible
On 10 February in Melamchi, a boobytrapped bomb destroyed a vehicle, killing 11
police officers and four citizens, according to press reports. The Maoists are proba-
responsible
On 12 February in Mangalsen, a bomb exploded, killing two children and
injuring ninrsons, according to press reports. The Maoists are probably
responsible
On 18 February in Lamidanda, armed militants shot and killed one police officer
and injured, five others, according to press reports. The Maoists are probably
damage resulted, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility
Sui Gas Company, missing the target but hitting a water tower. No injuries
On 19 February in Dera Bugti, militants fired a rocket at the residential area of the
reports. No one claimed responsibility.
On 19 February in Dhangarhi, armed militants attacked the private residence of a
relative of the former minister of the village development committee, killing him
and injuring five other famil members, according to press reports. The Maoists
are probably responsible
On 28 January in Karachi, armed militants opened fire on a private van carrying
Muslim clerics, killing five persons and injurin five others, according to press
On 22 February in Gujranwala, an armed militant shot and killed a prominent
Muslim leader, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility.
Philippines On 2 January in Magsaysay, armed militants killed a pastor and three civilians,
according to press reports. The New People's Army is probably responsibl
On 21 February in Patikul, a pharmacist, who was inside her service jeep,
was kidnapped according to press reports. The Abu Sayyaf Group is probably
responsible.h
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five persons, accordin to press reports. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is
probably responsible
Macedonia On 22 January in Tearce, armed militants attacked a police station, killing one
police officer and injuring ditional officers, according to press reports. No
one claimed responsibility
Russia
Yugoslavia
Europe
On 9 February in Osetiya, a grenade exploded, killing three persons and wnlindinu
three patrolmen, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility
according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility.
On 27 January in Kosovo, armed militants killed one per
reports. The Loyalist Volunteer Force is possibly responsible
On 7 February in Belfast, a man was injured when gunmen smashed in the door of
a private residence then fired gunshots through the opening, a i rd;~a to press
On 8 February in Moygashel, a workman suffered facial injuries following a bomb
hlact nt a building site, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility.
both ankles, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibilit
On 17 February in Belfast, a gang of masked men abducted a man, then shot him in
land and Liberty (ETA) is probably responsibl
On 26 January in San Sebastian, a bomb blast at the military port authority killed
one person and injured five others, according to ress re orts. The Basque Father-
reports. The ETA is probably responsible
On 22 February in San Sebastian, a car bomb exploded, killing two persons and
seriously injuring a councilor and three additional officers, according to press
Turkey On 22 January in Kahta, armed militants attacked a minibus, killing one person and
injuring five others, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibilit
On 24 January in Diyarbakir, the Security Director and five policemen were killed
in an armed attack and three other policemen were wounded, according to press
reports. No one claimed responsibility, but the izballah or the Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) is possibly responsible~ Turkish
Colombia On 15 January in Cauca, unidentified armed militants stopped a passenger bus,
then-killed 10 persons, according to press reports. No one claimed responsibility.
On 17 January in Sucre, the Colombian United Self-Defense Forces (paramilitar-
ies) killed 24 r n and set fire to at least 30 private residences, according to
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press report
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vehicles on fire, acco rd ress reports. The National Liberation Army (ELN) is
Algeria
probably responsibl
On 28 January in Cesar, ELN rebels kidnapped 15 persons during a fake roadblock.
The same day, 12 of the 15 hostages were rescued, but three were still being held.
all the passengers were released unharmed
On 30 January in Bogota, a guerrilla deserter from the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC) hijacked a Colombian commercial airliner carrying 22
passengers and four crewmembers, accordin? tom ports. Later that same day,
On 21 February in Antioquia, FARC rebels detonated a bomb at a gas statio
according to press reports. Two persons were killed and eight others injured
FARC militants are probably responsibl
On 21 February in Bogota, two gas tank bombs exploded at the Jose Maria Cor-
doba Military Cadet School, injuring four ersons according to press reports.
On 13 January in Laghouat, armed militants killed four persons and injured four
others, acc in ress reports. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is probably
responsibl
On 18 January in Chlef, armed militants 2 ersons, according to press
reports. The GIA is probably responsible
On 20 January in Medea, armed militants killed 11 persons and wounded three
others, according to press reports. The GIA is probably responsibleF--]
one other, according to press reports. The GIA is probably responsible
On 22 January in Ain Defla, armed militants killed seven persons and kidn~d
On 23 January 2001 in El Kantara, armed militants killed four persons at a fake
roadblock, according to press reports. The GIA is probably responsibleF ~
27 persons, according to press reports. The GIA is probably responsible
On 10 February in Medea, armed unidentified militants attacked villagers, killing
according to press repor
On 26 February in Sidi Yahia GIA rebels attacked a farmhouse, killing six persons,
according to press reports
On 28 February in Bou Haroun. GIA rebels attacked a family, killing eight persons,
Israel On 1 January in Netanya, a car bomb exploded, wounding 40 persons L
The Al-Awda and HAMAS both claimed responsibility