SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE AND CIVIL DISTURBANCE ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001101660004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 5, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUMt~1ARY OF
SIGNIFICANT UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE
AND CIVIL DISTURBANCE ACTIVITIES
5 December 1983
LEB~:'?J~7fV: CAR BOMB KILLS 20 IfJ BEIRUT APARTMENT HOUSE (U)
(U) News sources- report a powerful explosion believed to be a czar bomb took
place in a Moslem neighborhood in Beirut at 0804 local time, 5 December 1983.
Preliminary information indicates at least 20 people were killed, 50 wounded,
and a block of apartments and shops were set on fire. The explosion ignited a
storeroom full of turpentine resulting in additional destruction. Initial
reporting ,provides no information concerning the reason for the incident,
although the possibi]ity exists that it could have been accidential by persons
building a car bomb in the garage under the apartment house that was destroyed.
This incident follows the killing of eight U.S. Marines in Beirut during
shelling of their positions at Beirut's airport on 4 December. The threat
continues to be very high in Beirut and additional retaliatory at-tacks against
U.S. forces must be expected. ,
LEBANON: ISRAELI SOLDIER KILLED IN NABATIYA (U)
(U) A press report reported that a member of the Israeli Defenses Force (IDF)
was killed and another wounded by a terrorist attack in Nabati,ya, Southern
Lebanon on 2 December 1983. In addition a loca] inhabitant was. killed and
another wounded. The attack took place in the Nabatiyah market. Three masked
:terrorist (NFI) fired a bazooka from a car at two IDF vehicles, causing the
-casualties. IDF soldr rs returned fire but the terrorists managed t:o escape. A
curfew has been i d in .the, _Nabatiyah region and IDF security forces have
begun an invest' n. - -
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SALVADOR: TERRORISTS TO SEEK OUT U.S. TRAI-HERS
??one a coun~ry s ive u test insurgent groups, People's
Revolutionary Army (ERP), may be attempting to determine the location of U.S.
trainers within E1 Salvador.
specs is operations against U.S. trainers. It is more likely that if attar_kc r~~ DIA
Since the Spring of 1983, there have been a number Lin ~
( the six month plan").that had been scheduled to begin in mid-1983. This
o accounts dealing with insurgents' intentions to assassinate or kidnap either
U.S, or Salvadoran officia.ls....?During August.,. we reported a guerrilla scheme DIA
DIA review completed.
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campaign of violence was to increase steadily in tempo until it reached a peak
during December 1983. One aspect of the latter operation included plans to kill
both Salvadoran and U.S. officials. The original plan was derailed allegedly.
because of the prompt actions of the Salvadoran security forces. Therefore the
present report to locate U.S. trainers may only be the latest version of the
praviously reported "six month plan." While the involvement of ERP is somewhat
novel, it is not, hcwever, all that surprising given its relative strength. In
the .past, the fighting arm (FAL) of the Communist Party of ~ E1 Salvador (PCES),
thz Popular Liberation Forces (FPL), and the overall insurgent umbrella
or,anization (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front/FMLN) have figured in
such reporting. lly, the insurgents have seemingly regained the initiative
in the field ~~ recent report may simply reflect that offensive attitude.
GUATEMALA:. MORE TERRORIST TARGETING OF.U.S. PERSONNEL REPORTED (C/NF)
.the Guatemalan Labor
residence bf the U.S.
the orthodox faction of
Communist Party PGT/0 is planning an attack on the
Marine Security Guard (MSGI Detar_hmant in Gu~atamala City_
Comment: The above report follows earlier reporting on
targeting of the U.S. Defense Attache in Guatemala; a strafing of the U.S.
Ambassador's residence; and reports of plans to
ize RPG-2s against. the Ambassador's vehicle
for previous bomb threats against the MSG; - or repor s on a e ay -~n
- plans- against-the U.S. Ambassador;--22.1-83,.219-83, 217-83, 214-83 for
information on various plans to car bomb U.S. and Israeli Embassies, threats,
and strafing of U.S. Ambassador's residence):Obviously, a heightened sense of
security awareness for U.S. officials in Guatemala is paramount for the near
term.
GUATEMALA: RADICAL RIGHTIST ACCUSED IN MURDER OR PROMINENT PRIEST (U)
the
of
Father Augusto Ramirez Monasterio has resulted in a report that hints at radical
rightist involvement. Father Ramirez, a Guatemalan, was the Father Superior of
the Franciscan Order in AntiQUa. Since his death, there has been a Qreat deal
of saeculation
as to
~~ Church in the capital suspects the Government, while the Roman Catholic
religious community in Antigua reportedly believes the government was not
.involved. For its part, the government denies all involvement. The recent
report, however, ..accuses the ultra-=rightist National Liberation Movement (MLN)
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