SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE AND CIVIL DISTURBANCE ACTIVITIES 5 DECEMBER 1983

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R001302230016-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: December 5, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

SU ~, ;J RY OF
5 December 1983
CAR BOMB KILLS 20 IN'BEIRUT APARTMENT HOUSE (U)
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(U' News sources report a powerful explosion believed to be a car LC'!_ oo
iace in a tioslem neighborhood in Beirut at 0304 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 icnited- a
storeroom full of turpentine resulting in additional destruction. Initial
reporting provides no information concerning the reason for the incident,
although the possibility exists that it could have been accid_r~tial by parsons
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 attacks against
U.S.. forces must be expected.
.,LEEANON: ISRAELI SOLDIER KILLED IN NABATIYA'(U)
(U) -A -press. report reported that a member of the Israeli Defense Force (I'D=)
.was killed and another wounded by a terrorist attack in t~abatiya, S,.uhern
Lebanon on 2 December 1983. In addition a local . ir,"abi :ant :;as ki l led. and
another wounded. The attack took place in the Nabatiyah market. Three T.asked
=terrorist (NFI) fired a bazooka from a car at two IDF vehicles, causing the.
casualties. IDF soldiers returned fire but the' terrorists ranage.c; to escape, A
curfew has been im; d in the Nabatiyah region and IDF security forces 'have
been an investia
EL. SALVADOR: TERRORISTS TO SEEK 'OUT.U.S. TRAINERS (S/NF/NC/W!N/ORCON)
(S/SPECAT/NF/NCN/ORCON) Recent reporting from El Salvador indicates that
'one of that country's five ultra-leftist insurgent groups, People's
'Revolutionary Army (ERP), may be attempting to determine the location of U.S.
trainers within El Salvador.
(S/SPECAT/N'F/NC/WN/ORCON) Comment: It As unclear whether the ERP intends
:-specific operations against U.S. trainers. It is more likely that if attacks do
:take place they will be against Salvadoran Army units that have U.S. military
,.personnel attached to them. Since the Spring of .1983, there ' have been a nu!I,ber
of accounts dealing with insurgents' intentions -to assassinate or kidnap-xei?t er
U.S. or Salvadoran officials. During August, we reported a guerrilla scheme
:("the six month plan") that had been scheduled to begin in mid=1983. This
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ca;paign of violence was to increase steadily in tempo until it re c; c a :.ar
donne ?e.._.~ ti~er 1983. One aspect of the latter operation included plans to kiil
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both Salvadoran and. U.S. officials. ?.-The original plan ,,as derailed a? e dly
because of the prompt actions o+ the Salvadoran security forces. T =re~~-
present:. report to locate U.S. trainers may. only be the latest vers icr of t:r
prev c::sly reported "six month plan." While the involve,._nt of ERP is
novel, it is not, however, all that surprising given its relative str_rioth. In
the past , the f -ghting arm (FAIL.) of the Coumunist? Party of El Salvador (P :ES),
the Popular Liberation -Forces (FPL), and the overall insurcent ua,brella
.carzation (raravurldo !'Marti ,;at Tonal Liberation Frorit/ ?1_N) have f Tour d in
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