TERRORISM REVIEW

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Publication Date: May 20, 1985
• Content Type: REPORT

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Directorate of
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Terrorism Review
20 May 1985
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Terrorism Review
20 May 1985
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1 Focus?The Record of Libyan-Sponsored Assassination Attempts, 1980-85
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Iraa? Iranian Efforts Weakening Shia Dissidents
-17 Nicaragua: Training of Italian Terrorists
19 Colombia: Illicit Weapons From the United States
25 Chronology of Terrorism-1985
This review is published every other week by the Directorate of Intelligence.
Appropriate articles produced by other elements of the CIA as well as by other
agencies of the US Intelligence Community will be considered for publication.
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Terrorism Review
20 May 1985
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Focus The Record of Libyan-Sponsored Assassination Attempts, 1980-85
Since 1980, the Libyan Government has engaged directly in more than 30
assassination attempts outside its borders (see chronology), and the list continues to
grow. Although the Qadhafi regime has been arming and training numerous
insurgent and dissident groups as far back as the early 1970s, Liyban did not
become an actual practitioner of terrorism until late 1979, when Qadhafi began his
drive to eliminate dissidents permanently. Qadhafi's fear that the increasingly
active Libyan exile movement challenges his claim to be the sole representative of
the Libyan people has provided the principal motivation.
Apart from Libyan dissidents, Qadhafi's second major target for terrorism has
been selected moderate leaders in Africa and the Middle East. The persistent
objects of his unremitting hatred are the leaders of Egypt, Sudan, and Chad. Yasir
Arafat, a former ally, and Jordan's King Hussein are also prime enemies as
Qadhafi perceives them as traitors to the united Arab front against Israel and its
patron, the United States. Qadhafi's hostility extends as well to Saddam Husayn
of Iraq. However, Libya has yet to implement a direct attack on any of these
leaders except Habre of Chad.
continuing Libyan ineptitude as well as efficient security
measures have thus far been heavily responsible for preventing the plots from
becoming actual attempts. Barring good luck or unusual lapses in security, these
Libyan plots are no more likely to succeed in the future, despite the pressure from
the increasingly influential radical element in Qadhafi's inner circle.
US diplomats have occasionally been the object of Libyan assassination plans, but
again, no attacks have occurred. After the United States shot down two Libyan
planes during an exercise in the Gulf of Sidra in 1981, for example, several
incipient Libyan assassination plots against US diplomats in Western Europe were
uncovered. Qadhafi, however, is a pragmatic political calculator who quickly
backed down when informed that the United States was aware of his plans. We
believe Qadhafi fears US retaliation and consequently has focused his attention on
non-US targets that appear to be more vulnerable. This helps explain, in part, why
he has thus far avoided directly targeting the United States or leaders like Jordan's
King Hussein.'
' Analysts differ as to whether Qadhafi has changed his calculus regarding direct targeting of the
United States. Some analysts believe that he will hold back as long as he thinks he runs the risk of
having his hand detected and, therefore, having to face the prospect of US retaliation. Other analysts,
however, believe the direct Libyan terrorist threat to US targets is growing. They believe Qadhafi has
judged that he can survive US retaliation against him following an attack on US personnel or facilities.
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Chronology of Libyan-Sponsored
Assassination Attempts, 1980-85
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6 April West Germany: Anti-Qadhafi Libyan student killed in Bonn by Libyan gunman
who was arrested. The assassin also wounded two German passersby, one seriously.
The victim had been a target of the Libyan regime for at least two years.
2 April Cyprus: Libyan businessman assassinated in downtown Nicosia by an unidentified
gunman. The victim was the director of an offshore holding company and was
believed to be an opponent of the Libyan regime.
1 March Italy: Libyan jeweler murdered in his shop in Rome. A silencer-equipped pistol
was left at the scene by the assassin.
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February
1984
17 November
Austria: Former Libyan Ambassador to Austria severely wounded by two shots
fired from a car outside his home in Vienna. The victim had been a member of the
original group of young officers who helped Qadhafi seize power in 1969. He quit
his post in disgust at the regime in 1980.
Chad: Complaint lodged with United Nations, alleging Libya tried to assassinate
President Hissein Habre in September 1984. Chad provided photographs of the
suitcase bomb that was to be used in the attack.
Egypt: President Mubarak announces that four assassins sent to Egypt by Libya to
kill former Libyan Prime Minister al-Bakkush had been arrested and forced to
send fake pictures to the Libyan Embassy in Malta showing Bakkush apparently
dead. The official Libyan press had fallen for the ploy and claimed Bakkush had
been executed by suicide squads sent abroad "to liquidate enemies of the
revolution."
21 September Italy: Libyan exile found gagged and strangled in a hotel in Rome. The victim had
been the subject of Libyan deportation requests.
20 August
United Kingdom: One of six Libyans awaiting trial for bomb attacks in London in
March 1983 found shot to death in a London apartment. The victim may have
been silenced by the Libyan Government.
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Greece: Two Libyan students found murdered in their apartment in a crime
reminiscent of Libyan killings of anti-Qadhafi students in 1980 and 1981. The two
were gagged, beaten, and strangled before being shot twice in the back.
21 June Greece: Anti-Qadhafi Libyan businessman killed by two men on a motorbike who
avoided arrest. Libya's Foreign Minister concluded a visit to Greece the same day.
13 June Greece: A Libyan-born Greek citizen known to have distributed anti-Qadhafi
literature at his store was wounded by a Libyan employee of Libyan Arab Airlines.
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February
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2 September
Libya: JANA, the official Libyan news agency, announced "the Libyan masses
have decided to form suicide commandos to chase traitors and stray dogs wherever
they are and liquidate them physically."
United Kingdom: British policewoman killed and 11 anti-Qadhafi demonstrators
wounded by gunfire from Libyan People's Bureau in London. After a siege, British
authorities found weapons and spent shell casings in the vacated embassy.
Libya: Following the annual Libyan General People's Congress, the Libyan
Revolutionary Committees announce that all Libyan exiles must return to Libya
or face "the death penalty."
Italy: Four Libyans claiming to be seamen arrested in Rome while following the
US Ambassador's motorcade.
19 February Libya: Libyan General People's Congress warns all Libyans in exile to return
home or face "the anger of the Libyan people."
1982 No attempts known.
1981
20 October
Sudan: Planned assassination of visiting Chadian President Hissein Habre failed
when those sent to conduct the operation surrendered.
24 February Italy: Several Libyan gunmen open fire on passengers arriving at Rome airport
from Algiers. The head of the major anti-Qadhafi exile group was the target,
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United Kingdom: Anti-Qadhafi Libyan student murdered in London by three
Libyans who left the country the next day.
Morocco: two Libyan diplomats and a
businessman arrested in Rabat were part of an assassination team sent to attack
Libyan dissidents.
United Kingdom: Two children of an anti-Qadhafi Libyan poisoned by eating
peanuts containing thalium. British authorities arrested a Libyan for attempted
murder of the children's father.
United States: Anti?Qadhafi student shot in Fort Collins, Colorado; the victim
lost his right eye in the assault. The Libyan-hired assailant, an ex-Green Beret and
US citizen, was arrested and jailed. The incident is the only known case of a
Libyan operation successfully carried out inside the United States.
Italy: Anti-Qadhafi exile wounded by fellow Libyan in Rome after an argument.
Italian police believed the incident was part of Qadhafi's campaign to intimidate
his political opponents abroad.
Italy: Libyan exile killed in Milan train station by an unidentified gunman, a few
hours after expiration of a deadline set by Qadhafi for all Libyan exiles to return
home.
21 May Italy: Libyan exile shot at in Rome. The arrested Libyan gunman said he was sent
by Libya "to kill an enemy of the people." Two accomplices escaped.
Greece: A Libyan exile and vocal opponent of the Libyan regime was killed in
Athens. His throat was cut in his apartment.
20 May Italy: Libyan businessman found stabbed and strangled to death in a boarding
house in Rome.
10 May West Germany: Libyan exile gunned down in Bonn. Local officials believed his
murder was part of Qadhafi's assassination campaign.
Italy: Libyan exile killed in Rome by one of two Libyans with whom he had been
chatting in a hotel cafe.
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25 April United Kingdom: Libyan lawyer shot to death in London by two men who walked
into his office and asked for the victim by name.
19 April Italy: Well-known Libyan businessman killed. The arrested assassin, a Libyan
national, said the victim was an enemy of Colonel Qadhafi.
11 April United Kingdom: Two Libyan gunmen kill an anti-Qadhafi Libyan journalist
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Middle East
Lebanon
France
Highlights
Alert Items
Hizballah Revenge Threat to US Interests
US interests in the Middle East face a new, serious threat of terrorist attack
following press allegations of US complicity in an 8 March car bombing in South
Beirut. The bomb killed some 80 Lebanese civilians and wounded scores of others,
but the apparent target, prominent Hizballah cleric Muhammad Husayn
Fadlallah, escaped injury.
So far, Fadlallah has responded in a low-key fashion to the story that the United
States was involved with the group that tried to kill him. He reportedly said that
his group has known all along of the roles of the United States, the Lebanese
Phalangists, and Israel in the attack and added: "We consider the battle between
the people and the US administration to be open ended."
Nevertheless, these allegations provide Hizballah?which has carried out several
terrorist attacks against US interests under the covername of Islamic Jihad?with
a new motive for launching further attacks on US facilities, particularly in
Lebanon. It is important to note that previous Hizballah attacks have not been
clearly linked to specific US actions or significant events. We believe Hizballah
will attack any vulnerable US target whenever possible. The recent allegations,
however, could prompt Hizballah operatives to accelerate the implementation of
any plans to attack US interests.
Italian Embassy in Beirut Expects Attacks by LARF
The Embassy has adopted rigorous security measures in the face of a recent
statement by individuals claiming to represent the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary
Faction that the group considers every Italian citizen a target as Italy continues to
detain two of its members. The group kidnaped a French diplomat on 25 March in
an apparent attempt to exchange him for another LARF member being held in
France, but released him unharmed on 2 April.
Key Indicators
US Attaches Under Surveillance Again?
In Paris on 28 April, an unidentified male?described as 30 to 35 years of age with
black hair, moustache, and swarthy complexion?was observed apparently
watching the compound that houses personnel of the US Embassy's defense
attache office. After similar incidents were noted in January and February,
security measures were increased and the surveillance ceased. Although we do not
know who is behind it, such surveillance could be the work of supporters of the
Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Faction, whose members killed a US defense
attache in Paris in January 1982.
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Libya
Libya-Chile
Terrorists Could Target Paris Air Show
This biennial event, to be held at Le Bourget Airfield from 30 May to 9 June,
provides an excellent opportunity for terrorists to gain publicity. While we have no
specific indications that European terrorists are planning to stage an attack
against the air show, the easy access to airport facilities and the large number of
Americans expected to attend make the show a tempting target for a bombing.
Four of the US participants?Boeing, Hughes, Lockheed, and Northrup?were
mentioned as potential targets in documents recovered from West European
terrorist groups involved in recent "anti-imperialist front" activities
The Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Faction may also represent a threat. The
group claimed responsibility for bombing the US pavilion at the Marseilles
International Trade Fair on 29 September 1983, and an attack at the air show
would embarrass France, which is holding a major LARF leader.
Radical Officials Pushin T?
the influence of radicals in the Libyan
Government responsible for terrorist operations is growing. Revolutionary
Committee members are gaining ground because moderates elsewhere in the
government have not joined efforts to restrain them. Several radical leaders
compete to conduct terrorist operations. Implementation of any operation,
however, requires the approval of Muammar Qadhafi.
The factional rivalry probably hinders Libya's overall terrorist capabilities, but
each radical group is still likely to press forward with independent action in order
to curry Qadhafi's favor. The increasing influence of the radicals should ensure
that terrorism against Libyan exiles and moderate Arabs will continue apace.
Western Europe?where many of the dissidents are located?is likely to remain a
favored area for such attacks.
Libya Funneling Money to Chilean Armed Opposition
During a March meeting in Libya, Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi reportedly
promised?and may since have delivered?$100,000 to the Movement of the
Revolutionary Left (MIR). He stated, however, that future support would depend
on the implementation of more visible operations. It is unclear whether the MIR
and other groups, such as the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front and the
Communist Party of Chile, will be able to fulfill that condition. Although the
radical factions of these organizations are gaining influence, terrorist activity
enjoys little popular support in Chile and some of the groups have been penetrated
by the government.
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Sikh Bombing Campaign Leaves 85 Dead
A coordinated bombing campaign conducted by Sikh extremists during 10-12 May
left 85 persons in Delhi and other cities dead and more than 150 wounded. More
than a dozen bombs exploded in buses, bus stations, and other crowded areas; some
of the unexploded devices found and defused were boobytrapped portable radios.
This was the highest three-day death toll yet attributed to Sikh terrorism and the
first coordinated bombing campaign since 37 train stations were bombed on
15 April 1984. These attacks came on the eve of the trial of three Sikhs accused of
assassinating Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and prior to the 6 June anniversary of
the storming of the Sikhs' Golden Temple by the Indian Army. Indian police have
arrested 1,000 suspects so far and believe they have identified three persons
responsible for the bombings.
Libyans Continue To Build Terrorist Network
On 24 April, influential Sudanese dissident figure Abdullah Za ris h returned to
Khartoum accompanied by other armed Sudanese oppositionists
Zakariah intends to
organize?with Libyan help?a terrorist apparatus that can later be used against
Americans, moderate Arabs, and Sudanese Government officials. He and his
followers have held meetings, started recruiting, and begun distribution of copies
of Qadhafi's Green Book.
the Sudanese police recognize the danger posed by
Zakariah, but are unlikely to keep his group under constant surveillance.
Meanwhile, members of Sudanese Revolutionary Committees reportedly continue
to infiltrate from Libya bearing funds, arms, and explosives.
Significant Developments
CCC Resumes Bombing Campaign After Four-Month Lull
On 1 May the Belgian terrorist group Combatant Communist Cells (CCC)
resumed its bombing campaign with an attack that caused the first fatalities
attributable to the group. A bomb placed in a car outside the Employers'
Federation of Belgium exploded and killed two firemen who had been trying to
defuse it. Group members had distributed pamphlets at the scene warning of the
bomb and phoned police 15 minutes prior to the explosion. In addition to the
fatalities, several other aspects of this attack were new for the CCC?the
distribution of leaflets at the scene, the warning call, and publication of a
communique in both French and Dutch.
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France
Three Bombs Claimed by "Action Directe"
In a series of attacks in Paris on the night of 13-14 April, a branch of Israel's Bank
Leumi, the French National Immigration office, and the offices of Minute, a
conservative French weekly newspaper, were extensively damaged. There were no
casualties. Individuals purporting to represent Action Directe claimed
responsibility, but there are doubts about their claims.
It appears these bombings may be the work of disgruntled North African
immigrants rather than Action Directe. For example, the communique, written in
very poor French, probably was the work of a nonnative French speaker. Except
for some anti-Zionist phrases, the communique lacked the usual Action Directe
rhetoric and made no mention of NATO. Instead, it attacked French treatment of
North African immigrants and alleged anti-Algerian actions by President
Mitterrand.
Arrested Turkish Terrorist Linked to Action Directe
On 24 April Muzaffer Kacar, a Turkish national, was arrested at a Paris radio
station while carrying dynamite, detonators, and false Belgian identification
papers. Police determined that the dynamite and detonators were part of 800
kilograms of explosives stolen from the Ecaussines quarry in Belgium in June
1984. Explosives from that theft have been used by both the West German Red
Army Faction and the French Action Directe terrorist groups. Kacar, who claimed
to be a member of the Turkish People's Liberation Party/Front, first said that he
had come to Paris to conduct a terrorist bombing in association with Action
Directe, but later changed his story and stated that the explosives were for an
attack in Turkey.
Police believe?and we concur?that Kacar, despite his claim otherwise, was
planning to attack a target in France to coincide with the 27 April bombing of the
Paris IMF building by Action Directe. That group usually strikes two or three
targets simultaneously.
Terrorist Linked to Carlos Apparat Expelled to West Germany
In keeping with the French policy of returning "undesirables" to their country of
origin, urban guerrilla Magdalena Kopp was escorted to the West German border
on 4 May. She had just completed serving a three-year sentence for transporting
arms and explosives. Kopp was jailed with another suspected terrorist, Swiss
national Bruno Breguet, whom the French are still holding on the same charge.
Prior to their sentencing in 1982, the international terrorist Carlos claimed that
the two belonged to his organization and warned he would strike in France if they
were not released. A car bomb killed a woman and wounded more than 60 others
on the day the two were imprisoned.
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France-Spain
Spain
Bahrain
Setbacks for GAL
For the first time since the Antiterrorist Liberation Group (GAL) appeared in
1983, two of its members have been sentenced to jail terms. The men were arrested
in September 1984, convicted of carrying weapons, and sentenced by a Bayonne
court to five-year terms. In Paris, three other GAL members were arrested on
13 April and charged with the 30 March murder of a Spanish Basque journalist.
Judicial hearings on these three began in Bayonne on 17 April, while Spain has
begun extradition proceedings.
Extradited ETA Members Released
On 19 April a Spanish criminal court released two of the three ETA terrorists
extradited from France in September. The third was convicted and sentenced to 54
years in prison. The Spanish Government had assured Paris it had an airtight case.
The Spanish press is speculating that Madrid will not request further extraditions
but will henceforth rely on French expulsions of alleged terrorists to third
countries. The acquittals?reportedly the result of police and prosecution
mismanagement of the cases?appear to be a setback to French-Spanish
counterterrorist cooperation. We believe, however, that Paris may view them as
proof of the fairness of the Spanish judicial system and, therefore, they could
encourage additional extraditions.
ETA Bombs Hit Mediterranean Resorts
On 1 May ETA began a bombing campaign against Spanish resorts. So far 11
bombs have been detonated in the resort towns of Alicante, Javea, Villajoyosa,
Demesa de Campoamor, Benidorm, Valencia, and Sidi San Juan. The bombs?
timed for the start of the resort season?have caused no injuries and little damage.
ETA has not attacked tourist targets since 1979.
Sabotage Attempt on Causeway
In late April the Saudi Coast Guard reportedly picked up a young Bahraini male
attempting to place explosives on the Saudi side of the causeway that links Saudi
Arabia to Bahrain. During his interrogation, the terrorist claimed to have
infiltrated into Saudi Arabia after having been trained in Syria for a "suicide
mission." We suspect he is associated with one of the Iranian-sponsored Bahraini
dissident movements. Recent evidence indicates that such groups have stepped up
their recruitment activity in Bahrain.
Lebanon?United Wife of Kidnaped Journalist Receives Videotape
Kingdom On 9 May, the wife of Alec Collett received a videotape of her husband from an
anonymous source. Collett, a British journalist who works for the UN Relief and
Works Agency for Palestinian refugees, was abducted south of Beirut on
25 March. The little-known Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
(ROSM) claimed responsibility for the kidnaping. On the tape, Collett appeared
healthy and said that he has been held in Beirut since the 25th and that he has
been receiving medication for his diabetes. The tape contained no demands for his
release.
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Argentina
Sri Lanka
The videotape marks the first time Collett's captors have been heard from since
their 28 March statement claiming credit for the kidnaping. That statement
threatened continued attacks against British targets until all Muslim "freedom
fighters" were released from British jails. We suspect ROSM is a covername used
by the Abu Nidal Group to claim credit for attacks against British targets.
Members of the Abu Nidal Group are serving long sentences in the United
Kingdom for the attempted assassination of the Israeli Ambassador to London in
1982.
Increase in Rightwing Violence
In Buenos Aires, the broadcasting facility of Radio Belgrano was wrecked on
29 April by three bombs planted by 10 men, three of whom were wearing police
uniforms. Rightwing politicians have criticized the station for carrying "Marxist"
commentaries on Argentine politics. In another incident, in the town of La Plata,
65 km south of Buenos Aires, kidnapers abducted a human rights activist on
27 April and carved swastikas on his body before releasing him.
This recent spate of rightwing violence coincides with the opening in late April of
the trials of nine former Argentine military leaders?three of them ex-
presidents?accused of human rights violations during the 1976-83 period of
military rule.
New Tamil Separatist Group To Be Formed
two recently expelled members of the
Liberation 1 igers of 1 amil Eelam (LTTE) intend to organize a new separatist
group. Several key members reportedly plan to resign from the Tigers to join the
new organization. The LTTE has threatened to assassinate the dissidents if they
engage in political activity without LTTE approval. The Tigers, by far the most
active and violent of all Tamil insurgent groups, will almost certainly carry out its
threat if the new group is formed.
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Iraq: Iranian Efforts
Weakening Shia Dissidents
Much of the terrorism attempted within Iraq or
against Iraqi targets abroad can be attributed to
Iranian-sponsored opposition groups. Although Iraqi
security is effective in countering most attacks, these
groups still manage to carry out bombings and
assassinations from time to time.
Iran's efforts to cobble together an effective force of
pliable Iraqi Shia dissident groups have left those
groups more weakened and divided than ever. Iraqi
Shias have largely resisted Tehran's attempts at
domination but are split over ideological, leadership,
and strategy issues. Even if a widely respected Iraqi
Shia leader were to emerge, Iran probably would
undermine his influence.
Tehran is partly to blame for dividing and weakening
the opposition by demanding subservience to its
concepts and authority. Iraqi Shia dissidents are split
over the velayat-e faqih concept, which holds that
Ayatollah Khomeini is the supreme guide of all Shias
worldwide. Of the four most important Iraqi Shia
dissident groupings, the Iraqi Mujahidin accepts both
the concept and Iranian control. The Islamic Action
Organization also accepts some control from Iran.
Dawa and Rabitat Ahl al-Bayt, on the other hand,
reject both the concept of velayat-e faqih and Iranian
control. factions
of Dawa also adamantly oppose Iran's plans to
establish an Iranian-controlled state in southern Iraq.
Despite their differences with Iran, all the groups,
including Dawa, continue to accept support from
Tehran.
SAIRI: A Leaky Umbrella
Iran is disappointed by
the ineffectiveness of established Iraqi Shia opposition
groups and the Tehran-based Supreme Assembly of
the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI). The Iranians
created SAIRI in 1982 to serve as an umbrella
organization to coordinate the activities of Iraqi Shia
dissidents and some non-Shia oppositionists such as
Kurds and to enhance Iranian influence over the
rebels. Tehran has provided substantial funding for
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significant results.
Dawa?The Primary Recalcitrant
Dawa (Islamic Call Party) probably is the oldest,
largest, and most prestigious Iraqi Shia dissident
group. Dawa was
formed essentially as a political party in the late
1950s and went underground in 1980 after the
Iranian revolution. Dawa estimated that its ranks had
swelled to 30,000 to 40,000 inside Iraq by 1980, but
epression by Iraq's ruthless
security services during the past several years has
decimated the party inside Iraq. The creation of
SAIRI and Iran's efforts to dominate the Iraqi
opposition movement have reduced the influence of
Dawa's principal leaders in exile
Dawa appears to be led by a coalition of leaders
including Muhammad Mahdi al-Asifi and Murtada
al-Askari, both Iranians. It favors the establishment
of a democratic and secular Iraqi government guided
by Islamic principles in which Sunni Arabs and Kurds
would participate.
Rabitat Ahl al-Bayt
Rabitat Ahl al-Bayt (League of the Followers of the
Prophet) is another Shia group that is reluctant to
accept orders from Tehran. It brings together factions
from SAIRI, Dawa, and other groups not resident in
Iran. Mahdi al-Hakim, elder brother of SAIRI's
leader, founded the organization in August 1983 in
London,
Mahdi formerly was closely identified with Dawa,
and his organization appears to engage largely in
propaganda efforts similar to those of Dawa. We have
no estimates on its size, but its weekly newspaper Al-
Tayyar Al-Jadid has a circulation of 70,000. We
believe that the group's independence gives it more
appeal in Iraq than rival organizations headquartered
in Tehran.
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The Iraqi Mujahidin (The Iraqi Strugglers)
The Mujahidin appears to be SAIRI's primary
military wing. It was established in 1979 and is led by
Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, younger brother of SAIRI
leader Muhammad al-Hakim.
the Mujahidin is based in
Hai Umran, the Iraqi salient occupied by Iran in mid-
1983, where it is supposed to cooperate with Iraqi
prisoners of war and expelled Ira i refu ees of Iranian
origin the
Mujahidin receives military and paramilitary training
from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to prepare
them for intelligence and paramilitary operations
inside Iraq.
The Islamic Action Organization
The Iranians also appear to have considerable control
over the Islamic Action Organization (IAO). The
group is also known as the Islamic Work Organization
or Amal but is distinct from the terrorist Amal group
in Lebanon. The IAO, an offshoot and rival of Dawa,
is headed by Muhammad Taqi al-Modarasi, an
Iranian who has close ties to Ayatollah Khomeini.
The IA0 has conducted terrorist operations inside
and outside Iraq, but none is known to have been
directed at US interests.
SAIRI has given Modarasi responsibility for
the training and operations of all Iraqi and Gulf Shia
terrorist groups, including the Mujahidin.
Prospects
Iraqi Shia dissidents face a dilemma. Without Iranian
backing and a presence in Iran, independent groups
would be too weak and too distant to build an
effective movement inside Iraq. The acceptance of
Iranian backing and control, however, antagonizes
many Iraqi Shia leaders and taints the groups, in the
eyes of Iraq's Arab Shias who hold a deep-rooted
animosity against the Persians.
The Iraqi Shia oppositionists appear divided along
class and ethnic lines.
lower-class Iraqis and Iraqi Shias of
Iranian origin generally are willing to accept
Khomeini as their supreme guide and to back pro-
Iranian groups such as the Islamic Action
Organization. Middle-class Iraqis, however, favor
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Iraqi independence and support such groups as Dawa
and the Rabitat Ahl al-Bayt.
US diplomats in Baghdad report that even though
Iraqi Shia religious leaders support the overthrow of
Iraqi President Saddam Husayn, they are concerned
that thousands of Iranians would flood into Iraqi
cities containing some of Shia Islam's most revered
shrines. They are also worried that Iranian religious
leaders would demand precedence over their less
numerous Iraqi counterparts.
We see little chance of an effective Shia dissident
movement emerging from the badly splintered rebels.
The chasms between them appear too numerous and
too wide to be easily bridged. The emergence of a
native Iraqi Shia leader with widespread popular
support among Iraq's Shias would improve the rebels'
prospects, but Iran probably would view him as a
challenge to its authority and undermine his
influence.
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Italian Terrorists
as many as 200
Italians, including some members of the Red
Brigades, have received terrorist training in
Nicaragua.
extremists in Nicaragua began to surface in the
summer of 1984 and in February 1985 prompted
Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi to publicly
accuse Nicaragua of training terrorists.
more than 1,000
Italians have traveled to Managua to participate in
work brigades involved in economic and public health
projects. Since 1983 Italian leftist extremists and
unemployed workers have been recruited for this
program under the auspices of the Italian-Nicaraguan
Association. The work brigade participants travel by
Aeroflot to Managua via Moscow and Havana; it is
unclear whether their traveling expenses are covered
by the Sandinistas or by the Soviets. Upon arriving in
Managua, the Italians relinquish their passports to
the authorities and are assigned to labor camps in the
countryside.
Fugitive Italian terrorists residing in France also
participate in the program
two Paris
organizations, the Committee for Solidarity with
Nicaragua and the Organization of Defense Lawyers
for European Political Prisoners, recruit passengers
for these subsidized Aeroflot flights to Nicaragua.
in reality, the work brigades
provide a cover to bring members or sympathizers of
the extremist Autonomia Movement and the terrorist
Red Brigades into Nicaragua for paramilitary
training. In his public statement to the Italian
Parliament in February, Prime Minister Craxi
accused Managua of hosting 44 of Italy's most
dangerous terrorists, including senior Red Brigades
leader Barbara Balzarani.
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of the paramilitary trainees named by the Italians are
known members of the Red Brigades, and at least five
group leaders are now reportedly serving as
instructors in the Nicaraguan armed forces.
The training reportedly is conducted at two
Nicaraguan camps, where Cuban, Spanish, and
Nicaraguan staff members are said to instruct the
trainees in small unit raid tactics, use of explosives,
sabotage, weapons familiarization, assassination, and
Marxist-Leninist doctrine.
Following the
25- to 30-day course, most trainees reportedly return
to their native countries.
the
paramilitary training of Italians in Nicaragua may
soon be canceled due to the publicity it is receiving,
but training and refresher courses
could then be provided in alternative sites, such as
Portugal, Greece, Angola, Tanzania, or Cuba
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Colombia: Illicit Weapons
From the United States
Terrorist, insurgent, and criminal groups in Colombia
have long had access to weapons from a wide variety
of sources,
Our analysis of these caches indicates that,
although some obsolescent US and Latin American
military weapons were found, most of the recovered
firearms were new, commercially available weapons
that had been purchased since the late 1970s from
gunshops in the Miami area.
Rnantsi Cache
Although the US firearms closely resemble fully
automatic military weapons, they are specially made,
semiautomatic copies that can be sold legally on the
US civilian "paramilitary" market. Similarly, the
captured Uzi carbine is a semiautomatic version of
the famous Israeli submachinegun made in Israel
specifically for export to the United States
Caqueta Cache
Weapons similar to those found in Bogota were
discovered in March 1984, when the Colombian
National Police Special Antinarcotics Unit raided
what they described as the largest modern cocaine-
processing center in South America. Accessible only
by air, this center was located in the country's eastern
plains at a remote site in Caqueta Department.
According to State Department and press reports,
police seized nearly 14 tons of cocaine and cocaine
base?worth an estimated $1.2 billion?and captured
a number of weapons.
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A comparison of these weapons and those discovered
in the FARC safehouses in Bogota reveals several
similarities. No Soviet or Bloc weapons were found.
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FARC arms cache recovered in January 1985 in Bogota. Captured
weapons include a US antitank launcher, 54 US high-explosive
enagdsana at least five firearms traceable to the United States.
Over half of the arms recovered in each case had been
bought in the United States, and most of these:
? Were "paramilitary" style civilian firearms.
? Were last known to have been acquired in the
Miami area between 1975 and 1983?often by
individuals of Latin and Central American descent.
? Were in good condition.
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Sources
We believe that most of the captured weapons
traceable to the United States probably were
purchased in Florida by drug traffickers, supporters of
various insurgent groups, or illegal arms dealers
motivated chiefly by profit. According to the US
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF),
such illicit arms trafficking is facilitated both by the
ready availability of commercial weapons and the
lucrative nature of smuggling in the Miami area.
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According to the BATF, for example, one US person
purchased over 600 firearms?worth about
$150,000?from gunshops in the Miami area between
1977 and 1978. Almost all of these weapons were
modern paramilitary-style carbines or large-frame,
large-magazine-capacity pistols and were purchased
using a federal firearms license, which not only had
expired but also was limited to the purchase of
antique weapons. Moreover, all the purchases were
made in cash or traveler's checks. In a single
transaction, the individual in question paid nearly
$20,000 for 66 Browning 9-mm High-Power pistols
and 100 extra magazines. When arrested by BATF
agents in 1978, this person claimed that he had been
providing these weapons to honest, hard-working
people in Colombia. He was subsequently tried,
convicted, and sentenced to six months in a federal
prison. More recently, according to press reports, in
April 1985 Colombian authorities in Barranquilla
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confiscated 45 crates of "rifles, carbines, and
machineguns." The crates reportedly had arrived a
few days prior to the seizure on board a commercial
flight from Miami.
While most of the illegal US weapons in Colombia
probably originated in Florida
some US weapons may be reaching
Colombia via Mexico. Mexican nationals?including
police officers?illegally purchase large quantities of
weapons in the United States, and Mexican
authorities report that weapons available in Mexico
are exchanged for drugs from Colombia and other
Latin American countries. According to a US
Government official, Mexican police from Baja
California recently have stepped up their efforts to
acquire weapons illicitly in California and Arizona.
since September 1984,
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members of the Baja State Police have illegally
purchased over 200 weapons in the United States, and
that the Sonora State Police attempted to purchase
illicitly 1,000 Smith and Wesson .38-caliber handguns
in January 1985. These clandestine attempts to
purchase weapons illegally suggest that the arms were
not for official use by the Mexican police.
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There have been other instances of illegal purchases
of weapons in the United States and efforts to
smuggle them into Mexico:
? The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
reports that some guns confiscated this year in
Mexico have been traced to US residents from the
Mexican state of Michoacan.
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Colombian newspaper photograph of a FARC camp in late 1983.
Note that one FARC member is carrying a long-barreled, semiau-
tomatic "Uzi" made in Israel specifically for export to the United
States.
? Customs agents discovered pistols, rifles, shotguns,
and thousands of cartridges at Mexico City
International Airport last year. The arms were
carried by two Mexican nationals on a flight
originating in Houston.
? Mexican police discovered 10,000 cartridges and six
firearms close to the US border hidden in a truck
with US license plates. The smugglers claimed to
have bought the arms in Los Angeles, California,
for delivery in Michoacan.
? According to a DEA report, 28 rifles and 15
machineguns were bought in Houston with cocaine
and smuggled into Mexico
In addition to increased illicit weapons purchases,
Mexican authorities believe Mexican airfields are
being used in a drugs-for-arms exchange between
Mexico and Colombia, Panama, Belize, and
Guatemala. Possible evidence of such a logistic route
from Mexico to Colombia was provided in March
1985, when a leader of the Colombian 19th of April
Movement (M-19) was arrested in Colombia in
possession of 550 Mexican-made blasting caps used in
manufacturing bombs. While we do not know how
many of the weapons entering Mexico follow a similar
route, the possibility that illegal US weapons are
reaching Colombia via Mexico cannot be discounted.
Owing to the paucity of information regarding the
illegal weapons that have been found in Colombia, we
are unable to trace any recovered weapons back to the
western United States.
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Reported Cuban Involvement
Although Cuba has attempted to supply weapons to
subversive groups in Colombia in the past, we do not
believe that Havana is currently smuggling weapons
into Colombia.
The types of weapons illegally available in Colombia
supports?in our view?the contention that Cuba is
neither directly nor indirectly supplying arms to
Colombian criminal and insurgent groups at this time.
In contrast to the large quantities of obsolescent Bloc
and Soviet ordnance supplied by Cuba and captured
by US forces in Grenada, most of the ordnance
recovered in Colombia appears to be either older US
or Latin American military weapons or relatively
new, commercial firearms obtained in the United
States. The former probably were acquired by theft,
while the latter weapons can almost all be traced back
to the Miami area.
Implications
The presence in Colombia of large quantities of illicit
weapons from the United States could undermine US
credibility in advocating tougher Colombian measures
against drug traffickers and terrorists. This would be
particularly true if weapons procured in the United
States were used increasingly in attacks against
prominent Colombian political figures such as former
Minister of Justice Lara, who was assassinated with a
silenced US Ingram submachinegun in 1984,
according to State Department reporting. Access to
such weapons enhances the capability of drug
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traffickers to attack US citizens or facilities, should
they decide to make good on their threats to avenge
the extradition of major Colombian drug dealers to
the United States. The availability of modern, well-
made weapons procured in the United States also
degrades Bogota's capability to combat the various
insurgent and criminal groups active in Colombia.
Even if the supply of illicit US arms in Colombia
could be reduced, however, Colombian insurgent and
criminal groups could still acquire weapons either
through theft or attacks on military and police
garrisons, or from other sources in the region.
some Colombian
insurgent groups purchase modern military weapons
from gray market arms dealers in Panama and
Venezuela.
Weapons captured during a raid on a cocaine-processing center in
Caqueta Department in March 1984 include: long-barreled semi-
automatic "Uzis" traceable to Miami gunshops (top left), commer-
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traceable to Miami gunshops (lower three, lower left), and Brazil-
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February
April
8-9 April
Chronology of Terrorism-1985
Below are described noteworthy foreign and international terrorist events and
counterterrorism developments that have occurred or come to light since our last
issue. Events and developments that have already been described elsewhere in this
publication are not included.
Turkey: Two police officers and one Dev Vol terrorist killed in shootout near
Malatya. Police reportedly captured two other Dev Yol (Revolutionary Way)
terrorists in the same action.
Indonesia: Oilworkers in Iran Jaya kidnaped and released. Separatists of the Free
Papua Movement abducted two Dutch and one Indonesian employee of Shell Oil
and released them after the company paid an undisclosed ransom and provided the
guerrillas with medical supplies.
Uganda: Five people killed for their ties to government. In two separate attacks, a
woman and man affiliated with the Ugandan People's Congress party were hacked
to death. A relative of one of the victims and two members of the family of a
policeman were shot to death in apparently related incidents.
20 April Belgium: New group claims bombing of North Atlantic Assembly in Brussels. A
previously unknown Belgian group, the Revolutionary Front for Proletarian
Action, claimed credit for detonating a 54-kilogram bomb that caused extensive
damage to the Assembly offices and wounded two persons in a nearby apartment.
21 April
Belgium: FRAP claims second bombing in Brussels. The Revolutionary Front for
Proletarian Action took credit for bombing the offices of the West German firm
Telefunken. The explosion caused moderate damage but no injuries.
Namibia: Bomb blast in discotheque wounds five. The device, placed in the rear of
the Oluno disco, exploded in the early evening when few people were in the
building.
22 April West Germany: Bomb damages offices of Siemens electronics firm in Duesseldorf
No group has yet claimed responsibility, but police suspect the Revolutionary
Cells.
26 April
Northern Ireland: Police arrest seven Provisional IRA terrorists. The arrests
followed the discovery of more than 1,500 kilograms of explosives on a farm near
Belfast.
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27 April France: World Bank in Paris bombed by Action Directe. A car bomb, which
exploded outside the building, wounded a night watchman and caused considerable
damage. Action Directe bombed the same building on 6 June 1982.
Bangladesh: Political candidate shot to death by masked gunmen in Jhenaidah.
He was seeking a seat in local council elections scheduled for 16 and 20 May. No
group has claimed credit for the killing.
Mauritius: Bombing of police station preceded by threat in name of Islamic
Jihad. However, police suspect either the Mauritian Militant Movement?a
member of which was arrested while fleeing the scene?or the Mauritian Social
Democratic Party actually carried out the attack
29 April West Germany: Revolutionary Cells claim three bombings in Duesseldorf and
Cologne. The attacks damaged a bank, a pharmaceutical firm, and a building
housing the All-Metal Employers' Federation.
29-30 April
Lebanon: Unsuccessful attempt to kidnap French TV correspondent. Norbert Balit
said his cries for help drove off the five gunmen, who stole his car.
France: Two defense-related telecommunications firms bombed in Paris. The
explosions wounded a night watchman and caused considerable property damage.
In claiming responsibility, Action Directe alleged that the companies were
producing equipment for NATO cruise missiles.
30 April Egypt: Defendants in Bakkush affair handed over to their own governments. Egypt
requested that the four?two Maltese and two Britons?be prosecuted in their
respective countries. The November 1984 plan to kill former Libyan Prime
Minister Bakkush was exposed after the four suspects were apprehended and
Libyan leader Qadhafi was tricked into believing his plan had succeeded.
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Ecuador: Four AVC members escape through tunnel from Garcia Moreno Prison
in Quito. The most important prisoner was Hamet Vasconez, believed to be the
number-two man in the Alfaro Vive, Carajo! organization. The other three had
been arrested during attempted bank robberies in Quito in June 1984.
Peru: Sendero Luminoso terrorists hurl dynamite sticks at public buildings. One
of the blasts caused severe damage but no deaths at the National Stadium, where
government officials were counting votes from the 14 April national election.
Peru: Three women found dead in Huanta Province. The bodies had been
mutilated by wild dogs, and one had a sign on her chest saying, "This is how
the ... collaborators die." Although no group claimed responsibility, the leftist
terrorist group Sendero Luminoso, which has conducted similar slayings in the
province, is suspected.
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3 May
South Africa: ANC bombs two mining companies and a bank The early-morning
blasts, which caused extensive property damage but no casualties, probably were
meant to show ANC solidarity with striking mineworkers.
Turkey: Police arrest leaders of anti-US terrorist group in Istanbul. Among the
29 members of the Turkish Revolutionary Communist Unit (TRCU) arrested so
far are the group's leader and several other high-level figures who reportedly had
been directly involved in many murders and robberies dating back to 1974. Police
also seized weapons, explosives, anti-US literature, and propaganda materials
indicating the group was attempting to reorganize.
West Germany: Bomb defused at German Aerospace and Defense Technology
Association in Bonn. Police believe members of the Red Army Faction periphery
were responsible. The offices are located one block from the US Ambassador's
residence.
Spain: US firm bombed in Bilbao. The attack on the Norton Company caused
minor damage but no injuries. No group has claimed responsibility, but police
suspect the Iraultza group.
Spain: ETA blows up three French automobiles on Spanish train. The vehicles
were aboard a railway car at the Beasain station.
Lebanon: Amal official Jamal Zaydun killed by bomb in his car. No group has
yet claimed credit for the attack.
Chile: Seven power pylons destroyed by bombs near Santiago. The attack occurred
just before President Pinochet spoke to the nation in a radio and television address.
El Salvador: Unknown terrorists kill mayor of San Jorge. Edgar Mauricio
Valenzuela, a Christian Democrat, had been kidnaped several days before his
1 May installation. He was released, but his captors warned him not to assume
office. When he ignored the threats, he was shot to death.
West Germany: New group bombs French firm in Cologne. The French
telecommunications company provides computer maintenance for the German
Army. A previously unknown group, the Commando Proletarian Action, claimed
credit for the attack. Police are investigating this claim and two others received
from unnamed groups.
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6 May
West Germany: Large bomb defused at Federal Office for Military Procurement
in Koblenz. Police suspect the Red Army Faction or members of its periphery were
responsible.
Spain: ETA bombs explode at Hertz and Avis offices in San Sebastian and Ford
showroom in Vitoria. The bombings caused minor damage and probably were
intended to protest President Reagan's visit to Spain.
Israel: Bomb defused at train station in Rosh Ha'ayin. A railroadworker
discovered the device under a bench. No group has claimed credit.
Corsica: Thirty bombs explode in Ajaccio area. A variety of businesses and private
residences owned by mainland French citizens were struck, causing extensive
property damage. Two policemen were slightly wounded while defusing one of the
bombs. No one claimed responsibility, but the attacks probably are the work of
Corsican separatists.
Belgium: CCC claims bomb blast at gendarmerie administrative offices in
Brussels. In a communique, the Combatant Communist Cells (CCC) had blamed
the police for the deaths of two firemen in a I May bombing
7 May Spain: Car bomb seriously wounds policeman in Pamplona. No group has claimed
responsibility, but ETA is suspected.
8 May
Japan: Homemade rockets hit Narita Airport, wound officeworker. Rockets landed
near the air traffic control center, a private security company's offices, and a radar
installation, causing minor damage and brush fires. The leftist terrorist group
Chukaku-ha (Nucleus Faction) is believed responsible for this attack as well as for
two similar ones in April.
Portugal: Radio Free Europe station near Lisbon bombed. A previously unknown
group, the Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Militarist Group, claimed credit for the attack
to protest Portuguese "dependence" on the United States.
Lebanon: Israeli patrol boat sinks rubber raft off Tyre, killing five Palestinians.
The raft was apparently heading for the Israeli coast when it was intercepted. An
Israeli newspaper claims that Fatah has accepted responsibility for this operation
and other recent seaborne attempts.
Singapore: Two arrested for smuggling arms to Tamil insurgents. Two
Singaporean citizens are in custody, and a container of rifles, Sten guns,
ammunition, and explosives was seized. Sri Lankan officials claim the shipment
was intended for the separatist guerrilla group PLOTE.
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India: Sikh state political leader killed in Punjab. The victim, who was president
of a Sikh party and a former member of Parliament, was shot by two unidentified
assailants who subsequently escaped on a motor scooter.
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