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The Terrorism Diary for February and Marc>~'
Below is a compendium of February and March dates of known or conceivable
significance to terrorists around the world. Our inclusion of a date or event should
not by itself be construed to suggest that we expect or anticipate a commemorative
terrorist event.)
Iran. Return of Ayatollah Khomeini to Iran from exile in Paris.
India. Kashmir separatist leader Magbool Butt executed.
Iraq. Anniversary of Bath Revolution.
Sri Lanka. Independence Day.
Iran. Revolution Day.
Quds Day or Jerusalem Day. Muslims protest Israeli occupation of Jerusalem.
(Quds Day is commemorated on the last Friday of Ramadan, which in 1997 ends
on 8 February.)
Iraq.. Revolution Day.
Iran. Attack on US Embassy in Tehran; the Embassy was briefly occupied and the
Ambassador briefly held.
Egypt, Israel. Exchange of ambassadors.
Palestinians. Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine founded.
Iraq. Beginning of the ground war in Desert Storm.
United States. World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
Morocco. Independence Day (termination of Treaty of Fez).
Libya. Establishment of Jamahiriyah (Masses' State).
Bulgaria. Independence Day.
Morocco. Accession of King Hassan to throne.
Colombia, United States. Effective date of extradition treaty aimed at narcotics
traffickers.
Ghana. Independence Day.
Kurdish region. Algerian accord between Iran and Iraq abandoning support for the
Kurds.
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20 March 1981
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25 March 1932
2S March 1975
26 March 1971
26 March 1978
26 March 1970
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30 March 1974
Kurdish region. Death of Kurdish leader Mul1a Mustafa Barzani.
Indonesia. President Sukarno turns over power to Suharto.
Gabon. National Day.
Turkey. Birthday of Ataturk.
Mauritius. Independence Day.
Grenada. Coup d'etat by Maurice Bishop (National Day).
Japan. Chukaku-ha (Nucleus Faction) Secretary General Honda assassinated by
rival radical groups.
Ireland. St. Patrick's Day (National Day).
Tunisia. Independence Day.
Colombia. Death of M-19 terrorist Carmenza Londono (La Chiqui).
Turkey. Kurdish New Year.
Arab World. Founding of Arab League (original members: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria).
Pakistan. Pakistan Day (founding of Islamic republic).
Greece. Greek Revolution Memorial Day (celebrating beginning of independence
from Turkey).
Iraq. Independence Day.
Saudi Arabia. Assassination of King Faisal and accession of King Khalid.
Bangladesh. Independence Day.
Egypt, Israel Peace agreement ratified.
Libya. UK Evacuation Day (day British forces turned over bases and departed).
Palestinians. National Day.
Tuurkey. Death of terrorist Mahir Cayan, member of Turkish People's Liberation
Party.
Palestinians. Day of the Homeland.
 Chronology of International Terrorisrt~
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 interna-
tional terrorism.~~
1 November Sudan: A breakaway group from the Sudanese People's Liberation Army kid-
napped three International Committee of the Red Cross {ICRC) workers when
their plane landed in Wunrock. The hostages, a US citizen, an Australian, and a
Kenyan, were transporting five wounded Sudanese soldiers who had been released
from a Red Cross hospital in Kenya. On 9 December the rebels released the hos-
tages in exchange for ICRC supplies and a health survey for their camp.~~
Philippines: Authorities detonated a bomb found in a bag in the arrival area of
the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. No one claimed responsibility for the
bomb.~~
in the village of Childara.
Tajikistan: Guerrillas attacked a jointly owned Tajik-British gold mine in
Darvaz, abducting four employees and causing an unknown amount of damage.
Two of the hostages were a Briton and a South African. The assailants occupied the
mine for five days. After negotiations, the hostages were released on 28 December
12 December Tajikistan: A mine placed in a Pakistani Embassy vehicle detonated in front of
the Embassy in Dushanbe, destroying the vehicle and damaging the Embassy.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Tajik apposition forces or groups
apposing the cease-fire agreement may be responsible
17 December Russia: Gunmen broke into a residential area for the ICRC in Novyye Atagi,
Cheehnya, shooting to death six ICRC staff employees while they were sleeping
and wounding a seventh. The victims included two Norwegians, a Dutch national,
a Canadian, a New Zealander, a Spaniard, and a Swiss national.~~
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damage to two vehicles. One of the vehicles belonged to the international
Bosnia-Herzegovina: An assailant threw a hand grenade at a regional office of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, causing major
Implementation Force. No group claimed responsibility for the attack
Bulgaria: A bomb detonated outside the Serbian Embassy's consular section in
Sofia, causing minor damage. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
Turkey: Assailants threw a handgrenade at the Eastern Orthodox Church's
headquarters in Istanbul. The grenade exploded in the garden, causing minor
damage. The Great Eastern Islamic Raiders-Front claimed responsibility for the
attack.~~
Greece: Unknown assailants bombed a Citibank o,~ce building in Athens, caus-
ing extensive damage to the facade, nearby vehicles, and surrounding buildings.
Authorities believe members or sympathizers of the Revolutionary Organization
I7 November or the Revolutionary People's Struggle are responsible.~~
20 December Italy: An improvised incendiary device detonated outside the Peruvian consulate
building in Milan, causing minor material damage. A note found at the scene
hinted that the attack was perpetrated by the Tupar. Amaru Revolutionary Move-
. ment (MRTA), but local authorities suspect Italian sympathizers of the Peruvian
leftist group which is holding hostages in the Japanese Ambassador's residence in
Lima, Peru (see page 38)
 Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) members attacked the Cano
I"L~Covenas oil pipeline near Araquita, causing a spill and igniting a fire.
denouncing US efforts to reinstate an extradition treaty with Colombia
pamphlets outside the church identifying themselves as ELN members and
Colombia: Assailants hurled two explosive devices at a Mormon church in
Tulua, causing minor material damage but no injuries. The attackers left several
caused no injuries, No one claimed responsibility for the attack
Colombia: An explosive device detonated in Bogota near Colombia's national
newspaper library, where representatives of the Nonaligned Movement were
meeting in the library's auditorium. The explosion damaged a libr~r~ffice but
Chile: Six hooded individuals hurled five Molotov cocktails inside a Mormon
church on Cerro Navia, causing minor damage but no injuries. No group
claimed responsibility for the attack~~
causing major oil spills. The ELN is suspected
Colombia: On two consecutive days, suspected Colombian guerrillas dynamited
two sections of the Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline in the Arauca province,
11 December Colombia: Five armed men claiming to be members of the FARO kidnapped
a US mining engineer in La GuajiraDepartamento. The engineer was working
for a company that is exploring methane gas in the region.
 17 December Peru: Twenty-three MRTA militants took several hundred persons hostage at
a party given at the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima. The terrorists
entered the compound dressed as waiters and set off explosions and exchanged
gunfire with police. Among the hostages were US officials; European, Latin Amer-
ican, and Asian ambassadors; other foreign diplomats and staff; several Peruvian
Government officials; and a large number of Japanese businessmen. The group is
demanding the release of all MRTA members currently in prison and safe passage
for them and the hostage takers. The guerrillas released most of the hostages in
December but are holding over 70 Peruvian and Japanese citizens.~~
 Asia
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-December 1996
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed account-
ing of all domestic terrorist incidents, but rather to provide an overview of indige-
nous terrorism worldwide
A bomb exploded on a passenger train in Ambala on 2 December, killing 12 per-
sons and injuring 39 others. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
A time bomb exploded outside a branch office of the National Bank of Pakistan in
Karachi on 4 December, injuring 19 persons. No one claimed responsibility.
On 17 December in Karaitivu a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide
bomber on a motorcycle detonated a bomb against a police jeep,. killing a police
commando and wounding his driver,~~
Spain A bomb detonated in an Irun'courthouse on 5 December, causing minor damage
but no injuries. The Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) claimed responsibility.
Turkey
persons were arreste
ETA forces threw three grenades at a San Sebastian civil guard barracks building
on 18 December, causin minor damage to an outer wall but no injuries. Two
On 27 December assailants set fire to a police vehicle and two public buses in
Bilbao, causin extensive damage but no injuries. Authorities suspect ETA youth
sympathizers.
policeman and causing extensive damag
ETA youth supporters threw several Molotov cocktails at a Hernari train station
terminal, bank office, and several parked vehicles on 29 December, injuring a
Gunmen opened fire at the Dargecit Mayor's house on 9 December. The gunmen
fled when security personnel returned gunfire. The Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) is suspected.~~
claimed responsibility
A bomb exploded next to a confessional booth inside a Catholic church in the
district of Beyoglu in Istanbul on l7 December, causing minor damage. No one
Five armed assailants abducted the brother of the Mayor of Lice on 30 December
from his residence there. The PKK claimed responsibility on 2 January.n
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 Two bombs exploded in Diyarbakir on 31 December. One was near a nightclub and
the other was outside a billiard ha]] in a different part of town. No casualties were
reported, and no one claimed responsibility for the attacks~~
United Kingdom Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a police officer on 20 December as he
guarded a Democratic Unionist Party official visiting his son at a Belfast hospital.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) claimed responsibility.
Algeria
Egypt
A car bomb detonated in Belfast on 22 December, injuring a vocal PIRA su orter
and causing minor damage. Loyalist paramilitary groups are suspected
Authorities defused an explosive device hidden on the car of a suspected PIRA
official in Londonderry on 28 December after the device became partially det~
from the car. Authorities believe loyalist paramilitary groups are responsible
On 17 December in Currulao Municipality, 10 Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia guerrillas bombed a market. No in'uries or damage were reported. Army
members opened fire, killing four guerrillas.
A group of 50 Sendero Luminoso rebels used sticks and stones to kill five peasants
in Abra De Porculla on 26 December. After a bus arrived they shot the bus dr'
the head and set the bus on fire. They fled shouting "death to the informers.'
bility for the attack
On ] l December suspected Islamic extremists killed 20 persons and injured seven
others who were traveling on a bus in the Blida region. No one claimed responsi-
On 19 December in Markaz Mallawi in A] Minya Governorate, unidentified gun-
men shot and killed two policemen and wounded a third policeman and a civilian.
Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya may be responsible~~
A bomb exploded on 6 December near a high school bus stop at the exit from
Ramla toward Lod, injuring a girl. No one claimed responsibility for the attack