TERRORISM REVIEW

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The Terrorism Diary for June and July 1998
Below is a compendium of dates of known or conceivable significance to terrorists
around the world. Our inclusion of a date or event does not suggest that we expect
I June I976 Palestinians. Palestinian renegade Abu Nidal renamed his terrorist group (then
based in Iraq) the Black June Organization and began attacking Syrian targets after
Damascus entered the civil conflict in Lebanon on the side of the Christian Pha-
lange.
3 June 1989 Iran. Death of Ayatollah Khomeini.
4 June I982 Israel, Lebanon. First Israeli bombing of Beirut.
5 June I963 Iran. National Day of Mourning; Revolution Day; Day of Uprising (commemo-
rates the arrest of Ayatollah Khomeini by police under the Shah).
5 June I9G7 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 Amritsaz.
8 June 1967 Palestinians. Founding of Palestinian terrorist group Sai'ga (Thunderbolt).
l4 June 1985 Greece. Hizballah hijacks TWA Flight 847, murders US Navy diver.
16 June 2995 France: Paris court hands out sentences to six Iranian citizens for the 1991 assassi-
nation of former Prime Minister Shapur Bakhtiar.
I7 June 1995 Lebanon: The last of the Western hostages in Lebanon are freed.
18 June 1953 Egypt. Evacuation Day (anniversary of the proclamation of the republic).
25.rune 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. Attempted assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Italy. Arrest of 13 niiembers of the Egyptian al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya in Milan.
l July 1867 Canada. Dominion Day.
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 3 July I988 Iran. USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 in Persian Gulf.
3 July 1976 Uganda: Israeli forces conduct a successful hostage rescue operation in Entebbe.
4 July 1776 United States. Independence Day.
4 July 1946 Philippines. Republic Day (date on which the Philippines became an independent
republic).
S July I962 Algeria. Independence Day.
9 July 1929 Morocco. Birth of King Hassan II.
IO July 1978 Mauritania. Armed Forces Day (commemorates military coup).
I2 July I690 Northern Ireland. Orangemen's Day (Protestants march to commemorate victory
in Battle of the Boyne).
l4 July I789 France. Bastille Day.
I4 July I9S8 Iraq. Republic Day (Army coup d'etat that overthrew monarchy and established
republic).
IS July 1946 Brunei. Sultan's birth.
I7 July I968 Iraq. Revolution Day (Ba'th Party coup).
IS July 1988 Greece: Abu Nidal Organization carried out attack on the cruise ship "City of
Poros," killing nine people and injuring 98.
IS July 1994 Argentizza: Hizballah bombs AMIA cultural center in Buenos Aires.
20 July I974 Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot Peace and Freedom Day (commemorates intervention by
Turkish farces).
23 July I9S2 Egypt. National Day (commemorates military coup ousting King Farouk).
23 July 1970 Oman. Accession Day of Sultan Qaboos.
2S July 1957 Tunisia. Proclamation of republic.
25 July I996 France: Bomb kills seven people, wounds 117 on Paris commuter train. Algerian
Armed Islamic Group responsible.
26 July 1956 Egypt. Nationalization of Suez Canal.
28 July 1821 ~ Peru. Independence Day.
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 28 July .1989 Lebanon. Abduction by Israel of Hizballah cleric Shaylch Ubayd.
31 July Spain, France. St. Ignatius's Day (patron saint of Basques).
3I July 1969 Spain, France. Founding of Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA).
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 Chronology of International Terrorism
The following incidents have met lire criteria of the Intelligence Community's Inci-
dent 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 Terror-
ism, which is published annually as the US Government's official record of interna-
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 Uganda: Explosions at two restaurants in Kampala killed five persons, including
one Swedish and one Rwandan national, and wounded six others. Both restau-
rants, the Nile Grill and the outdoor cafe at the Speke Hotel, aze within walking
distance of the US Embassy and the Sheraton Hotel. US and foreign nationals fre-
quent the cafe at the Speke Hotel. The Allied Democratic Forces may be responsi-
was paid.
Somalia: Gunmen abducted nine foreign nationals after their plane landed at an
airstrip north of Mogadishu. The hostages included one citizen each from the
United States, Germany, Belgium, France, Norway, South Africa, and Kenya; two
Swiss Red Cross workers; and one Somali Red Crescent Society employee. The
kidnappers are members of a subclan loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohamed, who controls
the northern section of Mogadishu. They allegedly demanded $100,000 ransom for
each hostage. On 24 April all the hostages were released unharmed and no ransom
April a Latvian national was arrested in Estonia in connection with the attack
tionalist group, the Russian National Bolshevist Party, to be responsible. On 14
Latvia: A mine exploded in a park across from the Russian Embassy in Riga,
damagizzg four diplomatic vehicles. Authorities suspect a member of the ultrana-
Greece: A rocket fzred via remote control penetrated a window at a Citibank
office in the Kypseli district of Athens and detonated against a wall, causing
minor damage. The Revolutionary Organization I7 November claimed responsi-
bility in an eight-page letter sent to a newspaper office in Athens
Turkey: Two Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK} members on a motorcycle threw a
bomb into a park near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. The explosion injured two
 Summary of Indigenous Terrorism April 199
The incidents and situations listed below are not a detailed accounting of all
domestic terrorist incidents, but rather provide an overview of selected indigenous
 unit also found an unexploded device at the scene
On 22 April a bomb exploded in the crowded Evans Square market area of Lagos,
killing at least three persons and injuring several others. A police bomb disposal
children. APakistan-based group, Lashkar-I-Toiba, claimed responsibility.
On 18 April in Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir State, armed militants
entered two houses and killed all 13 inhabitants, including two women and three
destroyed the garage roof. Chukaku-Ha claimed responsibility
On 21 April in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, a timed device exploded in the garage
of the planning chief in charge of land disputes for the Narita Airport. The official
and his family escaped injury,-but the explosion shattered a c 'e d and
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are suspected.
A grenade exploded in a crowded market area in Jaffna on 12 April, killing at least
one bystander and injuring 19 others. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eetam (LTTE)
On 14 April suspected LTTE guerrillas attacked a police post in Trincomalee,
killing three officers and one civilian, and seriously wounding one inspector
member of Eduard Limonov's Russian Bolshevist Party.
On 2 April a bomb exploded in the courtyard of the main Jewish synagogue in
Riga's historic old town, causing extensive damage to the building's main entrance.
A swastika-adorned Latvian flag was found at the scene. Authorities suspect a
A makeshift gas-canister bomb detonated at the Athens office of the Greek Deputy
Labor Minister on 1 April, causing minor damage. Police officials sus ect mem-
bers or sympathizers of several local militant leftist organizations.
Unidentified assailants threw two handgrenades at a Basque regional govenunent
building in San Sebastian on 1 April, causing minor damage. Authorities sus ect
militant members of the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) organization.
Anti-Fascist Revolutionary Group-1 October claimed responsibility
A small bomb exploded at an insurance company office in Madrid on 2 April, caus-
ing minor damage. Police disarmed a second device found in a separate office. The
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 United Kingdom T1vo gunmen shot and killed ahigh-profile loyalist as he approached his home in
Londonderry on 8 April. The Irish National Liberation Army claimed responsibil-
ity for the killing, stating that the victim was targeted for his involvement with the
rival Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) paramilitary organization~~
attack on loyalist paramilitaries~
On 21 April a gunman killed a Catholic man in an open area of Portadown. Author-
ities suspect the assailant might be a member of the LVF organization~~
Gunmen killed a Catholic universe student as he walked home in Crumlin on
25 April. The LVF is suspected.
Armagh, causing minor damage. The LVF is suspected
On 25 April a bomb detonated at the back entrance of a Catholic-owned pub in
On 3 April National Liberation Army rebels kidnapped eight crew members of
three different news stations in San Pablo. The rebels released the news reporters'
driver on 4 April and two days later released the other hostages.~~
begin a peace process with the government
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia {FARC) rebels kidnapped 16 government
officials, including the mayor of Solita, in southern Colombia on 6 April. The
rebels released alI the hostages on I1 April with a message in which the FARC
rebel group insisted that the military withdraw from five municipalities in order to
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FARC rebels attacked the town of Cravo Norte on 13 April, killing a former judge
and a civilian and wounding four policemen. The militants destroyed the town's
police post and hospital and stole two ambulances~~
Peru On 22 April near Tin o Maria, Sendero Luminoso rebels occupied a town and
burned a vehicle.
Algeria A bomb exploded at a market in Arzew on 2 A ril, injuring seven persons. The
Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected
On 5 April an armed oup killed 28 civilians and injured another in Arzew. The
GIA is suspected.
A bomb exploded in a high school in Mehehna on 25 April, wounding nine
persons. The GIA is probably responsible.~~
Egypt Gunmen killed two Co tic farmers in Al-Minya on 6 April. AZ-Lama'at al-
Islamiyya is suspected.
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 International Terrorism, First Quarter, 1998:
A Statistical Comparison With First Quarter 1997a
International Terrorist Incidents,
by Region
International Terrorist Incidents,
Deaths, by Region
International Terrorist Incidents,
by Type of Facility
International Terrorist Incidents,
Wounded, by Region
Africa
Asia
Eurasia
~ Latin America
Middle East
North America
Western Europe
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20 40 50 80100120140160+
 International Terrorist Incidents, International Terrorist Incidents,
by Type of Event by Target
Armed attack
Arson
Bombing
Rirebombing
Kidnapping
Occupation
Vandalism
Totals
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20 40 60 80 100 1201
Anti-US Attacks, by Region
Asia
Latin America
North America
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Western Europe
Total
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Business
Diplomat
Government
Military
Other
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Anti-US Attacks, by Type of Event
Armed attack
Arson
Bombing
KidnaPPu-g
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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
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 Anti-US Attacks, by Targeted Facility
55 1~ 20 25 30 35
Anti-US Attacks, Wounded, by Regionb
Africa
Asia
Eurasia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America
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Anti-US Attacks, by Targeted Victim
t'There were no deaths of US citizens in the first quarters of 1997 and 1998.