TERRORISM REVIEW

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Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-May 1996
The Terrorism Diary for July and Augus~
Center, Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
This review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Information available as of 17 June 1996 was used in this Review.
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Chronology of International Terrorism
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 international
Pakistan: Unknown assailants threw two grenades into the parking lot of the US
Information Service center in Lahore, causing minor damageF_~
Netherlands: A bomb exploded at a building housing the German chemical firm
BASF AG in Arnhem, causin minor damage. Authorities suspect environmental
extremists are responsible
Turkey: A bomb exploded in front of the Russian Aeroflot Airlines' office in
Istanbul, causing minor damage. On 30 Apri l an unknown group, the Organiza-
tion or Solidarity With the Chechen Resistance Fighters, claimed responsibility.
Colombia: Suspected members of the National Liberation Army blew up a sec-
tion of the Cana Limon-Covenas oil pipeline in Arauca Department, causing a
large oil spill.
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 Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-May 1996
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accounting of all domestic terrorist incidents, but rather to provide an overview
of indigenous terrorism worldwide.)
On 6 May militants in Assam ambushed the motorcade of a local development
minister, killing him, eight members of his security staff, and one other person. The
minister was a candidate for the Indian National Congress from the Gola hat
Assembly constituency. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
Unidentified militants also exploded two grenades on 6 May near a security force
vehicle in Srinagar, wounding three civilians. The other grenade exploded outside
the local headquarters of the State Bank of India and left a crater in the road
A bomb exploded aboard a passenger bus in the Punjab town of Sheikhapura on
8 May, killing at least nine persons and inuring more than 40 others. No one
claimed responsibility for the attacky
Russia Authorities safely defused a bomb found inside President Boris Yeltsin's campaign
headquarters in Ussuriysk on 19 Mayy
A bomb detonated in a police department doctor's car on 18 May in Thessaloniki.
The device was rigged to detonate when the driver blew the vehicle's horn.
There were no in uries and only minor damage to the vehicle. No one claimed
responsibility
Spain An explosive device detonated in a Barcelona bank on 9 May, causing minor dam-
age. Police suspect Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) is responsible.)
Authorities defused two grenades found inside time-release launchers aimed at the
Bilbao military governor's office on 12 May. ETA is suspected.
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On 26 May suspect ETA militants set a police cruiser on fire in Guipuzcoa. In
Vitoria, ETA militants threw a molotov cocktail into a crowded restaurant. Both
incidents caused minor fire damage but no injuries]
The next day in Navarre nine suspected ETA assailants set fire to a bus after evacu-
ating the passengers. The fire caused extensive damage to the vehicle)
On 28 May a bomb exploded outside the main offices of a Villava insurance com-
pany, causing extensive damage but no injuries. ETA is suspected.FI
Assailants firebombed a police academy in Uskudar on 3 May. No one claimed.
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Kurdish rebels raided the village of Dargecit in Bingol Province on 26 May, killing
six village guards and wounding another. Local authorities suspect the Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK).I
United Kingdom Authorities suspect the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA is responsible
for a shooting in Belfast on 20 May that left one man wounded.
An Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) gunman shot and killed a rival INLA
splinter group leader in a Belfast bar on 25 May. Authorities determined that
the killing was in retaliation for the January slaying of INLA commander Gino
Gallagher.)
Latin America
Colombia
Peru
Algeria
FARC militants killed the chief of the Administrative Department of Security in
Codasi, Cesar Department, on 21 Ma~_7
Sendero Luminoso (SL) militants killed a councilman and a civilian in attacks in
Cachicoto and Yunqui on 10 Mayn
Three gunmen killed former Interior Minster Mohammed Hardi on 4 May in
Algiers. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) is suspected.n
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Three gunmen killed three police officers and wounded two others and two civil-
ians after robbing a bank in Tima Suhaj Governorate, on 14 May. Al-Gama'at al-
Islamiyya (IG) is suspected.=
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 The Terrorism Diary for July and August
Below is a compendium of July and August 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
1 July 1867 Canada. Dominion Day.
3 July 1988 Iran. USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 in Persian Gulf.
4 July 1776 United States. Independence Day.
4 July 1946 Philippines. Republic Day (date on which Philippines became an independent
republic).
5 July 1962 Algeria. Independence Day.
9 July 1929 Morocco. Birthday of King Hassan II.
10 July 1978 Mauritania. Armed Forces Day (commemorates military coup).
12 July 1690 Northern Ireland. Orangemen's Day (Protestants march to commemorate victory
in Battle of the Boyne).
14 July 1789 France. Bastille Day.
14 July 1958 Iraq. Republic Day (Army coup d'etat that overthrew monarchy and established
republic).
15 July 1946 Brunei. Sultan's birthday.
17 July 1968 Iraq. Revolution Day (Ba'th Party coup).
20 July 1974 Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot Peace and Freedom Day (commemorates intervention by
Turkish forces).
23 July 1952 Egypt. National Day (commemorates military coup ousting King Farouk).
23 July 1970 Oman. Accession Day of Sultan Qaboos.
25 July 1957 Tunisia. Proclamation of the republic.
26 July 1956 Egypt. Nationalization of Suez Canal.
28 July 1821 Peru. Independence Day.
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31 July
31 July 1969
2 August 1990
6 August 1825
6 August 1966
11 August 1952
12 August 1689
13 August 1984
14 August 1947
15 August 1947
15 August 1964
15 August 1971
20 August 1953
31 August 1978
Lebanon. Abduction by Israel of Hizballah cleric Shaykh Ubayd.
Spain, France. St. Ignatius' Day (Basque patron saint).
Spain, France. Founding of Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA).
Iraq/Kuwait. Iraq invades Kuwait.
Bolivia. Independence Day.
United Arab Emirates. Accession Day of Shaykh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nayhan,
Emir of Abu Dhabi.
Jordan. Accession Day for King Hussein.
Northern Ireland. Protestant commemorative marches mark the day apprentice
boys locked gates of Derry against James II's forces.
Morocco/Libya. Union established.
Pakistan. Independence Day.
India. Independence Day.
Colombia. Pro-Castro guerrilla movement, the National Liberation Army (ELN),
begins armed struggle.
Bahrain. Independence Day.
Morocco. King's and People's Revolution.
Libya/Shia World. Lebanese Shia cleric Imam Musa Sadr disappears in Libya.