TERRORISM REVIEW

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 The Terrorism Diary for January and Februar~
1 January 1956
1 January 1965
S January 1928
6 January 1963
15 January 1918
15 January 1922
16 January 1979
16 January 1991
17 January 1974
18 January 1974
26 January 1950
30 January 1933
30 January 1972
I February 1979
1 February 1984
3 February 1963
4 February 1948
4 February 1979
8 February 1963
Below is a compendium of January and Fehruary dates of known or conceivable
significance to terrorists around the world. Our inclusion of a date ar event should
not by itself be rn~ed to suggest that we expect or anticipate a commemorative
terrorist event.) I
Sudan. Independence Day. Proclamation of republic.
Palestinians. Palestinian revolution; founding of Fatah.
Pakistan. Birthday of executed former President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Colombia. Founding of National Liberation Army (ELN).
Egypt. Birthday of Jamal `Abd al-Nasir.
Ireland. Founding of Irish Free State.
Iran. Departure of Shah from Iran.
Iraq, Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm begins.
Colombia. Nineteenth of April Movement (M-19) steals sword of Simon Bolivar
from Bogota museum. Founding dates from this act.
Egypt, Israel. Disengagement agreement signed.
India. Republic Day (national day).
Germany. Accession to power by Nationalist Socialist {Nazi) Party.
Northern Ireland. Bloody Monday; 13 killed, l6 wounded during demonstration
in Derry.
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.
Iraq. Revolution Day.
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 14 February 1979 Iran. Attack on US Embassy in Tehran; the Embassy was briefly occupied and the
Ambassador briefly held.
19 February 1980 Egypt, Israel. Exchange of Ambassadors.
22 February 1969 Palestinians. Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine founded.
 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
terrorism. ~~
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 27 October Angola: National Union for the Totaf Independence of Angola (UNITA) soldiers
killed two people and kidnapped 32 others in Lunda Norte. Four of stages
are South African citizens employed by the SA Export Company Ltd.
Europe
28 July France: Assailants firebombed the Turkish Consulate in Strasbourg, causing
20 October Turkey: A pipe bomb exploded outside aCoca-Cola Company warehouse in
Istanbul, causing minor damage to the building and a vehicle. No one has
claimed responsibility for the attack.)
responsibility for the attach
minor damage. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack
Germany: Arsonists firebombed an empty Turkish social center in Uetersen,
causing minor damage. The arsonists painted the Dev Sol symbol on the build-
ing's wall~~
Germany: Four armed assailants tied up a staff member of the Turkish consu-
late in Hamburg, and painted slogans in red paint an the wall. No one has
claimed responseeibilit~~for the incident. Authorities believe the assailants are Dev
Sol sympathizer"~I
7 October Germany: Two assailants-threw a rock and a molotov cocktail at a Turkish-
owned travel agency in Nuremberg, causing minor damage. No one has claimed
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24 October Netherlands: Authorities defused a Semtex bomb placed near the entrance of a
Turkish-awned bank in Amsterdam. No one has claimed responsibility for the
attac k.~~
Malta: Two assailants on a motorcycle shot and killed a leader of the Palestine
Islamic Jihad, Fathi al-Shagaqi, in Sliema. Shagaqi was enroute to Damascus,
from Tripoli, where he had urged Libyan leader Qadhafi to stop expelling Palestin-
ians. According to the press, the PIJ believes the attack was carried out by the
Israeli Mossad, but no one has claimed responsibility
I September Colombia: Guerrillas intercepted and kidnapped a US businessman and his
Colombian partner in Cali. The captors, five armed masked men, took the two
men to a jungle camp but allowed the Colombian's wife and three children to
depart. The Colombian negotiated a $30,000 ransom for the US busi sm ,who
was released on 22 September. No group has claimed responsibility~~es- aq
10 September
IS September
I3 October
Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas bombed the Cano
Limon-Covenas pipeline in El Tarra, causing minor damage.
Colombia: ELN guerrillas bombed the Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline again,
this time in Pelaya, causing minor damage.
Colombia: A letter bomb sent to the Italian Embassy in Bogota exploded when
opened by a staff member, who was wounded. The injured employee is responsi-
ble for Italian cooperation with Colombia under their countries' economic dru
fighting agreements. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Eas
Lebanon: An explosive charge placed under a car exploded in Sidon, causing
damage but no casualties. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. The
owner of the car, a Palestinian, works for the United Nations Relief and Works
 used to occupy Dombe
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-November 199,
of indigenous terrorism worldwide
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accountirtg of all domestic terrorist incidents, but rather fo provide art overvie w
Mozambique Armed assailants attacked and temporarily occupied Dombe on 1 November,
- wounding a number of people and causing major damage to the police station and
communications equipment. The Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMOj is
suspected. The government recently refused access to the area to RENAMO, which
Philippines
and wounding at least 50 persons
ducted similar attacks in the past.
A bomb exploded in a minibus on 26 November in Punjab, killing three people and
destroying the bus. No one claimed res onsibility, but Sikh militants have con-
-Group is responsibl~
A bomb detonated at the Sampaguita shipping lines office i n Zamboanga on
27 November, destr of the building. Authorities believe the Abu Sayyuf
,v'n~ ~I
Assailants lobbed grenades into a crowded market place in Cotabato City on
28 November, .injuring ] 9 people and causing major damage. Police believe the
attackers are members of rebel factions opposed to the peace talks between the
Philippine Government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).~
Sri Lanka A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber attempted to run
through the gate of a Sri Lankan Army compound on 11 November, killing three
military policemen in addition to himself. Twenty minutes later, a second LTTE
suicide bomber detonated a bomb abnu~ds away, killing I S other persons
there that evening. No group has claimed responsibility
Security officials disarmed an explosive device found inside Doma Cathedral in
Kiga on 1 I November. President Guntis Ulmanis was sc hPri~~IP~i r~ attend services
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 Europe
Spain
In Ajaccio, Corsica, a bomb detonated near a social security building on
16 November, demolishing the ground floor. A car bomb detonated outside a police
station in Bastia the same day, damaging the station's facade and windows and sev-
eral vehicles parked nearby. No one has claimed responsibility for either attack
from the university later that day.
On 18 November, young anarchists occupied the Athens Polytechnic University
and threw molotov cocktails, damaging a nearby bus stop and newspaper kiosk.
Eighteen people were hospitalized after being subdued by police tear gas; another
person was beaten and arrested by police. Police removed the remaining youths
On ]0 November, a car bomb placed inside an Army captain's vehicle detonated
while he was driving through Salamanca. He died in the blast and his vehicle was
destroyed. No one claimed responsibility, but the Basque Fatherland and Liberty.
(ETA) is suspecte~
Turkey A bomb detonated on 11 November in a school yard in Ga ' unding three
students. Authorities suspect the Kurdistan Workers' Pare
United Kingdom Five armed assailants assaulted a man and abducted him from his home on
16 November in Strabane, Northern Ireland. Authorities found the injured hostage
the next day. The kidnappers claimed to be members of the Provisional Irish
Algeria
on prominent figures until Samper resigns
Gunmen shot and killed a popular political figure and wounded his bodyguard in
Bogota on 2 November. The Movement for Colombian Dignity has claimed respon-
sibility for the assassination. The group also claimed responsibility for the wound-
ing of President Samper's lawyer in September and said it would continue attacks
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Fifty guerrillas raided the town of Acandi on 5 November, killing six. No group
has claimed responsibility for the attack)
army informants.
On l3 November in Buenaventura, fifteen suspected Revolutionary Armed Forces
of Colombia guerrillas killed five ranch workers, whom they had accused of being
A car bomb exploded on l l November in front of the municipal building in Ouled
Yaich, killing five people and wounding 30 others. The explosion occurred while
 many people were at the building obtaining voting documents forte residential
election. The Armed Islamic Group is suspected in the attack
Gunmen opened fire on a train traveling from Luxor to Cairo on 7 November,
wounding 11 persons and damagin cars. Al-Gama'at Al-lslamiyya
claimed responsibility for the attacl~~eveaSrai~
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for two suicide car bombings
on 2 November, In the first attack the driver of a car detonated a bomb, killing him-
self and wounding eight Israelis on a bus. The second attack occurred a few min-
uteslater when another dr ed a car bomb near a bus, killing himself but
causing no other casuattie~vPrderoua~
A gunman shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on 4 November as
he left a peace rally in Tel Aviv, The Jewish Vengeance Organization, Zo Artzenou,
Kahane Cltai, and the PIJ have all claimed responsibility for the assassination. The
assai w reportedly has ties to an extremist group, Eyal, claims to have acted
alon
Lebanon An explosive device detonated at a school in 13ayt Lif on 2 Nov m r wounding
two children. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack
wounded four people in Nabuius
West Bank In two separate incidents on 14 N v m r members of the Fatah Hawks shot and