WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1978
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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
1 February 1978
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
1 February 1978
Israeli Oranges Poisoned (Page 2)
Belgian Industrialist a Victim of Criminal Kidnapers
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West Germany Signs Agreement on Disposition of Terrorists
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Russian and Cubans Killed in Ethiopian Bombing (Page 8)
Folkerts Faces Extradition (Page 8)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist
Acts
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1 February 1978
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1 February 1978
Israeli Oranges Poisoned
According to an AP report of 1 February, Israeli-grown
oranges injected with mercury have been discovered in the
Netherlands and West Germany (FRG). Mercury is a poisonous
liquid metal that can be fatal when ingested. A letter
mailed from Stuttgart, West Germany, dated 21 January,
said "It is not our aim to kill the population, but to
sabotage the Israeli economy which is based on suppression,
racial discrimination and colonial occupation." It was
signed by "The Arab Revolutionary Army Palestinian Commando.
In addition to the governments of the Netherlands and FRG
the British, Swiss and Scandinavian governments have warned
all citizens to beware of the poisoned fruit.
In southern Holland five Dutch children became ill and
were hospitalized after eating the mercury-poisoned oranges
last week. In the FRG the discovery was made after a man
gave police a Jaffa orange found to contain "a pea-sized
quantity" of mercury. This latter fruit was part of a
consignment that had come from a Frankfurt market.
In Tel Aviv officials said the oranges were probably
injected in Holland, where most Israeli fruit destined for
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1 February 1978
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Belgian Industrialist a Victim of Criminal Kidnapers
Baron Edouard-Jean Empain, kidnaped from his chauffeur-
being held by an unknown group that claims it has no politi-
cal motive but is interested in a ransom variously estimated
at between.$10 and $20 million.
Police reported that the kidnapers sent Empain's family
a handwritten letter from him, an identification card, and
the tip of one of his little fingers. These had been left
in baggage lockers in Paris train stations, and the family
had been notified where they could be found. At the be-
ginning of the week police reported that the negotiations
with the kidnapers had reached the critical stage of precise
discussions of how, where and when the ransom would be
turned over.
West Germany Signs Agreement on Disposition of Terrorists
On 21 January West Germany became the third country of
the 20 member Council of Europe to sign an agreement designed
to facilitate extradition of terrorists. The legislative
bodies of Sweden and Austria ratified the document earlier.
The agreement, which was passed unanimously by the Bundestag,
requires that terrorists be either extradited or stand trial
in the country where they have sought refuge. It also
restricts the reasons a government may give for refusing
extradition. Under the agreement crimes involving airliner
hijackings, holding of hostages, and crimes in which danger-
ous weapons are used cannot be interpreted as being strictly
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"1 February 1978
Russian and Cubans Killed in Ethiopian Bombir z
According to an unconfirmed Reuter report from Paris,
on 12 January there was an assassination attempt against
Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam. The incident
occurred as the President, visiting Cuban Defense Minister
Raul Castro, and a Soviet general were riding in a car to
Harar, the capital of the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. No one
with the president was injured by the bomb which was thrown
at the car, but several guards were killed, including five
Cubans and a Russian. The guards had been traveling in a
vehicle immediately behind the one carrying the Ethiopian
leader and his guests.
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Folkerts Faces Extradition
The state court in Maastricht, Netherlands, ruled on 24
January that West German terrorist Knut Folkerrts can be
extradited to stand trial in West Germany. Folkerts' attor-
ney is appealing the decision. The terrorist is wanted in
the FRG as a suspect in the assassination of Chief Federal
Prosecutor Siegfried Buback in April 1977. Folkerts is
currently serving a 20 year term for the killing of a Dutch
policeman and for the attempted killin of another during a
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26 January 1978 LAN-Chile Office Attacked in
1 February 1978
CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 25 January 1978 American-owned Van Attacked b
Armed Men in Turke
Place: Turkey, Izmir On 25 January a van belonging
to the U.S. military in Turkey
was fired upon with automatic
weapons as it was being
driven on a mountain road near
Izmir. An American enlisted
man and two Turkish nationals,
the van driver and a cook from
the installation, were attacked
by several men who searched the
victims and the van before
returning to their car. They
fired more shots and fled.
The American and the van driver
were hospitalized with wounds;
the cook received only minor
injuries and was released
after treatment.
Place: Argentina,
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Buenos Aires
On 26 January the LAN-Chile
Buenos Aires office in Buenos Aires was the
target of shots fired from a
passing car. The Argentine
Youth for Sovereignty claimed
responsibility in a letter
sent to the AFP. The letter
stated this action was taken
"to give another indication
that the Argentine people will
not cede one inch of (their)
national territory." Damage
was minor and there were no
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Date: January 1978
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Oranges Injected with Mercury
Discovered in E0~ ee
Place: Netherlands In late January Dutch
West Germany children became ill and were
hospitalized after eating or-
anges imported from Israel
which had been injected with
mercury. In West Germany con-
taminated fruit was discovered
to contain "pea-sized" amounts
of mercury. In a letter to the
German Health Ministry the Arab
Revolutionary Army Palestinian
Commando claimed responsibility
for injecting the fruit with the
poison to "sabotage the Israeli
economy."
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Distribution:
Department of State
Director of Office for Combatting Terrorism (M/CT)
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
Problems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of European Affairs
United States Mission to the United Nations, Legal Adviser
U.S. Information Agency, Office of Security
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Agency for International Development, AG/Sec
Department of Defense
Deputy Director for International Negotiations
and Arms Control International Security Affairs
Office of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (AE)
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SAGA/PMD
Defense Intelligence Agency
RSS-l
DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special Operations School (TAC)
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
Federal Aviation Administration
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National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
Branch
Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, DIBA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, DDO
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
Czech Airliner Hijacked to Frankfurt
8 February 1978
(Page 1)
Surviving Lufthansa Hijacker Leaves Somalia
(Page 3)
Threats by El Condor to Pressure Venezuelan Officials
in Bosch Case (Page 3)
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8 February 1978
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Czech Airliner Hijacked to Frankfurt
A lone hijacker forced a Czechoslovak Airlines (CSA)
plane, enroute to Prague from East Berlin with 34 passengers
and a crew of five, to fly to Frankfurt's Rhein-Main airport
shortly after noon on 6 February. The hijacker, a 24-year-
old Czech national named Vladislav Molnar, asked for political
asylum, as did an East German couple accompanied by their
small child. According to police, the hijacker carried a
bag containing a dummy bomb, and slipped a threatening note
to the pilot shortly after the Tupolev 134 took off from
Schoenefeld airport. There were no injuries during the
incident. Molnar was taken into custody on arrival at
Frankfurt and the public prosecutor's office announced that
an arrest warrant will be requested charging him with jeopar-
dizing air traffic.
This was the seventh hijacking of a Czechoslovak airliner
to West Germany since 1970 and the second time in four
months that a CSA jet has been forced to fly to Frankfurt.
In October two CSA employees commandeered a flight after it
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Surviving Lufthansa Hijacker Leaves Somalia
Several Arab newspapers recently carried the story that
Suhayla Sami A1-Sayih, the lone survivor of the Palestinians
who hijacked a Lufthansa airliner in October, has been
discharged from a Mogadiscio hospital and has gone to Baghdad.
According to one press 'report, sne was
Haddad threatened to stage an "anti-Somali" operation to
force her release. Another paper merely stated that the
West German government had not pressed Somalia for her
extradition so she was allowed to return to Iraq. F
Threats by El Condor to Pressure Venezuelan Officials in
Bosch Case
On 1 February United Press International, a Miami
newspaper, and several Miami radio stations received a
communique, typed in Spanish and signed by El Condor, which
made a number of threats if Orlando Bosch's trial was not
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8 February 1978
scheduled by Venezuela within the next 30 days. Included
were threats against VIASA airlines and against Venezuelan
President Perez. The life of a Cuban exile banker was
threatened because he has contacted Cubans in and out of the
United States. Baseball players who travel from the U.S. to
Cuba via airlines to which the terrorists can gain access
were threatened indirectly.
El Condor is a pseudonym of CORU, the Cuban exile
terrorist organization. During January several attacks
against VIASA and several Venezuelan consulates were carried
out to influence the trial of Bosch in Venezuela.
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8 February 1978
CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 6 February 1978 Czech Plane Hijacked to Frank-
urt
Place: Germany, On-6 January an unarmed 24-year-
East Berlin old Czechoslovakian hijacked a
CSA airline plane shortly after
it took off from Schoenefeld
airport in East Berlin. In a
note to the pilot, the hijacker
of the Prague-bound flight in-
dicated he had a bomb in his
briefcase and would detonate it
unless the pilot flew to Frank-
furt. The man surrendered to
West German authorities without
incident after the plane landed.
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Department of State
Director of Office for Combatting Terrorism (M/CT)
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
Problems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of European Affairs
United States Mission to the United Nations, Legal Adviser
U.S. Information Agency, Office of Security
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Agency for International Development, AG/Sec
Department of Defense
Deputy Director for International Negotiations
and Arms Control International Security Affairs
Office of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (AE)
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SAGA/PMD
Defense Intelligence Agency
RSS-l
DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special Operations School (TAC)
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
Federal Aviation Administration
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National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
Branch
Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, DIBA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, DDO
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15 February 1978
Massive Trial of 2 June Movement Members (Page 3)
ERP Assault on Nicaraguan Embassy in San Salvador
(Page 5)
Mean and Lean (Page 6)
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Massive Trial of 2 June Movement Members
operation with the kidnaping of-West Berlin CDU official
The Federal prosecutor of West Berlin has confirmed
press reports that the trial of the Judge von Drenkmann
murderers and the Peter Lorenz kidnapers is scheduled to
begin in West Berlin on 11 April. On trial will be six male
members of the 2 June Movement; they have been charged with
murder, kidnaping, taking of hostages and bank robbery. The
indictment reportedly runs to 150 pages; 600 witnesses will
testify; the trial is expected to last one to two years; the
six accused will be represented by 21 defense attorneys.
The murder of Judge von Drenkmann, president of the
West Berlin Court of Appeals, by three members of the 2 June
Movement, occurred almost three and a half years ago. 50X1-HUM
Within four months of von Drenkmann's murder, the 2 Juners,
none of whom had been apprehended, staged a more successful
leading imprisoned West German terrorists and flew them to
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Kroecher, who was extradited to West Germany, had a so.been
a suspect in the von Drenkmann and Lorenz crimes.
The six terrorists who will be on trial include the
former alleged leader of the 2 June Movement, Ralf Reinders,
age 25. The other five range in age from 22 to 35. German
authorities had in late 1975 arrested a number of other
suspects in these two crimes, but lost three of the women
terrorists when they climbed out of a West Berlin jail in
July 1976. Two of these (Juliane Plambeck and Inge Viett)
with the 1977 murders of Ponto, Buback and Schleyer.
The modus operandi of the Lorenz kidnaping also served
as a pattern in planning another operation led by a one-time
member of the 2 June Movement, Norbert Kroecher. The opera-
tion, to be executed in Stockholm against a former Swedish
minister, was thwarted by Swedish police in April 1977 when
a series of police raids netted Kroecher and 17 other plotters "w 111 IRA
Ingrid Siepmann. are Still at large, wanted in connection
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also continue to be on the most wanted list of the West
German Federal Criminal Office in connection with the 1977
slayings of Ponto, Buback and Schleyer. 50X1-HUM
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ERP Assault on Nicaraguan Embassy in San Salvador
The People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) has claimed
responsibility for the 14 February bombing and machine-
gunning of the Nicaraguan embassy in San Salvador. The
attack occurred at 6:15 a.m., just after the ambassador had
arrived for work. The guerrillas directed repeated bursts
of automatic weapon fire at the building immediately prior
to the detonation of a bomb. The embassy's doors were
destroyed and its windows shattered. The ambassador suffered
only a few scratches. Leaflets scattered at the scene
castigated President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua.
The ERP of El Salvador is a small organization with 25-
35 activists. It was founded in 1970 and over th qrQ 17 s
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Mean and Lean
West German terrorists Knut Folkerts, Christoph Wacker-
nagel, and Gert Richard Schneider, all currently in prison
in the Netherlands, have been on a hunger strike since 2
February. The three have refused food but are accepting
water. Lawyers for the terrorists have stated that the
purpose of the hunger strike is to protest their solitary
confinement. The West German government is seeking extra-
dition of all three.
Meanwhile, in Venezuela, Orlando Bosch is eschewing his
food. Bosch, who is on trial for the bombing of a Cubana
airliner in October 1976, has evidently been on the hunger
strike for at least a week. He has been placed militar
hospital because of his weakened condition.
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15 February 1978
CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 13 February 1978 Explosion Outside the Hilton
Hotel in Sydney
Place: Australia, Just after midnight on 13 Feb-
Sydney ruary a bomb exploded outside
the Sydney Hilton Hotel.
Leaders of 12 countries attend-
ing the Commonwealth Conference
of Asian and Pacific Nations
were staying in the hotel.
Though none of the foreign
leaders was hurt, two garbage-
men were killed and nine
policemen were injured. The
garbage truck was damaged and
numerous windows were broken
along the street. A second
bomb was found and safely det-
onated without incident.
Date: 14 February 1978 Nicaraguan Embassy in San
Salvador Bombed
Place: El Salvador, On 14 February the People's
San Salvador Revolutionary Army claimed
responsibility for an attack
on the Nicaraguan embassy in
San Salvador. The embassy
doors were destroyed and the
windows shattered by guerril-
las using explosives and ma-
chine gun fire. Ambassador
Fornos, who was in the embassy,
received only a
few scratches.
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Department of State
Director of Office for Combatting Terrorism (M/CT)
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
Problems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of European Affairs
United States Mission to the United Nations, Legal Adviser
U.S. Information Agency, Office of Security
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Agency for International Development, AG/Sec
Department of Defense
Deputy Director for International Negotiations
and Arms Control International Security Affairs
Office of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (AE)
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SAGA/PMD
Defense Intelligence Agency
RSS-1
DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special Operations School (TAC)
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
Federal Aviation Administration
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National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
Branch
Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, DIBA
National Security Agency, CS4-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, DDO
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Secret
Weekly Situation Report
on
International Terrorism
Secret
22 February 1978
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
22 February 1978
Egyptian Employees of International Organizations
Attacked in U.S. (Page 7)
Renamed Baader-Meinhof Gang Claims Credit for
Bogota Blast (Page 7)
New York State Sentences Three Croatian Terrorists
(Page 8)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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22 February 1978
NOTES
Egyptian Employees of International Organizations Attacked
in U.S
Three recent attacks against Egyptians in the United
States have been the self-proclaimed responsibility of the
Jewish Committee of Concern to protest the proposed sale of
U.S. jet fighter planes to Egypt. On 5 February the home of
an Egyptian employee at the UN was firebombed in Pelham, New
York. On 15 February the Bethesda, Maryland, home of an
Egyptian employed by the International Finance Corporation,
an affilitate of the World Bank, was the target of a firebomb.
Most recently on 21 February the home of a third Egyptian,
the special advisor to the president of the World Bank, was
attacked in Arlington, Virginia. In all instances attempts
were made to set fires at the front of the homes. In the
first two cases the front doors were damaged and in the
latest attack the target was the garage; property damage in
all three incidents was minor and no injuries were reported.
Renamed Baader-Meinhof Gang Claims Credit for Bogota Blast
On 17 February a powerful bomb largely destroyed the
Lufthansa Airlines office on the ground floor of a large
hotel in Bogota, Colombia, but the pre-dawn blast caused no
injuries. That same day, according to a French news service
item in the Bogota press, the Baader-Meinhof gang claimed
credit for the attack, warning that it "marks the beginning
of a number of attacks against German and U.S. monopolies
that plunder and exploit the world's oppressed peoples."
The four-page communique also referred to the incident as a
"small but significant attack." The communique was signed
by the "Andreas Baader Brigade of the German Liberation
Popular Front." Neither one of these titles is known to
have been used previously.
Recent reports in the Colombian press about the presence
of West German terrorists have been discounted. The names
of the terrorists alleged to be in Bogota are the same as
those appearing on the original most-wanted list of terrorists,
widely circulated via Interpol by the West German Federal
Criminal Office. Moreover, the reports listed the terrorists
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in the same order as does the poster. The presence of any
West German terrorists in Colombia or any other Latin
American country has yet to be confirmed. 50X
New York State Sentences Three Croatian Terrorists
On 15 February the New York State Supreme Court handed
down to three Croatian terrorists, who attacked the Yugoslav
UN Mission in June 1977, sentences which are identical to
those handed down by a federal court on 15 December. How-
ever, the state sentences will be served concurrently with
those handed down by the federal court, which had found the
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The leader of the group is serving seven years for
attempted kidnaping and three years for assault (concurrent
sentences); one accomplice is serving five years for attempted
kidnaping and five years for assault (concurrent sentences);
the third terrorist is serving four years for attempted
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 15 February 1978 Egyptian's Home in Bethesda
Firebombed
Place: United States, On 15 February the home of
Maryland, Bethesda an Egyptian official of the
World Bank was firebombed.
The Jewish Committee of Con-
cern has claimed responsi-
bility as a protest for the
proposed sale of U.S. jets
to Egypt. Damage to the
home was mi o no iniuries
resulted.
Date: 16 February 1978 Explosion at the USIS Building
in Ankara
Place: Turkey, Ankara On 16 February an explosion at
the USIS building resulted in
minor damage which was limited
to broken glass. No injuries
were reported. The incident
took place following an unauth-
orized demonstration by local
left-wing and right-wing groups.
Date: 17 February 1978 Lufthansa Airlines Office in
Bogota Bombe
Place: Colombia, Bogota on 17 February an explosion
damaged the Lufthansa office
located in a hotel in downtown
Bogota. Watchmen in a nearby
building saw three persons at
the office door about 4 a.m.
No injuries were reported but
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routed from their rooms.F
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Date: 18 February 1978 Terrorists Kill One and Take
Hostages in Cyprus
Place: Cyprus, Nicosia On 18 February two gunmen shot
and killed the secretary gen-
eral of the African-Asian Soli-
darity Organization that was
meeting in the Hilton Hotel in
Nicosia, Cyprus. The pair took
30 hostages; 12 were released
in exchange for safe conduct
to Larnaca Airport. At the
airport they negotiated for a
plane to depart Cyprus. The
plane, with a volunteer crew
of four and 11 hostages, took
off for what turned out to he
a refueling stop in Djibouti,
the only place that would per-
mit the plane to land, and then
returned to Larnaca. While
negotiations were going on with
the gunmen, Egyptian commandos
attempted to storm the plane.
A gun battle between the
Egyptians and Greek Cypriot
National Guardsmen erupted.
During the melee the terrorists
gave up and released the re-
maining hostages. The gunmen
were charged with murder and
an Egyptian request for their
extradition has been rejected.
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22 February 1978
Date: 21 February 1978 Egyptian World Bank. Official's
Home Firebombed in Arlin ton
Place: United States, On 21 February the home o an
Virginia, Egyptian official of the World
Arlington Bank was firebombed. The
Arlington home of the victim
received minor damage when a
burning gasoline can was thrown
at the house. The Jewish Com-
mittee of Concern has claimed
responsibility for the incident
in protest of the proposed sale
of U.S. jet planes to Eavbt.
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Distribution:
Department of State
Director of Office for Combatting Terrorism (M/CT)
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
Problems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of European Affairs
United States Mission to the United Nations, Legal Adviser
U.S. Information Agency, Office of Security
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Agency for International Development, AG/Sec
Department of Defense
Deputy Director for International Negotiations
and Arms Control International Security Affairs
Office of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (AE)
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SAGA/PMD
Defense Intelligence Agency
RSS-1
DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special Operations School (TAC)
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
Federal Aviation Administration
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National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
Branch
Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, RIBA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
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