TERRORISM REVIEW

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• Publication Date: January 27, 1986
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Directorate of
Intelligence
Terrorism Review
27 January 1986
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Terrorism and Narcotics Analysis Division, DI/OGI
21 Chronology of Terrorism-1985 and 1986
Terrorism and Narcotics Analysis Division, DI/OGI
This review is published every other week by the Directorate of Intelligence.
Appropriate articles produced by other elements of the CIA as well as by other
agencies of the US Intelligence Community will be considered for publication.
Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to the Executive Editor
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The recent attacks at the Rome and Vienna airports demonstrate that the Abu
Nidal Group remains one of the most active-and ruthless-international terrorist
organizations. We know of at least 23 incidents staged by the group in 1985; the
toll was 34 dead and 327 wounded. Thirty-four of the casualties were US citizens
(excluding those Americans wounded when Egyptian authorities stormed the
hijacked Egyptair plane in Malta). Given this record of violence, another Abu
Nidal attack appears to be virtually inevitable. The questions are: Where? When?
We judge that West European countries currently holding Abu Nidal Group
members are at particular risk of attack (see foldout table). The Abu Nidal Group
has been known to stage retaliatory attacks against those countries that have
imprisoned its members. In fact, the Abu Nidal political spokesman announced on
8 January 1986 that, "some of our people are imprisoned in Europe. We are going
to liberate them before long; that we can guarantee." At present, eight countries
are holding a total of 22 Abu Nidal members.
The group has already attacked British targets in attempts to force the release of
its members. Under the name Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
(ROSM), it has conducted eight bombings and assassinations against British
targets since March 1984. London has not been intimidated, however, and the
group members remain in custody.
Abu Nidal has also threatened retaliatory attacks against other West European
person
In addition to these pressure tactics, the Abu Nidal Group has also attempted to
strike deals with several West European governments.
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We expect that Abu Nidal will stage further attacks in Western Europe; it not
only has a motive to do so, but also it can apparently operate there with ease. We
consider the following countries most likely targets or venues for attacks:
? The United Kingdom continues to hold five of the group's members.
? Italy and Greece will continue to be favorite staging areas, despite stepped-up
security in those countries.
? Austria will be targeted as long as the government refuses to accede to Abu
Nidal's demands for clemency for jailed members there.
Less likely though still possible as targets for Abu Nidal are:
? Portugal and France, where group members are due to be released shortly.
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Name
Date of
Incident
Sentence
(in years)
Remarks
Austria-5
Banij Muhammad Yunis
Hisham Rajah
Marwan Hasan
29 August 1981
20
Life
Life
Jailed for the Vienna synagogue at-
tack. Yunis's 20-year sentence was
upheld in October 1985.
Ali Mufleh Abu al-Higah
Mahmud Khalil Abdullah Abd al-Gawad
Arrested for the attack against the El
Al counter at Vienna's Schwechat
airport.
United Kingdom-5
Husayn Ghassan Said
Marwan al-Banna
Nawaf Nagib Mislih Rusan
3 June 1982
30
30
35
Jailed for the attempted assassination
of Israeli Ambassador Argov.
Rasmi Abd al-Hafiz Awad
Nasir Karim Muhammad
22 September 1985
Arrested for conspiring to cause
explosions.
3 April 1985
Arrested for firing a light antitank
weapon at the Jordanian Embassy.
Ahmed Husayn Abu Sereya
16 September 1985
Arrested for the attack against the
Cafe de Paris in Rome.
Hasan Itab
25 September 1985
Arrested for the bombing of the British
Air office. A Greek witness says that
Itab is the same individual responsible
for a grenade attack against an Alia
office in Athens on 21 March 1985.
The Greeks are not now considering
extradition.
Muhammad Abdullah Sarham
27 December 1985
Arrested for the attack against the El
Al counter at Rome's Fiumicino
airport.
France-2
Abd al-Qadr Hatim
Assad Kayd
3 August 1978
10
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Jailed for the assassination of PLO
representative Izz al-Dinn al-Qalaq.
Both likely to be paroled in February
1986.
Arrested in possession of explosives.
Italy has requested his extradition in
connection with an attack on a Rome
synagogue on 9 October 1982, but the
extradition process is dragging.
Samir Hamit Salamah
30 August 1985
Arrested planning attack against the
Jordanian Ambassador.
Spain-2
Said Ali Salman and an accomplice
3 March 1980
24
Jailed for the assassination of Spanish
attorney Adolfo Cotelo Villareal.
Arrested for participation in Egyptair
hijacking (group affiliation still
unknown).
Portugal-I
Yusif al-Awad
10 April 1983
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Arrested for the assassination of PLO
official Sartawi. In May 1985, a jury
found Awad innocent of the murder.
The judge, however, reconfirmed
Awad's conviction for using a false
passport and upheld his three-year sen-
tence. Since Awad had already served
25 months, his lawyer has argued for
parole.
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personnel could be targeted.
Possible CCC Attack To Free Leaders?
Four key members of the Communist Combatant Cells (CCC)-including Pierre
Carette, its alleged leader-were arrested on 16 December. Police speculate that
the CCC nevertheless remains capable of staging a major attack-perhaps a
kidnaping designed to pressure the government to release its imprisoned comrades.
The most likely target would be a Belgian political official, although US or NATO
denied that any armed forces personnel were among the victims.
Conflict Over RFF Massacre
The former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces' (FARC) dissident group,
the Ricardo Franco Front (RFF), Javier Delgado, reportedly has taken "credit" for
the murder of more than 100 persons. The bodies were found in several mass
graves in Cauca Department in December. The victims had been strangled or
knifed; many, including children and pregnant women, had been tortured and
mutilated. The massacre was described as an attempt to purge presumed
infiltrators from the security forces, although Colombia's Defense Minister has
The impact of the massacre on the 450-member Ricardo Franco Front could be
devastating. The 19th of April Movement (M-19) has been closely linked to the
RFF since last September, when the RFF joined a national guerrilla alliance led
by the M-19. That link may now have been broken. The M-19 has condemned
Delgado for ordering the killings and has called for the RFF's expulsion from the
national guerrilla coordination group. The RFF reportedly has relieved Delgado of
command and plans to try him for "arbitrary detentions, torture, and homicide."
The group's rejection by the umbrella group is likely to weaken it still further.
export house dealing in medical supplies.
Second-Ranking Leader of AVC Killed by Police
Fausto Basantes Borja, considered to be the second in command of the terrorist
group Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (AVC), was killed in a 4 January shootout with police.
Basantes died while resisting arrest on a street near Quito's international airport.
Police found one revolver on his body, and another revolver and a grenade in his
briefcase, which bore the legend "Etco-Medi-Cuba," the name of a Cuban import-
businessman
The death of Basantes resulted from a well-planned and -coordinated operation
that began in mid-December after the abortive kidnaping of a wealthy Ecuadorean
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death probably will, for the time being, create a climate of uncertainty within the
AVC
And it will provide a needed boost tote morale of the police forces, who
failed to rescue the kidnaped businessman.
South Africa ANC Strategy Change in Civilian Casualties?
The civilian toll from recent bombings in Durban and landmine incidents along
South Africa's border with Zimbabwe and Botswana suggest that the African
National Congress (ANC) is less reluctant to hit nonmilitary targets in South
Africa. Recent statements by ANC Acting President Oliver Tambo appear to
confirm this. Tambo stated recently that the Durban bombing in December was
not officially sanctioned by the ANC, suggesting that ANC local units may have
acted unilaterally.
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Libya's Increasing Ties
to Radical Palestinians
The 27 December attacks on the El Al ticket counters
in the Rome and Vienna airports have focused
attention on the degree of Libyan involvement in these
acts of terrorism. Even more significantly, they may
be one more signal of increasing ties between Libya
and radical Palestinian terrorist organizations like the
Abu Nidal Group.
Mu'ammar Qadhafi began supporting more radical
Palestinians in the mid-1970s after deciding that
Yasir Arafat and the Palestine Liberation
Organization were becoming too moderate. Since
then, Libya sporadically has provided funding, arms,
training, and safehaven to most of the radical factions
of the Palestinian movement, notably the Abu Nidal
Group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine (PFLP), the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-
GC), the Fatah dissidents, Saiqa, the Popular
Struggle Front (PSF), and the Palestine Liberation
Front (PLF). Evidence acquired over the last year
suggests Libya is again increasing aid to these groups
and now provides logistic support to terrorist
the PFLP appear to be searching for alternative or
supplementary backing to that provided by Syria,
their longtime patron. They may feel that Damascus
has become heavyhanded in its support and tries to
exert undue control over them, or that Syria now
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of Libyan diplomatic facilities to help stage their
attacks.
Financial Support
Libya is more willing-or perhaps able-than Syria
to provide funds to radical Palestinian groups.
operations.
Qadhafi probably would see great profit in linking his
regime more directly to these militants and their
activities. They share common enemies-Israel and
its supporters and moderate Arab and Palestinian
leaders-as well as a ruthless approach to pursuing
their struggle. These groups are rich in manpower and
have extensive operational networks in Western
Europe. Their successful attacks on two continents
have garnered tremendous international attention. By
joining forces with them operationally, Qadhafi could
probably trade increased financial and logistic support
for a role in their target selection, and use of their
personnel and West European support apparatus for
Qadhafi has not kept all his promises of mone
however.
Libyan operations.
The radical Palestinians would have their own reasons
for more active cooperation with Libya and, in at least
one case, have in fact proposed joint planning for
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attaches-such as tight supervision of in-country
activity-has led several groups to consider other
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countries as possible bases for their operations. At
least two of these radical groups give signs of moving
their operations to Libya, which also may make
corollary benefits apart from safehaven-such as
passports and similar documentation-available to
them. Abu Nidal reportedly is living in Tripoli and
has moved part of his organization there, although he
still maintains offices in Syria. George Habbash,
leader of the PFLP, reportedly also has moved to
Libya, leaving only three members of his Political
Bureau in Damascus.
Military Aid and Training
Libya has given military training to Palestinian
groups off and on for more than 15 years. Current
training of Palestinians now occurs both inside and
outside Libya. It is also well established that Libya
provides weapons to several Palestinian groups.
Intelligence and Terrorist Cooperation
Most alarming is the increasing Libyan-Palestinian
cooperation in intelligence gathering and terrorist
operations. The Palestinian groups that now appear to
have such operational ties to Qadhafi are Abu Nidal,
the PFLP-GC, and the Fatah dissidents.
all of these parties favor
cooperation in terrorist activity, and there is some
evidence indicating that such cooperation is emerging.
several instances of joint
planning for terrorism, initiated by both Libya and
the Palestinians:
? An unspecified joint operation in Tunisia reportedly
was being planned in early December by Libyans
and members of Abu Nidal
? Libya tasked Fatah dissidents and the PFLP-GC to
kill Libyan dissidents at a training camp in
Lebanon. We do not know, however, if any attacks
occurred.
freed.
? Early in 1985, a high-ranking member of the Abu
Nidal Group requested the names of Libyans
imprisoned in Britain. They apparently offered to
demand the release of those prisoners in exchange
for Britons they claimed to have recently kidnaped.
Abu Nidal commonly threatens to attack countries
holding its members unless their colleagues are
There is also a body of more circumstantial evidence
indicating Libyan involvement in specific terrorist
events conducted by radical Palestinians. For
example, Libya clandestinely disseminated copies of
the communique issued in the name of the hijackers of
Egyptair Flight 648 in November 1985. Although
Libya may not have been involved in the actual
hijacking, at a minimum Tripoli tried to exploit the
incident. In addition, Libya provided passports
to
the conduct of terrorist activity.
Abu Nidal, which later were used by the terrorists
responsible for the recent December attack on the El
Al ticket counter at the Vienna airport. Tripoli clearly
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Right now, Tripoli and the Palestinians are probably
assessing each other's capabilities and intentions
carefully, with an eye to determining whether even
closer ties are warranted. Nonetheless, greater
cooperation may have some limits. Each of the
Palestinian groups, particularly Abu Nidal, has its
own agenda and values its autonomy. Consequently,
we expect none of these groups would be willing to
become totally dependent on Libyan support.
Moreover, in many respects, Syria is a natural ally
and should continue to play a key role. Nevertheless,
to the extent that links between Libya and the
Palestinian radicals increase-a process that now
appears to be under way-the range and effectiveness
of each partner's terrorist operations will also
increase.
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Spain: The Threat From
Middle Eastern Terrorists
Since 1984 Middle Eastern terrorist activity in Spain
has been growing. While the indigenous terrorist
threat posed by the Basque Fatherland and Liberty
organization (ETA) will remain a challenge for
Spanish security officials in the near term, we expect
that violence emanating from the Middle East will
pose an increasing threat to US interests there.
Middle Eastern - Origin
Terrorist Incidents in
Western Europe, 1981-85
Changing Pattern
Most Middle Eastern terrorist activity in Western
Europe has been directed against other Middle
Eastern targets, and Spain was no exception. Not only
is the tempo of this violence increasing but also its
targets now include some non-Middle Easterners as
well:
? In February 1985, a Jewish-owned travel agency
was bombed, injuring five persons. Spanish
authorities believe the perpetrators were Arabs.'
? The bombing of the El Descanso Restaurant near
Torrejon Air Force Base in April was probably
committed by a radical Palestinian group. The
attack left 18 Spaniards dead and 15 Americans
among the 82 persons injured.
? On 1 July, a grenade attack damaged the offices of
British Airways and TWA in Madrid. A radical
Shia group, the "Organization of the Oppressed,"
claimed responsibility for the attack.
? Almost simultaneously, a second grenade attack
occurred at the Madrid offices of Alia, the
Jordanian national airline. The Revolutionary
Organization of Socialist Muslims (ROSM) and
Black September-both believed to be covernames
for the Abu Nidal Group-claimed credit for this
attack.
' In this incident, as well as a number of others, the culprits remain
unknown. The choice of targets, however, is strikingly different
than that characterizing the Basque terrorist groups that have
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? On 16 October, suspected Middle Eastern terrorists
launched an arson attack against the Iranian
Embassy compound, seriously damaging the
building.
? In December, Spanish officials ordered the
expulsion of three Libyans, including two diplomats,
suspected of plotting an assassination attack in
Madrid on Dr. Muhammad Magaryaf, the head of
a major Libyan opposition group who was scheduled
to visit Spain.
Why Spain?
The growing spillover of violence from the Middle
East into Spain is part of a general trend affecting
Western Europe as a whole. Middle Eastern terrorists
operating in Europe have ready access to an existing
and extensive support network, can secure greater
publicity, and, in some cases, can better conceal their
links to a state sponsor or parent organization. Apart
from this, however, Spain now provides some special
advantages as well as incentives:
? Historically, Spain has strong cultural ties to the
Middle East together with a sizable number-an
estimated 40,000 to 70,000-of resident Arabs and
Iranians. New faces from the Middle East blend
easily into this milieu and have little trouble making
contact with countrymen who share their religious
and political orientations
? The US presence in Spain is large and high profile.
the El Descanso
Restaurant was selected as a target primarily
because large numbers of US military personnel
frequented it.
? Spain's announcement on 17 January that it is
officially recognizing Israel will make Spanish
officials and facilities appropriate targets for Arab
wrath.
? Spain currently holds several Arab terrorists in
prison. Supporters could carry out attacks in an
effort to secure their comrades' release. The
bombing of the British Airways and TWA offices in
July, for example, occurred only a week after two
Shias were sentenced by a Spanish court to 23 years
in prison.
circumstantial
support to a variety of
foreign terrorist groups in Spain is not a recent
phenomenon, and Spanish authorities have been
maintaining close surveillance of the Libyan People's
Bureau after finding evidence that Tripoli has been
financing and assisting the ETA.
Libya has designated its
People's Bureau in Madrid as a focal point for
terrorist planning in Spain and throughout Western
expelled Libyans all had connections to the Abu Nidal
Group. The Libyan Office of Special Services, also
known as the Office of Revolutionary Affairs,
reportedly also maintains clandestine contacts with
various foreign groups, including Palestinian terrorist
groups.
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Recent developments suggest that Iranian-sponsored
terrorists are also becoming more active in Spain.
radical
Shias, in part as a reaction to the tightened security at
Western facilities in the Middle East, are trying to
develop an independent operating capability in
Western Europe. Notably, in 1984, Iranian-sponsored
terrorists staged at least 10 actual or planned attacks
in Western Europe, and four of these either occurred
in Spain or had a Spanish connection:
? On 18 May, two Iranian-trained operatives
traveling to Madrid were arrested at a Rome airport
while carrying explosives.
? On 23 July, four Iranians were arrested in Madrid
for allegedly plotting to hijack a Saudi airliner.
? On 31 July, a Kuwaiti businessman was shot and
wounded in Spain; an anonymous caller claimed
Islamic Jihad was responsible.
? On 14 September, a Saudi tourist was killed in
Spain, and an anonymous caller claimed Islamic
Jihad was responsible.
Though no Iranian-sponsored attacks occurred in
Spain in 1985, the Iranian Government continued
efforts to develop operational capabilities there. In
October 1985, Tehran opened an unofficial office in
Barcelona similar to one that Spanish police closed in
July 1984 after arresting the staff for planning to
hijack a Saudi airliner and for illegal possession of
arms and explosives. The new office, like its
Palestinian groups also pose a strong potential threat
in Spain. in late 1984 that Fatah and
the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP) were highly organized in Spain and
PFLP now has 1,000 to 2,000 members and
supporters in Spain, divided into numerous small cells
potentially very dangerous.
following rigid security measures.
Nidal Group, which rejects any political solution to
the Arab-Israeli dispute, has accelerated its attacks
throughout Western Europe without sustaining any
serious damage to its operational capabilities. The
group has threatened further attacks against West
European and US interests, and the imprisonment of
Abu Nidal members in Spain makes that country a
likely venue for operations intended to secure their
release.
Links to Indigenous Terrorists
The ETA's primary goal remains Basque
independence, and its military wing, ETA-M, has
characteristically targeted Spanish police and military
personnel-not US personnel or facilities. The group
has long claimed to be in contact with the principal
terrorist groups in the world;
Apart from intermittent financial support, since the
mid- 1970s,
TA members have been trained at
Algeria's National Police Academy, allegedly with
funds provided by Libya. Some ETA militants
reportedly have fought with the Western Saharan
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received guerrilla training at a Fatah-run Palestinian
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including four ETA members, admitted receiving
paramilitary training in South Yemen. In 1984, five
others reportedly received training in Libya. The ETA
has also received offers of help from the PFLP, but we
do not know whether concrete aid was forthcoming.
Despite the government's successes against Basque
terrorism over the last two years, the ETA could
decide to enhance its capabilities by forging stronger
ties to Middle Eastern groups. It remains a
sophisticated terrorist organization, and closer
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For Spain, the El Descanso bombing may have
signaled the end of what had long been considered a
special Spanish immunity to Middle Eastern
terrorism. If
a radical Palestinian terrorist group
was responsible, the attack could be a harbinger of
heightened risk to US interests in Spain. The evidence
is not clear, however, and some observers still suspect
the indigenous First of October Antifascist Resistance
Group (GRAPO), long known for its anti-
Americanism.
Spain's formal recognition of Israel causes Spanish
officials to fear that their embassies and diplomats in
the Middle East will become targets for Arab
extremists. Improvements in security will take several
Spanish authorities are keenly aware of the terrorist
threat to Spanish security and have promulgated a
new immigration law that will allow closer vigilance
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Colombia: Nicaraguan Links
to Terrorists' Weapons
Our analysis of weapons used by members of the 19th
of April Movement (M- 19) during their November
siege of the Colombian Palace of Justice indicates
that nearly half of the recovered arms were fully
automatic military assault rifles-some of which can
be linked to Nicaragua. Other recovered weapons
included improvised explosive devices, commercial US
civilian firearms, and grenades and other ordnance
captured or stolen from military or police units. F_
We do not know if Managua supplied the assault
rifles directly to the M-19, but their discovery
represents the first confirmed evidence that
Nicaraguan arms are reaching insurgents in
Colombia. The presence of military weapons from
Nicaragua may presage increased M-19 access to a
variety of ordnance that would enhance the group's
ability to conduct a broad range of terrorist
operations.
On 7 November 1985 Colombian military and police
units stormed the Palace of Justice in Bogota, which
had been taken over the previous day by armed
members of the M-19. Colombian forces killed more
than 40 insurgents and captured large quantities of
weapons, ammunition, and other ordnance as they
retook the Palace in fierce floor-by-floor fighting.
Although many of the captured weapons were badly
burned, we were able to examine and identify most of
the recovered firearms. Some of these weapons were
commercial firearms of a type previously identified as
being in the M-19 arsenal. Nearly half of the
recovered weapons, however, were more powerful
military assault rifles-some of which could be traced
to Nicaragua.
Military Weapons
M-19 insurgents used a mixture of military and
civilian weapons during their takeover of the Palace of
Justice. Out of the 31 captured M- 19 firearms that we
were able to examine, nearly two-thirds were of
military origin:
? Six US 5.56-mm Colt M-16 assault rifles.
? Five Belgian 7.62-mm FAL assault rifles.
? Three Israeli 7.62-mm Galil assault rifles.
Captured assault rifles included US M-16s,
Belgian FALs, and Israeli Galils (top to bottom).
? One West German 7.62-mm G3 assault rifle.
? One US .30-caliber Underwood M-1 carbine.
? One US .45-caliber M-3 submachinegun.
? One Israeli 9-mm Uzi submachinegun.
? One "Madson" 9-mm submachinegun of unknown
(possibly Brazilian) manufacture.
Of the weapons listed above, we had insufficient
information to determine where the terrorists
acquired five types of weapons that are or have been
used by a variety of Latin and Central American
police and military forces and could easily have been
obtained locally by the M-19.
We were able to make some judgments about the past
history of the 14 remaining assault rifles-of US,
Belgian, and Israeli origin. We can definitively link at
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? Traces run on the serial numbers of two of the US
M-16s indicate that the weapons were sold to the
government of former Nicaraguan President
Anastasio Somoza in 1976.
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? Two of the Belgian FAL assault rifles bear
Venezuelan national crests and have serial numbers
corresponding to FALs provided to the Sandinistas
? Two of the Israeli Galils bear the partially effaced
letters "EEBI" along the left side of their receivers.
This was the property mark stamped onto all
weapons acquired by the former Nicaraguan
National Guard Basic Infantry School-Escuela de
Entrenamiento Basico de Infanteria.
Other recovered items of military ordnance may also
be linked to Nicaragua, but we cannot make a
definitive determination either because of the
condition of the weapons or because of the
unavailability of records:
? Of the four remaining M-16 assault rifles, one
appears identical to those traceable to Nicaragua.
Its serial number has been effaced, however, and
running traces is impossible. The three remaining
M-16s all bear US property stamps, indicating that
they were issued to US military units rather than
sold to foreign governments. Traces run on their
serial numbers indicate that one was sent to
Vietnam in 1968 and the others were sent to
overseas shipping areas in 1968 and 1972.
According to the Weapons Registry at Rock Island
Arsenal, they probably also were shipped to US
forces in Vietnam. Large quantities of similar
w..,
Belgian FAL assault rifle with Venezuelan na-
tional crest and serial number. Weapon was
provided to the Sandinistas in 1979 by previous
Vietnam-war-vintage US M-16 assault rifles have
been captured since the early 1980s in the
possession of Nicaraguan-backed guerrillas.
? Of the three remaining Belgian FALs, two were
sanitized by having their national crests milled off.
Similar sanitized FALs-with drilled out, rather
than milled, crests-have been recovered from
Nicaraguan-backed rebels in El Salvador. In both
cases, the obliterated areas correspond in size and
location to the Cuban national crest, which the
manufacturer, Fabrique Nationale of Belgium,
stamped onto FALs produced under Cuban
contract. Moreover, both of the sanitized FALs
recovered at the Palace bear hidden date production
codes that indicate they were made in 1958 and
1959; that is, at the same time that Fabrique
Nationale was fulfilling the Cuban contract.
? About 100 rounds of 7.62-mm by 51-mm Bloc-
origin ammunition were discovered. Headstamp
markings indicate that this ammunition was
manufactured in 1967 in Factory Number 10 in
Kazanluk, Bulgaria. Similar Bulgarian
ammunition-also made in Factory 10 during the
1960s-was discovered in rebel possession in El
Salvador in 1984.
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? Although most of the explosive ordnance appeared
to have been either homemade or stolen from the
military, two detonators for Chinese PG-2 high-
explosive, rocket-propelled grenades were recovered
in the Palace. Although no RPG-2 launchers or
PG-2 grenades were found, this is the first time any
RPG-2-related equipment has been discovered in
the M-19's possession. As with the Vietnam-war-era
US M-16s and the Bulgarian ammunition, however,
large quantities of Chinese RPG-2s have been
captured from leftist guerrillas in Central America.
Commercial Firearms
The remaining third of the captured weapons consists
almost entirely of civilian firearms, which-with one
exception were either manufactured in or imported
into the United States. These include:
? Three US .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolvers.
? One US .38-caliber Colt revolver.
? One US .45-caliber MAC 10 submachinegun.
? One US 16-gauge Winchester shotgun.
? One US .30-caliber Universal M-1 carbine.
? Two Israeli 9-mm Uzi semiautomatic carbines
made specifically for export to the United States.
? One Spanish 7.65-mm Star pistol.
? Two US 5.56-mm Colt AR-15 semiautomatic
carbines.
In addition to these arms, other confiscated
commercial items of US origin included 9 Willson AR
700 gas masks and 2 Daco Safety Products, Inc.,
"Chemlite" flashlights that shoot tear gas.
The presence of large quantities of commercially
available US firearms and equipment among the
weapons found at the Palace confirms our previous
assessment that such small arms are readily available
to a variety of terrorist insurgent and criminal groups
in Colombia. An analysis completed earlier this year
of other weapons recently captured by Colombian
authorities from drug traffickers, the M-19, and the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
indicated that most of the weapons recovered from
each group were relatively new, commercially
available firearms that were either manufactured or
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paramilitary-style weapons such as semiautomatic
Uzi and M-1 carbines and semi- and fully automatic
MAC 10 submachineguns. Although some evidence
suggests that US weapons reach Colombia via
Mexico, we believe that most of the captured US
firearms were purchased in Florida-probably by
drug traffickers. Traces run on their serial numbers
indicated that almost all had been sold by Miami
gunshops-often to persons of Latin or Central
American origin. Similar US commercial
paramilitary weapons have recently begun turning up
in Jamaica and other Caribbean nations in association
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al crest. Similar sanitized FALs from Cuba have
been discovered in the possession of leftist rebels
Other Ordnance
In addition to small arms, Colombian forces recovered
a wide variety of other ordnance from the Palace of
Justice. As with past M-19 caches, most of the
recovered materiel consisted of commercial
explosives, homemade bomb components, and
military items probably captured or stolen locally.
This ordnance included:
? Six 1-kilogram packages of commercial explosives.
? Ten improvised claymore mines.
? 75 commercial blasting caps.
? Six homemade electronic timers with antitamper
devices.
? Five small sticks of US and Costa Rican industrial
explosives.
? Two US M-72 light antitank weapon (LAW) launch
tubes (probably captured from Colombian forces).
? Two rifle grenades (one of which was captured from
Colombian forces).
? One unidentified handgrenade (with Spanish
instructions).
? Two unidentified smoke or thermite grenades (with
no markings).
? 3,598 rounds of military 5.56-mm ammunition (of
Brazilian, Mexican, and-predominantly-US
manufacture).
? 200 rounds of Colombian 7.62-mm by 51-mm
ammunition.
? 99 rounds of Bulgarian 7.62-mm by 51-mm
ammunition.
? 100 rounds of Colombian 9-mm by 19-mm
ammunition.
? 67 rounds of commercial US .45-caliber
Implications
Because of the limited number of weapons found in
the Palace of Justice, any conclusions based on this
one incident about how the M-19 acquires its weapons
must be provisional. Specifically, we do not know the
exact route the M-19 followed to get these firearms.
Nor do we know whether they acquired them directly
from Managua or bought them second or third hand
from gray market dealers in arms transit areas such
as Panama, where M-19 members regularly purchase
weapons.
At a minimum, the surviving weapons help confirm
earlier indications that the M-19 and other
Colombian insurgent groups are able to obtain a wide
variety of commercial US firearms in quantity. The
apparent availability of such weapons makes it easier
for groups like the M-19 to resupply their arsenals
through gray market channels should the availability
of military weapons be significantly reduced.
Perhaps more significantly, the recovered weapons
also provide the first confirmed evidence that small
arms from Nicaragua are reaching the M-19.
Although we can definitively link only a small share
of the captured firearms to Nicaragua, these weapons
are among the most lethal firearms recovered from
the Palace. In contrast to the captured US
commercial weapons, most of which fire handgun
cartridges, the Nicaraguan arms-as well as the other
assault rifles that may also be linked to Nicaragua
are all fully automatic military weapons and shoot
ammunition.
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more powerful rifle ammunition. Although we do not
know if Managua supplied these weapons directly to
the M-19, the fact that at least two of each of three
different types of assault rifles can be linked to
Nicaragua suggests that, as a group, these arms did
not pass through many intermediaries before reaching
the M-19. If several intermediaries had been involved,
we would have expected less homogeneity regarding
the types and origins of the weapons.
If Managua has begun channeling arms to the M-19,
we would expect to see the gradual introduction of
different-but not necessarily more powerful-
ordnance into the group's arsenals in the near future.
Specifically, this would probably include quantities of
older, surplus Bloc equipment like Kalashnikov
assault rifles, Czechoslovak submachineguns, and
RPG-2 antitank weapons-all of which Managua has
provided to leftist rebels in El Salvador and
Honduras.' Possession of these weapons would not,
however, result in a qualitative increase in the M-19's
capabilities, since the group already has access to
limited quantities of similar Western assault rifles,
US M-79 grenade launchers, and M-72 LAWs. Large
infusions of such weapons would, however, greatly
enhance the group's ability to conduct operations
similar to the Palace siege and to rearm itself should
such operations prove equally costly in terms of lost
materiel.
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In contrast, direct or indirect provision by the
Sandinistas of military explosives and other ordnance
to the M-19 could lead to a qualitative increase in the
group's operational capabilities in the area. If the
M-19 is receiving arms from Nicaragua, we would
expect to see Soviet-style handgrenades, explosives,
and mines turning up in future arms caches instead of
the large percentage of improvised explosive devices
that was found in the Palace. Bloc military ordnance
would be far more destructive than the improvised
devices, which contain less powerful commercial
explosives.
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Chronology of Terrorism-1985 and 1986
Below are described noteworthy foreign and international events involving
terrorists, or the use of terrorist tactics, which have occurred or come to light
since our last issue. In some cases, the perpetrators and their motivations may not
be known. Events and developments that have already been described elsewhere in
this publication are not included.
1 December Philippines: New People's Army kills two businessmen during occupation of
market in southern Mindanao. The guerrillas also handed out leaflets describing
3 December Israel: Bomb explodes in crowded commercial center in Afula. No casualties were
reported, and no group claimed responsibility.
Lebanon: Israelis raid terrorist base 16 kilometers north of Hasbaya. Several
persons were reportedly killed, and the raiders were said to have captured four
members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
during the three-hour battle.
5 December Israel: Small bomb explodes in Hazikron Garden in Haifa near entrance to
Interior Ministry. There were no casualties, and no group claimed responsibility.
8 December Lebanon: Israeli troops capture members of Democratic Front for the Liberation
of Palestine in southern security zone. The terrorists reportedly were carrying
weapons, explosives, and large amounts of food.
Israel: Two members of Jewish terrorist group pardoned. The men had been
convicted of planning to blow up the dome of the Rock Mosque, a Muslim shrine
in East Jerusalem, in 1984.
9 December Israel: Two Israeli kidnap victims killed in DFLP shootout with IDF troops in
northern Israel. A firefight reportedly broke out when terrorists of the Democratic
Front for the Liberation of Palestine were stopped at a roadblock. Three of them
reportedly were wounded in the exchange and arrested.
10 December Chile: Seven FPMR terrorists bomb Santiago subway. Passengers were ordered
off the train before the bomb exploded, damaging the cars and rails and paralyzing
the morning rush hour. As they fled, the terrorists opened fire with
submachineguns, seriously wounding two policemen on guard outside the station.
A spokesman for the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front later claimed the attack
was to mark the group's second anniversary on 14 December.
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13 December Turkey: Bombs explode outside Italian Consulate and Banco di Roma in Istanbul.
Turkish authorities believe that members of Dev Sol (Revolutionary Left) were
responsible. The bombings may have been to protest a West German extradition
request to the Italian Government for the former Dev Sol leader, Pasa Guven, who
was arrested in Italy on 14 October.
Cyprus: Three terrorists sentenced to life imprisonment for murders of Israelis.
The defendants-two Palestinians and a Briton-were convicted of murdering
three Israelis at the Larnaca yacht club on 25 September. That incident is believed
to have led to the Israeli decision to bomb PLO headquarters in Tunis on
1 October.
14 December Chile: Car bomb explodes in front of military school in Santiago. Minor damage
resulted, and there were no casualties. No claims of responsibility have been made
for the attack.
15 December Austria: Bomb explodes at Jewish cultural community apartment building in
Vienna. The explosion caused no injuries, but the building and seven vehicles
parked adjacent to it were damaged. Police suspect local anti-Semitic groups.
17 December Cyprus: Police thwart possible plans to hijack Swiss Air flight from Larnaca to
Amman. A Palestinian holding a Jordanian passport was arrested with weapons,
handgrenades, and a silencer in his possession. Police are looking for three other
Arab suspects.
terrorist group Alfaro Vive, Carajo!.
Ecuador: Two banks robbed in Guayas, netting over $100,000. Police suspect the
in a large area of the central coast.
Chile: Movement of the Revolutionary Left attacks offices of electric company in
Valparaiso, wounding two guards. The attack caused a blackout for several hours
South African Trade Unions.
Zambia: Letter bomb discovered in Lusaka's main post office. The device had
been postmarked in Lobatse, Botswana, and was addressed to the Congress of
18 December India: Sikh separatists suspected of killing Hindu teacher in Punjab. The
shooting from a motorcycle is similar to several other recent assassinations by
Sikhs.
attack.
Northern Ireland: Mortar attack at Castleberg police station injures six persons,
including one policeman. The Provisional IRA is probably responsible for the
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West Germany: Arson attack on defense contractor's offices in Wetter-Wengern
causes $4 million in damage. The Brueggemann Company makes parachutes and
airfreight containers for the West German armed forces and maintains business
contacts with South Africa. Authorities believe the Revolutionary Cells was
responsible
20 December South Africa: Bomb discovered in Durban municipal offices. Two local
government officials and 500 city employees were in the building. No group has
claimed credit for the incident.
France: Four masked gunmen bomb tourist office in Biarritz, kidnaping five
employees. The captives were released unharmed 3 kilometers away. Leaflets
signed by the French Basque separatist group Iparretarak were left at the scene.
Namibia: South-West Africa People's Organization terrorists kill tribal
headman's son. The victim was in his father's shop in northern Namibia at the
time of the attack.
South Africa: Grenade destroys family van in Durban, injuring six, including two
children. No group has claimed responsibility, but the African National Congress
is suspected.
Strabane cause only minor damage. There were no injuries.
22 December Corsica: Two explosions seriously damage banks in Ajaccio. Leaflets signed by
the National Front for the Liberation of Corsica were found at the scene
Portugal: Two-kilogram bomb explodes at Iberia Airlines ticket office in Lisbon.
There were no injuries reported. The Autonomous Revolutionary Group claimed
responsibility for the blast.
23 December Spain: Retired civil guard general assassinated in Pamplona. In a Christmas Day
communique, the Basque group Fatherland and Liberty-Military Wing claimed
credit, stating that the murder was to avenge the death of imprisoned Basque
terrorist Mikel Zabalza.
Turkey: Iranian dissident assassinated. Hadi Aziz Murdani, a former colonel in
the Iranian Army and the representative of the Iranian National Resistance
Movement in Turkey, was gunned down by three unidentified men.
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Command claimed both attacks in a PLO radiobroadcast.
Israel: Police safely detonate bombs in two separate incidents. One of the devices
was placed in a bus station in Kefar Sava and the other at the entrance to a
supermarket in Petah Tiqvah. The Palestinian Revolution Forces General
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Gaza: Fire destroys 100 buses at Erez junction. Security officials arrested a
suspect the next day. In a PLO radiobroadcast, the Palestinian Revolution Forces
a month.
Iran: Flight security guards foil hijack attempt of domestic flight. One would-be
hijacker was reported killed. This attempt was the second such in Iran in less than
the early morning hours and caused substantial damage but few injuries.
Peru: Sendero Luminoso celebrates Mao Zedong's birthday with wave of bomb
attacks throughout Peru. The group set off at least 51 bombs against such targets
as the Ministry of Transportation, 10 Peruvian banks, offices of the American
Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), a monument to APRA founder Victor
Raul Haya de la Torre, a police station, a Coca-Cola Company warehouse, various
commercial buildings, and electrical towers. Most of the attacks occurred during
South Africa: Homes of prominent civil rights attorney and leading Muslim
figure firebombed. There are currently no suspects in the early morning attacks.
African National Congress is believed responsible.
South Africa: Seven killed, 46 injured in Durban shopping center bombing. The
Sikh separatists are suspected.
India: One killed, six injured in bombing of crowded Chandirgarh marketplace.
which he claimed was carried out by the Sri Lankan Government.
India: Home of Sri Lankan Tamil guerrilla official bombed in Madras. The
spokesman of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam escaped injury in the blast,
employees; the Embassy has denied complicity.
Sri Lanka: Iranian diplomats escape injury in shooting near Iraqi Embassy.
Police have charged that the attack was carried out by two Iraqi Embassy
Democratic Party was responsible for the attack.
Sweden: Former Kurdish Labor Party terrorist stabbed in Stockholm
assassination attempt. The victim has charged that the rival Kurdish Social
the people to join the armed struggle.
Peru: Sendero Luminoso guerrillas assassinate Chilacayoc village mayor. The
victim was stabbed and shot to death in the main plaza in front of the townspeople.
The guerrillas also set fire to the townhall and educational center and called upon
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Pakistan: Mine explodes in Kacchagari refugee camp, killing one Afghan refugee
and injuring four others. No group has claimed responsibility.
Philippines: Sugarcane planter murdered in Negros Occidental Province. The
Communist insurgent New People's Army claimed responsibility for the killing in
a subsequent letter.
Philippines: New People's Army "sparrow unit "assassinates Army colonel in
Angeles City. The victim was the chief of the Inspector General's Office at Camp
Olivas and was killed while attending a wedding.
25 December Israel: Explosion at power station in Hadera kills one, injures four. The
Palestinian Revolution Forces General Command claimed responsibility for the
attack, although Israeli radio has attributed the explosion to a faulty boiler.F_
Peru: Sendero Luminoso kidnaps, tortures, and kills mayor-elect of San Pedro
Hualla. The victim's body was found on 29 December.
South Africa: Large arms cache discovered near Lamontville. Police say automatic
weapons, mines, handgrenades, explosives, and guerrilla literature were included.
Late December Spain: Three Libyans, including two diplomats, expelled. They were suspected of
plotting terrorist attacks against a Libyan exile leader in Madrid.
26 December Spain: Court convicts two Basque politicians for "apologizing for terrorism. "The
conviction was based on statements they made to Spanish journalists in December
1983, justifying a Basque political party's refusal to condemn ETA killings of
police and military personnel on the grounds that the police and military represent
an occupation force in the Basque provinces.
Lebanon: Shia Muslim group executes one of four Lebanese Jews kidnaped last
March. A letter signed by the "Organization of the Oppressed" stated the
execution was in retaliation for Israeli bombardments of several Shia villages in
27 December Spain: Small bomb damages policeman's home in Bilbao suburb of Barakaldo.
The Basque terrorist group Fatherland and Liberty-Military Wing claimed
responsibility in a communique.
Afghanistan: Australian detainees released. The couple, taken hostage by
dissident tribesmen in Pakistan several months ago, were turned over to the
Afghan Government, which held them for entering the country illegally.
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Pakistan: Large bomb found in railway station. The device exploded while bomb
squad personnel were preparing to defuse it. There were no injuries or damage,
and no group has claimed responsibility
29 December Iran: Two Yemenis tried for hijacking Saudi airliner in November 1984. One
hijacker was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment while the other was acquitted.
The trial was the first of its kind in Iran's judicial history.
30 December Spain: Unidentified youths kill former civil guard member in Lasarte. No one has
claimed responsibility for the murder.
Spain: Basque businessman kidnaped outside restaurant near Bilbao. The Basque
terrorist group Fatherland and Liberty-Military Wing (ETA-M) claimed
responsibility. Police freed the businessman on 10 January and detained 19
suspects, including three ETA-M gunmen.
Spain: Grenade attack damages vacant civil guard barracks in Bilbao. The
Basque terrorist group Fatherland and Liberty has claimed responsibility for the
incident.
Guatemala: Four gunmen firing submachineguns kill chief of Judiciary Police on
Guatemala City street. His wife was not injured. No group claimed responsibility.
Peru: Unknown assailants attack home of former President in Lima. Four men
and a woman traveling in a car fired shots at the residence of 91-year-old ex-
President Jose Luis Bustamente y Rivero. There were no injuries.
has blamed the Zimbabwe African People's Union for the killing.
Punjab. Sikh extremists are suspected.
1 January Northern Ireland: Bomb attack kills two policemen on foot patrol, injures another
in Belfast. The Provisional IRA claimed responsibility.
Netherlands: Bulgarian travel office in Amsterdam bombed. The explosion caused
no injuries and only minor property damage. Police suspect Bulgarian dissidents
were responsible for the attack.
Lebanon: Body of second Lebanese Jew held hostage since March discovered in
Beirut. The "Organization of the Oppressed" had threatened to execute its
remaining two hostages unless Israel released Muslim prisoners from Al-Khiam
prison in southern Lebanon. On 2 January, General Lahd of the Army of South
Lebanon ordered the release of 20 prisoners as a New Year's goodwill gesture.
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Peru: Sendero Luminoso stages New Year's Day massacre in Agua Blanca,
murdering 16 Indian peasants. During the attack, villagers killed two of the
guerrillas in what was reported to be the bloodiest incident of its kind since
November.
withdraw from NATO.
Spain: Two anti-US groups claim bombings of three US firms in Bilbao and
Oveido. The small radical group Iraultza (Revolution) claimed a bombing at Rank
Xerox and an attempted bombing of the office of the 3M Company in Bilbao. In
Oveido, police defused a bomb at a Ford office, which the First of October
Antifascist Resistance Group claimed to have planted in a demand for Spain to
been made for the attack.
Peru: Three dynamite sticks explode at Fisheries Ministry building in Lima.
Windows were shattered, but there were no injuries. No claim of responsibility has
railway luggage locker.
France: Police arrest Spanish terrorists in Paris. Three suspected members of the
Spanish leftist anti-US terrorist group First of October Antifascist Resistance
Group were arrested following the discovery of documents and weapons in a
detonated by police.
Spain: Suspected ETA-M members bomb French targets. In San Sebastian, a
bomb exploded at a French automobile showroom. In Irun, a bomb exploded under
a French truck, and a second device placed under another French truck was
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