WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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Weekly Situation Report
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
4 January 1977
Articles:
Cuban-Supported Terrorist Group in Costa Rica (Page 1)
Notes:
Misleading Reports on Iranian Raids (Page 3)
Albanian Embassy Damaged by Explosion (Page 4)
Rumors of Nairobi Hijacking Discounted (Page 5)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
CHART: Incidence of Significant International Terror-
ist Acts as Listed in Weekly Situation Reports
(Page A-1)
Chronology (Page A-2)
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
II. Europe
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V. Far East
VI. Worldwide
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Cuban-Supported Terrorist Group in Costa Rica
A new terrorist group named AFROSA has been formed by
Marvin Luis Wright Lindo in the small Costa Rican port city
of Limon; the group functions under the guise of a racial,
social, and political entity
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The Costa
Rican press reported at the time that a communique purport-
edly published by commando groups belonging to the Sandinist
National Liberation Front (FSLN) claimed credit for these
four attacks. However, Costa Rican officials believed the
communique was published by an unidentified leftist group to
pin blame on the FSLN in order to confuse official investi-
gations. The consensus of opinion was that the incidents
were connected to the joint U.S./Central American military
exercises then being conducted in Nicaragua.
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The PVP's
desire to eliminate AFROSA may come from a fear that the
actions of that terrorist-oriented organization could bring
the wrath of the government down indiscriminately upon all
leftist groups in Costa Rica, including the non-violent PVP.
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Misleading Reports on Iranian Raids
The Iranian press reported that on 21 December security
forces smashed a terrorist gang led by Cuban-trained saboteur
Parwiz Wa'izzada. According to the press a total of eight
persons were killed and eleven arrested. A large quantity
of pistols, ammunition, grenades and other explosives were
said to have been discovered, as well as make-up kits,
forged documents and falsified license plates. A member of
the government's Joint Committee on Terrorism said that
captured documents show the terrorists had been studying the
movements of Iranian officials and Americans residing in the
Tehran area.
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Albanian Embassy Damaged by Explosion
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The Albanian embassy in Paris was damaged by an explo-
sion on the night of 23-24 December. No injuries were
reported but windows were knocked out and the building's
facade scarred by the blast, according to news reports.
First reports indicated that a bomb was thrown against the
building, either from a moving vehicle or from the sidewalk,
but according to a later report the attack was carried out
with a rocket launcher and the launcher was later found in
the gutter under a parked car. Responsibility for the
attack has been claimed by an unidentified military council
which aims to liberate Albania from communism. An anonymous
caller to the French news agency politely expressed his
regret for the disruption caused in France by the attack.
There have been no reports of official comments by either
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Rumors of Nairobi Hijacking Discounted
Reports to the effect that German terror-
ists were about to hijack a Itifthansn Fi iffht have been
discounted Variations on
this theme InLiuuea rumors that Carlos would supervise the
operation, KLM aircraft would be an alternate target, an
attack on Embakasi airport would take place, and political
figures in Nairobi would be kidnaped or assassinated by
foreign terrorists.
The fear of hijackings
flights in Africa was noted
Entebbe.
of Lufthansa international
soon after the Israeli raid at
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INCIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
AS LISTED IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS ? 1976
III TOTAL
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NOTE: THIS GRAPH DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT ALL INCIDENTS RECORDED
IN TAB A DURING THE ABOVE PERIOD, AS INCIDENTS WHICH LATER PROVE NOT TO
HAVE SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL SCOPE ARE OMITTED FROM THE MONTHLY TOTAL.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 24 December 1976 Explosion at Albanian Embassy
in Paris
Place: France, Paris An explosion at the Albanian
embassy in Paris on 24 Decem-
ber resulted in considerable
damage to the building but did
not inflict any injuries.
Responsibility for the attack,
in which a rocket launcher
was apparently used, was
claimed by a "military council"
which professed to be fighting
to free Albania from communism.
(See Notes.)
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
Tab B includes i11 reasonably credible reports of planned
terrorist activity.
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the threats iistea are LOH-
sidered sufficiently plausible to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
** Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target: Oil tankers en
route to Cuba
Place: Unknown
Date:
20 January 1977
An unidentified anti-Castro
Cuban exile group in Miami
is planning to attack oil
tankers bound for Cuba on
20 January
The group is
concerned over the possibility
of friendly relations between
Cuban Premier Castro and U.S.
President-elect Carter and
has chosen Carter's inaugura-
tion day for the attack to
discourage such an eventuality.
The Cuban exiles are reportedly
outfitting a small fleet of
gunboats for the operation
and will attack ships of any
nationality in an effort to
deprive Cuba of its oil. The
attack will allegedly take place
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No significant terrorist threats were reported during the
period 22 December 1976 - 4 January 1977
for the following areas:
V. Far East
VI. Worldwide
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Distribution: Ambassador L. Douglas Heck
Director of the Office for Combatting
Terrorism (M/CT)
Department of State
Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
Negotiations and Arms Control
International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
Mr. James F. Bane
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Associate Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
11 January 1977
Articles:
Arrest and Subsequent Release of Palestinian
Official in France (Page 1)
Pakistan Frees Indian Hijackers (Page 3)
Notes:
Pancho Villa Rides Again (Page 5)
Revolutionary Cells Claim Credit for Fuel Tank
Blast (Page 5)
British Family Released by Ethiopian Guerrillas
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TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
V. Far East
VI. Worldwide
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ARTICLES
Arrest and Subsequent Release of Palestinian Official in
France
Former Black September Organization leader Muhammad
Da'ud Awadh (Abu Da'ud) was arrested in Paris on 7 January
by French security officials. Da'ud, presently a Member of
Fatah's Revolutionary Council, had come to France to attend
the funeral of prominent Palestinian rejectionist Mahmud
Salih, who was assassinated in Paris on 3 January. Disclo-
sure of Da'ud's arrest caused immediate controversy, trig-
gering protests from the Arab world and questions over the
legality of Da'ud's detention and possible extradition
requests from West Germany and Israel. In a surprise move,
a French court on 11 January ordered Da'ud freed immediately,
and he flew to Algiers the same day. His release drew
strong protests from the Israeli government.
Abu Da'ud, as a high-level BSO official, planned the
BSO operation against the Israeli team at the 1972, Olympic
games in Munich in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed.
He was arrested in Jordan in February 1973 and jailed in
Amman under a death sentence which was reprieved when Da'ud
began providing the Jordanians with information on the BSO
and Fatah. In March 1973 a BSO terrorist team seized the ?
Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum and demanded Da'ud's
release. When the demand was not met, the U.S. ambassador
to the Sudan, the deputy chief of mission, and the Belgian
charge were assassinated. On S September 1973, the Saudi
embassy in Paris was seized in another BSO attempt to secure
Da'ud's release. This effort also failed. However, Da'ud
was released on 19 September 1973 as part of a general
Jordanian amnesty for Palestinians under arrest in Jordan.
(See the issues of 28 February 1973 and 26 September 1973.)
Da'ud has since remained in the background and little had
been heard regarding him until he surfaced in Paris last
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Da'ud, traveling on an Iraqi passport under the name of
Yussif Hanna Raji, arrived in Paris on 7 January as part of
the PLO delegation to Salih's funeral. He was arrested by
French security officials that evening. His detention
provoked immediate protests from many Arab governments.
Controversy over possible requests from West Germany and
Israel for Da'ud's extradition and the legality of possible
charges against him also arose. The French government,
disavowing any role in the detention, issued a statement
from the presidency calling Da'ud's arrest a "police deci-
sion," according to press reports. Criticism and pressure
continued to mount and a French court on 11 January ordered
Da'ud's immediate release, calling the West German arrest
warrant insufficient, the Israeli request legally deficient,
and ruling them both unacceptable. Da'ud was released the
same day and flew to Algiers. The Israeli government de-
nounced this release as a "shameful surrender" and announced
it would recall its ambassador to France to underline Israeli
outrage.
The furor generated by Da'ud's arrest and his subsequent
release illustrates the difficulties involved in the appre-
hension and successful legal prosecution of Palestinians
involved in terrorist activities, especially those who plan
the operations. Many governments are reluctant to arrest
such individuals for fear of reprisals. Even after an
arrest, the maze of legal technicalities involved in prosecu-
tion or possible extradition procedures often prove formida-
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Pakistan Frees Indian Hijackers
The government of Pakistan has decided to release the
six Indian Kashmiris arrested for hijacking an Indian Air-
lines plane last September. The crew and passengers of the
aircraft, seized on a flight from New Delhi to Jaipur, were
not harmed.
On 5 January a spokesman for the Ministry
Interior saia tnat there was not sufficient evidence to
justify criminal proceedings against the hijackers.
In New Delhi the Ministry of External Affairs issued a
strongly worded protest which stated that the Pakistani
action was "not in consonance with the process of normali-
zation of relations between the two countries." India and
Pakistan resumed diplomatic relations in 1976 after a break
of nearly five years.
According to U.S. officials in the area, the Indians
seem to be genuinely disturbed by this development. They
are not, however, expected to make it a major issue.
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Cross-border terrorist attacks by Mexican organizations
are not very likely. There is no terrorist organization in
Mexico that presently has either the personnel or capability
to carry out a serious attack on a U.S. government facility.
Mexican security forces have kept terrorist activity at a
low level--occasional attacks on small isolated groups of
policemen and kidnapings.
Revolutionary Cells Claim Credit for Fuel Tank Blast
An explosive device was attached to the side of a fuel
storage tank at a NATO storage site near Giessen, West
Germany on the night of 4 January. The resulting small
blaze was quickly extinguished by firemen and no casualties
were reported. German police investigation determined that
the bomb was detonated by a clock mechanism, similar to the
detonator used in the bombing that occurred at the officers'
club in Frankfurt in June 1976. In letters postmarked
January 5 to German and American news agencies, Revolution-
ary Cells claimed credit for the attack; the same group
claimed credit for the attacks in Frankfurt in June and
December 1976. The current letters to the news services
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British Family Released by Ethiopian Guerrillas
Ethiopian guerrillas released Lindsay Tyler, his wife
and their two children on 5 January 1977 in Port Sudan,
Sudan and they arrived in Khartoum on 7 January. The
British veterinarian and his family were captured by the
Tigre People's Liberation Front in May 1976 in Tigre Prov-
ince. (See the issue of 21 September.) All four were
apparently in good health despite having lived in the open
for most of the last seven months. Tyler, who had been
working on an aid project in Ethiopia, said their captors
held them because they wanted publicity for their cause.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date:
Place:
cftro' Date:
Place:
Date:
Place:
1 January 1977
Italy, Sardinia
3 January 1977
Canary Islands,
Las Palmas
4 January 1977
West Germany,
Giessen
U.S.-owned Vehicles Fire-
bombed in Sardinia
Five vehicles -belonging to
U.S. citizens were fire-
bombed in northern Sardinia
on 1 January. Two addi-
tional incendiary devices
were discovered and disarmed
before exploding. There
were no injuries. A group
calling itself Armed Prole-
tarian Power claimed respon-
sibility, saying it intends
to defend Sardinia "from
all forms of exploitation
and imperialism."
Explosion at South African
Airways Office in Canary
Islands
The South African Airways
offices in Las Palmas,
Canary Islands were bombed
on 3 January causing some
property damage but no
injuries. Local authorities
believe the Algiers-based
Canary Islands Independence
Movement is responsible.
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U.S. Army Fuel Storage
Tank Bombed in Germany
A bomb explosion occur-
red at a fuel storage
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Bangladesh,
Chittagong
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tank in the U.S. Army
depot at Giessen, FRG
on 4 January, causing a
small fire. The Revolu-
tionary Cells terrorist
group claimed responsi-
bility saying the attack was
part of a campaign against
the "pernicious influence
of the U.S." (See Notes.)
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Grenade Explosion at USIS
Center in Bangladesh
A hand grenade thrown from
a passing vehicle exploded
at the USIS building in
Chittagong, Bangladesh on
6 January. The detonation
caused minor damage to the
building and slightly injured
one Bangladesh citizen.
The attack was one of several
similar incidents in Chitt-
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
Tab B includes all reasonabl cred
terrorist activity.
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tne tnreats listed are con-
sidered surticientiy plausible to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and appropriate
governments
** Indicates
* Indicates
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have been informed of the threat.
a new threat reported for the first time.
a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target:
Oil tankers en
route to Cuba
An unidentified anti-Castro
Cuban exile group in Miami
is planning to attack oil
Place:
Unknown
tankers bound for Cuba on
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Articles:
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1976 Level of International Terrorist Activity
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TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
V. Far East
VI. Worldwide
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1976 Level of International Terrorist Activity
18 January 1977
The attached charts provide a comparative analysis of
data on international terrorist incidents during 1976 with
those assembled for the preceding six years as part of the
Weekly Sitrep publication process. Some useful measures and
trends can be derived from them. However, the reader is
cautioned that the nature of such data puts severe limi-
tations on the extent of valid statistical generalization
possible. The individual incidents recorded are not at all
equal in value--e.g., the highly sophisticated hijacking by
the Haddad PFLP faction of the Air France jet in Athens in
June vs. the smoke-bombing of the Athens American Express
office the previous April; nor do the incidents reflect
common purposes or conditions. Moreover, in dissecting the
data according to types and targets of attacks, the number
of incidents involved is often so small that even large
percentage changes from year to year are not indicative of
meaningful trends. Some observations concerning the attached
data follow.
A. Level of 1976 Activity. A total of 152 significant
international terrorist incidents was recorded in 1976, as
opposed to 111 in 1975. This increase of well over a third
reversed what had been a two year decline in such activity
from the 1973 peak year for such activity, when 158 incidents
were registered. Precise casualty figures are difficult to
compile due to uneven incident follow-up reporting practices.
However, the best estimates for 1976 were 154 killed, 189
injured, and 45 kidnaped, up somewhat from similar estimates
for the preceding year. In addition, approximately 1,100
passengers were victimized in air hijackings, and over 130
persons were held temporarily as hostages in barricade
situations. The killed-and-injured figures are of course
much affected by single, high-casualty incidents during a
given year--e.g., the Cubana airliner bombing in October
1976 in which 73 persons were killed.
B. U.S. Personnel and Interests as Targets.
1. Forty-three of the 152 incidents (28%) involved
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attacks on U.S. targets--i.e., U.S. officials and official
installations, U.S. businessmen and business facilities,
foreign employees of U.S. firms operating abroad, and U.S.
private citizens. This number of attacks was not signi-
ficantly different from those noted during the previous two
years (38 in 1975, and 49 in 1974); however, it did represent
a smaller portion of the increased overall terrorist activity
recorded during the past year. No U.S. officials were
involved in any kidnaping or barricade and hostage incidents
in the past year. (Ambassador Meloy and Mr. Waring, who
were held for a very short time before being killed, are
listed under assassinations.)
2. Of the 43 incidents involving U.S. targets,
some 16 were directed against the U.S. official (including
military) presence overseas. This was the lowest proportion
(36%) recorded for such attacks over the past seven years;
but, given the actual numbers involved (16 vs. 19 in 1975,
20 in 1974, etc.), it is doubtful whether too much signi-
ficance should be attached to this. The most serious of
these instances were the assassination of Ambassador Meloy,
Counselor Waring, and their driver/bodyguard in Lebanon in
June 1976; and the bombings involving injuries at the U.S.
Army V Corps Headquarters in Frankfurt in June and the USAF
Officers Club at the Rhein-Main air base in December. The
remaining incidents were property-damage bombings generally
of a minor sort, random gunfire directed at buildings, and
a case of arson.
3. The 27 attacks involving U.S. business and
private interests included seven assassination incidents,
four kidnapings, a bombing involving injuries, and the
hijacking of a U.S.-flag air carrier. Six of those assas-
sination attacks and one of the kidnapings involved foreign
employees of U.S. firms operating overseas. The remaining
incidents were mostly property-damage bombings of U.S.
business offices abroad.
4. In addition to the above 43 attacks specifi-
cally targeted against U.S. interests, it should be noted
that U.S.-citizen air travellers were caught up in several
of the eight hijackings of foreign-flag commercial aircraft
during the year; thirteen Americans (with some claim to U.S.
citizenship) were, for example, aboard the Air France jet
hijacked to Entebbe in June. One U.S. citizen was also
killed in 1976's only airport attack, at Istanbul Airport in
August.
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C. Attacks by Palestinian Groups. Sixteen of the 152
international terrorist incidents during 1976 are attributed
to Palestinian groups. This represents an increase over
1975, but still falls considerably short of the 28 such
attacks recorded during the peak year of 1973. Over half of
the 1976 incidents were targeted against moderate Arab
states, chiefly Syria and Jordan. These were mostly the
work of the new, Iraqi-supported Black June Movement. This
represents a substantial shift in the pattern of recent
years, and is reminiscent of the situation in 1971 when, in
the aftermath of the "Black September" of 1970, the major
Palestinian terrorist effort was directed against Jordan.
D. Terrorist Escape Rate. Terrorists were apprehended
in only 19 of the 152 incidents during 1976. This overall
"escape rate" of 87% is within a very few percentage points
of the 1974 and 1975 patterns. However, if bombing incidents
(87, with perpetrators seized in only two instances) and
hit-and-run attacks on buildings (14, with no captures) are
excluded, the escape rate for the remaining and generally
more serious sorts of attacks would stand at 62%.
E. Effectiveness of Security Measures. Although
terrorists struck relatively less often against U.S. official
targets during 1976 than in recent years, there is not
enough evidence to state definitively that improved security
measures at U.S. official installations abroad played an
important role. Experience in Latin America, where terrorist
groups seem obviously to have focused on the more accessible
and vulnerable U.S. business target (including foreign
executives employed by U.S. firms), suggests this factor may
be influencing terrorist planning there. Some have also
seen the assassination of the three Rockwell employees in
Tehran as reflecting terrorist appreciation of the stringent
security measures in force in Iran for the official U.S.
community; however, these victims can hardly be considered
"secondary targets," providing as they did ample means for
the terrorists to garner publicity for their cause and
achieve real impact on the regime.
F. Prediction of Terrorist Attacks.
1. A review of terrorist threats reported during
1976 indicates that some 38 involved plans to attack U.S.
targets abroad. Warnings sent to the concerned instal-
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stalled actual attacks in some of these situations. It is
believed, for example, that a planned attack on Ambassador
Dean Brown in Lebanon in May was avoided in this manner.
Certainly terrorists' assessment of a target's security pre-
cautions and vulnerability just prior to a planned attack
bears upon their decision whether to proceed with that
attack.
2. Hard evidence is lacking, however, to indicate
with any confidence why the great majority of these threats
did not result in attacks. Terrorist groups often discuss
general intentions or make tentative plans that never reach
the implementation stage. Internal group considerations--
the lack of the resources needed for carrying out an attack,
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probably play a major role.
3. An important consideration also is the nature
of much of the threat reporting received. While such reports
have in a number of instances provided good information on
general intentions and capabilities of terrorist groups, and
sometimes on travel or other group activity indicative of an
imminent terrorist strike, they seldom pinpoint the specific
location, target, timing, and method of attack. Reporting
shortly before the 28 August Tehran assassination episode,
for example, included a well-informed estimate that the
People's Strugglers terrorist group still retained the
capability to strike unexpectedly and might very well feel a
current need to do so in order to advertise that terrorism
in Iran was not finished. Yet, while the general target
(the U.S. presence) might be surmised and the probable modus
operandi in this instance was well known, the information
did not point specifically to an attack on the Rockwell
civilian contractors. A clear exception to this pattern of
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coverage of the activities of the anti-Castro CORU terrorists
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International Terrorist Incidents
1970 - 1976
Involving U.S. Targets Others Total
1970 40 (44%) 51 91
1971 24 (50%) 24 48
1972 25 (33%) 47 72
1973 68 (43%) 90 158
1974 49 (36%) 89 138
1975 38 (34%) 73 111
1976 4'4(13(28%) 10`8\?1 152
TOTALS 287 483 770
U.S.
Officials Foreign
and Offi- U.S. U.S. Employees
cal Instal- Business- Business of U.S.
lations men Facilities Firms
1970
31
(78%)
0
8
0
1971
16
(67%)
1
6
0
1972
14
(56%)
0
10
0
1973
28
(41%)
11
22
2
1974
20
(41%)
1
23
0
1975
19
(50%)
1
4
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1976
16
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40
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24
2
25
5
68
5
49
3
38
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NO. OF
TYPE INCIDENTS
1976
FOREIGN NATIONAL
U.S. CASUALTIES CASUALTIES DURING ATTACKS
INJURED KILLED INJURED KILLED
Bombings
24
30 (approx) 9
Kidnapings
4
(2
US citizens still being held)
Assassina-
tion
7
5
6
Gunfire at
4
Bldgs
Attempted
Assassina-
tion
1
1
Hijacking
1
3 1
Arson
1
Seizure
1
TOTALS
43
33 6* 10
6
Two other Americans killed in terrorist attack
against other than U.S. target not included in
this total.
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Killed
1976
Kidnaped
Killed
1975
Kidnaped
Injured
Injured
U.S. Nationals
4
2
16
8
32
4
Foreign Nationals
1
15
1
9
Casualties during
attacks on U.S.
officials and
installations
Foreign Employees
of U.S. firms
3
5
6
1
Other Foreign Casualties
(nationality unknown)
56
190
16
140
142
40
TOTALS
61
210
32
154
189
45
1976 HOSTAGE SITUATIONS
Commercial Air passenger and Crew Members Hijacked:
Other Situations - Hostages Taken:
* Numbers are approximate due to incomplete reporting of incidents.
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INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST
ATTACKS BY PALESTINIAN GROUPS
1970-1976
Total International
Incidents Attributed
Terrorist Incidents
to Palestinian Groups
1970
91
21
1971
48
14
1972
72
22
1.973
158
28
1974
138
19
1975
111
10
1976
152
16
770
130
(17%)
Targets of Palestinian Attacks
Arab U.S. Israeli Other
Total
1970
0 10 5 6
21
1971
11 2 1 0
14
1972
3 3 9 7
22
1973
4 8 11 5
28
1974
1 3 7 8
19
1975
3 3 4 0
10
1976
9 1 4 2
16
TOTAL
31 30 41 28
130
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(Seven- Year Period: 2970-1976)
197s
1971
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Hijacking
Kidnaping
Kidnap Attempt
Assassination
Assassination Attempt
Barricade & Hostage
Airport attack
Airplane sabotage
Attacks on Bldgs. (hit
Bombings
TOTALS
INCIDENCE OF TERRORIST ESCAPES
1976
NUMBER OF INCIDENTS
NUMBER OF INCIDENTS IN
WHICH PERPETRATORS CAUGHT
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7
13
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87
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19
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Carlos in Libya
Numerous rumors have been circulating since the third
week of December 1976 among the various states of the Persian
Gulf concerning the presence of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, alias
Carlos, and his alleged plans for a major terrorist act in a
gulf state. Probably inspired by the December session of
OPEC in Doha and the fact that Carlos perpetrated his most
spectacular terrorist operation at the previous year's OPEC
session, these rumors are most likely without foundation.
Since his now notorious visit to Belgrade and Baghdad in
September 1976, Carlos has been in Baghdad and may have
also vicited Aden before cominQ to Libya in late November
1976.
Search for Niehous Continues
There were reports in the Venezuelan press last week
that kidnaped U.S. businessman William Niehous had been
killed and his body buried in a rugged area outside of
Caracas. According to these accounts, the Venezuelan
police, acting on anonymous telephone tips, conducted an
extensive search but were unable to find any trace of
Niehous,who has been held captive since 27 February 1976.
The U.S. embassy in Caracas reports that although the gov-
ernment, in fact, conducted searches for Niehous most of
the press accounts are exaggerated or tenuous.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date:
Place:
6 January 1977
Austria, Vienna
Office of British Council
Firebombed in Vienna
A firebomb exploded in the
Vienna offices of the British
Council, a non-government
cultural society, on 6 Janu-
ary causing minor damage. A
group calling itself the
"Anti-Fascist Movement"
claimed responsibility and
said the attack was carried
out on behalf of the IRA.
An unexploded firebomb was
discovered outside the South
African embassy on 11 Janu-
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
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the threats listed are con-
siderea sufficiently plausible to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
** Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
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Target:
Oil tankers en
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An unidentified anti-Castro
Cuban exile group in Miami
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Place:
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The exiles are
reportedly outfitting a
small fleet of gunboats
to attack ships of any
nationality on the high
seas beyond the 12-mile
territorial limits of the
U.S. (See the 4 January
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Director of the Office for Combatting
Terrorism (M/CT)
Department of State
Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
Negotiations and Arms Control
International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
Mr. James F. Bane
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
Articles:
25 January 1977
Mexico: 23rd of September League Killings (Page 1)
Notes:
Businessmen in Taipei Receive Threat Letters (Page 3)
Presiding Judge Removed from Baader-Meinhof Trial
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TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
V. Far East
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Mexico: 23rd of September League Killings
A visiting American businessman and a Mexican associate
were killed last week in Mexico City by members of the 23rd
of September League, according to the local press. The
slain American, Mitchell Andreski, president of the Duraflex
Corporation of Hartford, Connecticut, was inspecting a
building site while a group of people nearby were handing
out communist propaganda. Andreski reportedly ignored the
group's anti-American insults and was shot when he began to
walk away. The League takes its name from the date of a
shootout between student activists and army troops which
occurred in the state of Chihuahua about twelve years ago.
During the same week, five policemen and a civilian were
killed in two separate incidents while members of the League
were robbing stores in the capital area. The eight slayings
suggest that the League is increasingly willing to use
murder as a terrorist tactic. (See the issue of 18 January
for other recent activities of the League.)
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Businessmen in Taipei Receive Threat Letters
American, Chinese and Japanese businessmen in Taipei
have received threat letters from a heretofore unknown group
calling itself The Taiwan People Liberation Front. The
letters demand that all foreign capitalists leave Taiwan by
the end of June 1977 or be prepared to suffer the conse-
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Presiding Judge Removed from Baader-Meinhof Trial
Presiding Judge Prinzing was removed from the Baader-
Meinhof trial on 20 January, following a defense motion that
he be replaced because of prejudice. When the 20-month old
trial resumed following the Christmas recess, it became
known that Judge Prinzing had passed information about the
trial to another judge, Albrecht Mayer, who in turn had
passed it to a newspaper editor. Following this disclosure,
Mayer was transferred from the court which would have heard
any future appeal of the present Baader-Meinhof trial and was
assigned to the traffic court. While the material Mayer
passed to the newspaper editor has not yet been determined
to have been confidential, his transfer represented a victory
for the defense attorneys. They thereupon successfully
pressed for Prinzing's removal on the grounds that he had
maintained a dubious relationship with Mayer and that he had
made injudicious remarks to journalists. Prinzing was
succeeded by one of the three associate judges on the case.
The defendants in the trial are Andreas Baader, Gudrun
Ensslin and Jan Carl Raspe, for whom the prosecution has
demanded life sentences for their responsibility for explo-
sions at U.S. facilities in Frankfurt and Heidelberg in
which four persons died. The other major defendant, Ulrike
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Meinhof, committed suicide in prison in May 1976, a year
after the trial opened. The removal of Prinzing has raised
speculation that the defense may successfully move for dis-
missal on the grounds that the entire trial has been handled
in a prejudicial manner.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
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Date: 20 January 1977 U.S. Businessman and Mexican
Associate Killed in Mexico City
Place: Mexico, Mexico City Duraflex Corporation President
Mitchell Andreski and a Mexican
associate were shot and killed
in a Mexico City suburb while
inspecting a construction site
in an area where a group of
Mexicans were distributing
communist propaganda litera-
ture. Members of the group
killed the two men and wounded
two other persons. The attackers
are said to be 23rd of September
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Date: 22 January 1977 Parcel Bomb Kills Rhodesian
Nationalist
Place: Zambia, Lusaka Jason Moyo, a black Rhodesian
nationalist official, was
killed in Lusaka, Zambia when
a bomb detonated in a parcel
he was opening. Four other
persons were wounded in the
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
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Tab B includes all reasonably credible reports of planned
terrorist activity.
the threats listed are con-
sidered sufficiently plausible to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
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Indicates a new threat reported for the Cirst time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
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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
Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of European Affairs
*United States Mission to the United Nations, Legal
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 the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Political
Military Section
Defense Intelligence Agency
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DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
*Department of Justice
Criminal Division
Civil Disturbance Unit
*Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
*Department of the Treasury
Office of the Secretary
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
*National Security Council
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*Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
Branch
Department of Commerce, Office of Investigations and
Security
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
*Central Intelligence Agency
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