TERRORISM REVIEW

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1996

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Chronology of International Terrorism
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-August 1990
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This review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Center. Comments and queries are welcome and mhv be directed to
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Information available as of 18 September 1996 wa used in this
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 The Terrorism Diary for October and Novembe
8 October 1967
10 October 1980
12 October 1965
14 October 1985
23 October 1983
28 October
29 October 1923
29 October 1973
31 October 1984
14 November 1935
Below is a compendium of October and November dates of known or conceivable
significance to terrorists around the world. Our inclusion of a date or event should
not by itself be construed to suggest that we expect or anticipate a commemorative
terrorist event.
Tunisia, Israel, Palestinians. Israeli bombing of PLO headquarters in Tunis.
Israel, Arab World. Arab-Israeli war begins.
Egypt. Armed Forces Day (commemorates war with Israel).
Cuba. Heroic Guerrilla Day (death of Che Guevara in Bolivia).
El Salvador. Founding of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).
Chile. Movement of Revolutionary Left (MIR) founded.
Germany. Revolutionary Cells bomb economic targets to commemorate suicides in
1977 of Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin.
Japan. Beginning of construction of Narita airport (usually marked by 10 days of
demonstrations).
Lebanon. Bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut.
Cyprus. Greek National Day (observed by Greek Cypriot community).
Turkey. Independence Day (proclamation of republic).
Cyprus. Turkish Republic Day (observed by Turkish Cypriot community).
India. Assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards, trig-
gering anti-Sikh riots throughout northern India.
Peru. Founding of Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) and People's
Revolutionary Command (CRP).
Syria. Hafiz al-Asad assumes power.
Saudi Arabia. Bombing in Riyadh of the Office of Personnel Management/Saudi
Arabian National Guard (OPM/SANG).
Jordan. King Hussein's birthday.
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 17 November 1973 Greece. Student uprising at Athens Polytechnic University (terrorist group Revolu-
tionary Organization 17 November takes its name from this incident).
22 November 1943 Lebanon. Independence Day.
29 November 1945 Yugoslavia. Republic Day.
29 November 1947 Palestinians. International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (anniver-
sary of partition).
 Chronology of International Terrorism
The following incidents were considered by the Intelligence Community's Incident
Review Panel since publication of the previous issue of the Terrorism Review and
were determined by the Panel to constitute international terrorism. Such incidents
provide the basis for the State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism, which is
published annually as the US Government's official record of international
terrorism
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India: Islamic separatists killed eight Hindu Nepalese t workers near
Srinagar. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
Japan: An assailant crashed his vehicle into the main gate of the South Korean
Embassy in Tokyo, then set fire to the car with gasoline. He claimed to belong to
Okoku Kensei-to, an obscure rightwing group.FI
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28 July
Europe
responsibility for the attack.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Unidentified assailants threw a grenade at an IPTF
station in Grbavica, causing anunknown amount of damage. No one claimed
claimed responsibility for the attack but Bosnian-Croat extremists are suspected.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: In Livno, a bomb exploded under a truck owned by the
Muslim humanitarian organization Merhamet, destroying the truck. No one
4 July - 30 July Germany: Arsonists attacked Turkish-owned businesses, cultural centers, travel
agencies, religious centers, and a soccer club building, wounding one person
and causing varying amounts of damage. The attacks occurred in Berlin, Bremen,
Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Stuttgart. The Kurdistan Workers'
Party (P the Turkish Communist Party Marxist/Leninist (TKP/ML) are
suspected
12 July Austria: Four Kurdish militants occupied a Reuter news agency office in Vienna
and held two employees hostage for several hours be ore surrendering to author-
ities. The attackers are suspected PKK sympathizers
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23 July
24 July
24 July
after the takeover. PKK involvement is suspected
Netherlands: Twenty-five Kurdish activists took over the top floor restaurant in
the Euromast tower in Rotterdam. The group surrendered to authorities shortly
Spain: A car bomb exploded during morning rush hour in San Sebastian, seri-
ously injuring a Portuguese man. ETA claimed responsibility.n
Switzerland: Unknown assailants hurled Molotov cocktails at a Turkish-owned
travel agency in Basel, causin minor fire damage but no injuries. The PKK or
TKP/ML may be responsible
Germany: Turkish leftists seized a German Social Democratic Party (SPD) office
in Frankfurt, taking four party officials hostage. rI'he activists demanded that the
SPD send a delegation to Turkey to investigate prison conditions for political
detainees. After several hours of negotiations, police units stormed the office and
arrested the Perpetrators. No one claimed responsibility, but authorities suspect
TKP/ML.
25 July Switzerland: Unidentified assailants firebombed a Turkish-owned gas station in
Basel. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
26 July Germany: Armed assailants briefly occupied a Turkish consulate annex office in
Berlin. The attackers tied up four staffers and spray ainted leftist slogans on the
walls before fleeing the scene. TKP/ML is suspected
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18 July
4-5 August
Spain: A parcel bomb exploded at a Citroen car dealership in Calatayud, wound-
ing two workers and causing minor damage to an office. ETA is suspected.
Colombia: Armed men forced an Italian engineer out of his vehicle and took him
hostage in Antioquia Province. The engineer is an employee of an Italian firm that
is constructing a hydroelectric dam in the area. No ransom demand has been made.
Authorities suspect the National Liberation Army (ELN) or the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).F__1
Colombia: Unidentified guerrillas dynamited an oil well in the Cano-Limon
Complex in Arauca
Colombia: Guerrillas dynamited sections of two oil pipelines, one that carries oil
from Ecuador to Colombia and the Transandino pipeline, in a two-day spree.
The second incident triggered a fire that burned out of control for several hours. No
group claimed responsibility for the bombings.)
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Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-August 1996
This description of incidents and situations is not meant to be a detailed
accounting of all domestic terrorist incidents, but rather to provide an overview of
indigenous terrorism worldwide~~
A bomb exploded on 15 August in Barama, Assam, killing a police officer as he
attempted to remove a black flag hoisted by United Liberation Front of Assam
(ULFA) separatists. ULFA had threatened to disrupt India's independence day
celebrations.)
On 18 August unidentified gunmen opened fire on a religious gathering of Shia
Muslims in Vihari, killing seven persons and wounding three others. No one
claimed responsibility for the attack.)
A bomb exploded in a Hindu temple in Batticaloa on 11 August, wounding 33 wor-
shippers and four police officers. Members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) are suspected.F_~
Police bomb technicians detonated a small explosive device found in a hotel court-
yard in Cordoba on 6 August. The Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) claimed
responsibility
from an ETA commando unit.
A bomb exploded in a textile company building in Salvatierra on 15 August, caus-
ing minor damage but no injuries. Two journalists from the pro-Basque newspaper
Egin admitted their involvement in the attack and claimed they acted on orders
Police defused an explosive device found inside a historic church in Santiago de
Compostela on 21 August. No one claimed responsibility, but authorities arrested a
suspected ETA member in connection with the bombing attempt
Authorities deactivated a bomb placed in a garden of a state-owned hotel in Bay-
ona on 23 August. In a telephone call to a local police station, ETA warned officials
and claimed responsibility for the device
pect ETA is responsible for the attack
On 16 August unknown assailants launched two grenades at a Navarre civil guard
barracks building, damaging an outer wall, but causing no injuries. Authorities sus-
Turkey Gunmen opened fire on a police vehicle in the Bahcelievler district of Istanbul on
7 August, wounding a policeman and a civilian. Security forces captured one of the
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 assailants while the remaining gunmen attempted to steal a vehicle. Failing in their
attempt, they shot and wounded the driver before escaping. The Revolutionary
People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKPIC) is suspected,
Gunmen opened fire on the armored personnel carrier escorting the Diyarbakir
governor's vehicle between Hani and Lice on 9 Au ust. There were no casualties.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is suspected
Nine suspected PKK militants attacked the Demiriz train station on 12 August in
Sivas' Kangal township, killing six employees and two citizens. The assailants
appeared to be attempting to set fire to the station, but fled when locals opened fire
Guerrillas launched rockets at the agricultural bank's main office and the sub-gov-
ernor's office in the Baskale, Van area on 19 August, causing major damage but no
injuries. The PKK is suspectedF_
of the PKK, denied responsibilityr~
Militants stopped four vehicles at a roadblock in the Koyulhisar district of Sivas on
19 August, shot three passengers to death, and wounded seven others. The PKK is
suspected; however, the People's Liberation Army:of Kurdistan, the military wing
Several gunmen opened fire on a Beytussebap district police checkpoint on 20
August, killing two olicemen and wounding a third. No one claimed responsibil-
ity for the attack i
Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces o Colombia (FARO); guerrillas killed seven peasants
on 10 Augustin Ipiales
town infirmary.
On 14 August some 80 National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas attacked a town
in Betania, Antioquia Department, injuring two policemen and two civilians and
partially destroying the police headquarters and the Agrarian Fund building
On 4 August some 60 armed Sendero Luminoso ($L) guerrillas seized a town in
Aucayacu for three hours, killing several._civilians,and wounding three policemen.
The terrorists painted SL slogans on homes and public buildings and ransacked the
rebels fled into the jungle with the hostages
On 21 August in Tingo Maria, about 100 SL guerrillas killed a town official's
brother and kidnapped nine persons. The rebels blocked a road and forced travelers
to a nearby village where they gave political speeches. After the speeches the
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 ing five others. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) may be responsible
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Algeria A bomb exploded in a Tipazi market on 23 August, killing five persons and wound-
A bomb exploded in a coffee shop in the Telemly di ict of Algiers on 8 August,
injuring seven persons. The GIA may be responsible
ers. No one claimed responsibility for the attack
On 7 August unidentified gunmen shot and killed two policemen and a civilian
near police headquarters in Abu Qurqas. Al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya is suspected[
A bomb exploded in a government criminal investigation building on 1 August in
Ad Dali'ah, killing two civilians and wounding two others and three police offic-