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jerusalem, west bank. palestinian prisoners' day.
tunisia.azir {abuumber-two man in plo, assassinated.
syria. independence day.1
cuba. air defense day. commemorates air force success acainst 3AY of pigs invaders.
liberation day. kkmefictory.
jewish world. first day of passover.9
ireland. inauguration of republic.
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PANAMA, UNITED STATES. US SATITlCATION OF PANAMA CANAt. THEATY.0
ZIMBABWE, INDFrPRNDF-NCE DAY.0
NAMIBIA. FOUNDING OF SOUTH-WEST AFRICA PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION (SWAPOl.
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SOUTH KOREA. LTJRES7 TRIGGEREDTUDENT JPRJSIHG FORCED PRESIDENT SYKGHAN RHEE TC RESIGN AND LEAVE COUWTRY. USUALLY COMMEMORATED BY STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS.
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STFRRA LEONE. PROCLAMATION OF REPUBLIC.3
COLOMBIA. POPULIST GROUP NATIONAL POPULAR ALLIANCE EXTREMISTSH OF APRIL MOVEMENT
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GREECE. NATIONAL RESISTANCE DAY. ANNIVERSARY OF MILITARY COUP.
ARMENIAN::. NATIONAL DAY OF SORROW. COMMEMORATES TURKISH MASSACRE.4
PORTUGAL. REVOLUTION DAY; LIBERATION DAY. CELEBRATES MILITARY COUP THAT OVERTHREW RIGHTIST GOVERNMENT AND PAVES KAY FOR DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTEO GOVERNMENT. LEFTWIHG TERRORIST GROUP POPTLAR FORCES OFPXIL TAKES ITS NAME FROM THIS DATE.
EGYPT, ISRAEL. SINAI DAY. MEMOHATE3 ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL.PRIL
AUSTRIA. SECOND REPUBLIC ESTABLISHED,
C
TOGO. EPENDENCE DAY.
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sierra leone. independence day.
afghanistan. conservative daood regime ousted by leftwing coup.?
iraq. saddam hus.
dominican republic. us kilitary intervention.
colombia. death9 leader jaime bateman in plane crash.
colombia. founding of people's liberation army96
india. sikh militants declare independent republic of khalistan at golden temple ih amritsar; militants expelled tp.ck temple hex." l'ay .
3. chronology of TERRORISM
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are described selected noteworthy foreignnt "rnat 1cnal eventsr the SI OF terrorist
tactics. these events have occurred op come to light since our last issue. in some cases, the "EHl'etkatoks ah" the ik motivations kay not
:hat have already scr
elsewhere in this publication are not included.| "- |
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ecember
united kingdom; bombs explode near clapham junction on britain's
busiest railway lines after authorities receive warning calls. | j
france: the front for the national liberation of corsica (flncj bombs four educational and financial insms in marseilles.
nqvskber) is suspected.
greece: five armed menuburban post office tn the aegai.io area of athens. the revolutionary organization
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YUGOSLAVIA: AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AHd RIFLE GRENADES ARE "IREDPRESIDENT TODJMAN'S CAR AS I? TRAVELS THROUGH BELGRADEMOTORCADE.
NORTHERN IRELAND: PROVISIONAL IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY (PISA)AMAGE STORES IN BELFAST AND COLERAINE. | |
NORTHERN IP-LAND: M3 DF. rOli" AT HP IN THE CENTER Of" RKI.FAST.
SPAIN: AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DETONATES AT THE DOOR OF THEusTJiO'JSi- damage. :erra
LLIUPE CLAIMEDLITY.
A BOMB (
|IS FOUND AND DISAWF.r
A COORTHCUSF IK GI RON A. TERRA'.tPE CLAIMED CREDIT.
R EP
OLICE OFFICER IS KILLED BY TURKISH WORKERS AND' '"ISTANBUL,
TURKEY: ONE TERRORIST IS KILLED AMD ANOTHER WOUNDEDLASHGENDARMERIE UNIT IN SILVAN.
ECEMBER
NORTHERN IRELAND: REPUBLICAN IRISH NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY KILLF. SON OF A H IH COCN "' TYRONE.
At- IRISH PECP LES LI3ERATIOH H (ii'IOl
TERRORIST .KILLS TWC AND INJURES THREE U3 IN SOUTH BELFAST.
northern ireland: the ulster freedom fighters (off) kill twothree in separate attacks in socth belfast.
ecember
portugal: president mario soares has reducedof seven
members of the disbanded terrorist groupofpril
, reeui.tikc ik thf.i? release -row
apesairport as bus carryin i
soviet jewish emigres passes nearby. seriously injuring two policemen escorting the bus.( i
switzerland:officials akkest an unnamed iranian official
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OUrsiDE IRAN'S EMBASSY IN BERN IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDERIRANIAN PRIME MINISTER SHAPOUP BAKHTIAR.
CFPMAMY: SEVERAL KOLOTOV COCKTAILS ARE THROW! ON THE CHEMISES OFSOCIETY IN BERLIN.
?b DECEMBER
TURKEY: KURDISH WORKER'S PARTY (PKK> TERRORISTSTORE KILLING 11
URKISH AIRLINE OFFICE IS DAMAGED IN ONE OF SEVERAL DEV SOI BOMBINGS IN AND ABOUND ISTANBUL- I I
ECEMBER
TURKEY: PKK TERRORISTSURKISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION SETTING THE WELL AND FOUR VEHICLES ON FIRE IN
SPAIN: TWO EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ARE LOCATED AND DEACTIVATED ON THE RAILWAY LINE CONNECTING MADRID WITH SEVILLA AT THE TOWNRA DEL RIO CAPPROX. THE BASQUE FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY (ETA) IS SUSPECTED.
SPAIN: MALL EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DETONATES ON AN OUTER WALL SURROUNDING THE HOTEL ALFONSO Xlll IN SEVILLA, CAUSING MATERIAL DAMAGE- ETA IS SUSPECTED. [ j
ECEMBER
SPAIN: AUTHORITIES DEACTIVATE AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE PLACEDRANCH OF THE BANK OF EUROPE IN THE CENTER
ECEMBER
TURKEY: EW GROUP, PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FORCES, BOMBS
HOTEL IN ISTANBULAN, AND THE At.*KARA OFriCE
A TURKISH DAILY NEWSPAPER, ECOND MAN.
SI'AIN: TWO SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS MANAGE TO STEAL bCCLATE IMPRINTING MACHINE. THE SUSPECTS ALIEGEDLYTO THE PLATES BY IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES AS POLICEMEN, PRETEXT OF CONDUCTING AN INSPECTION OF THE PLATES.
31 DECEMBER
NORTHERN IRELAND; SEVERAL PERSONS ARE INJURED AND SEVERAL STORES DAMAGEDERIES OF BOMBING ATTACKS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN IRELAND.
ANUARY
SOUTHERN IRELAND: THE ULSTER VOLUNTEER FORCE (UVF1ATHOLIC MAN AND INJURESYEAR-OLD UNCLEYEAR-OLD
GIB!. IH AN ATTACK IN COUNTY TYRONE.
4 JANUARY
ENDARME MAJORERRORIST ARE KILLEDLASHDISTRICT.
ew group, action frost nationalistic netherlands,
rut dutch immigration office in the hacue.
GERMANY: THE HANSEATIc HIGHER REGIONAL COURT GRANTS RED ARMYRAD MEMBER, IIOLGER DLIKE, PAROL* ITtOK IMPRISONMENT ON FOLLOWING HIS TWO YEARS in CUSTODY-
s january
NORTHERN IRELAND: IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, PIPA BOMBS INJUREAND DAMAGE SEVERAL BUILDINGS IK AND AROUND BELFAST. I
3 COMPOSED OF PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES DESTROYSAIL LINE NEAR THE TOWN OF SURBO,
HRINDTSI. CLAIMS FOR THE DOMDI Nit HERE MADE BY THE ARMED FALANGERED BRIGADES TERRORIST GROUPS.
6 JANUARY
NORTHERN IRELAND:OD-POUKD PIRA BOMB, PLACED INSIDEFTICE VAN, EXPLODES OUTSIDE THE HFADOLARTEPS OF THEPOLICE AUTHORITY IN BELFAST.
IRELAND: PIRA MEMBERS ROR THE CASH HOLDING CENTER OF THE BANK IN NATERFORD, IRELAND. STEALING THE LARGEST AMOUNT EVER TAKEN IN AN IPTSH BANK ROBBERY.
SPAIN: AUTHORITIES ARREST THREE ALLEGED ETA DONOSTI COMMANDOSAN SEBASTIAN.
B JANUARY
SPAIN: ONE SPANISH AIR FORCE OFFICER IS SHOT AND KILLED, AND TWO ARE WOUNDEDwo GUNMEN IN DOWNTOWN BARCELONA. THE BASOUE FATHERLAND
january
SECRB^
Pago 6
UNITEDIRA BOMB DETONATES IN THE WHITEHALL AREA NEAP
STREET IN LONDON, f ]
NORTHERN IRELAND: BS DAMAGE SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN
TURKEY: PKK MEMBERS KIDNAP AND EXECUTE FOUR VILLAGE GUAHUS
Y'JGOISAVIA: TKC BOMBS ARE TOSSEDASSING CAR IN IN LCZNICA INJURING FIVE PEOPLE.
ANUARY
TURKEY: TERRORISTS SHOOT ANDNIVERSITY STUDENT
NORTHERN IRELAND: TERRORISTS ATTEMPTING TOAR THROW A
BRICK through THE WINDOW, STRIKING ANDAN IN NORTH BELFAST. "
GREECE: TWO LOW-YIELD EXPLOSIVE DEVICES DETONATE. SIMULTANEOUSLYENTPYWAYS OF TWO GERMAN ELECTRONICS COMPANIES INREVOLT CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE. ATTACK.
U JANUARY
PANISH NATIONAL POLICEMAN IS SHOT AND KILLED BY TWOBILBAO, VIZCAYA. A IS SUSPECTED.
MIDDLE EAST
ANUARY
ARGE BOMB EXPLODES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON. CAUSING
WEST BANK: ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK AN ISRAELI BOS AMAt.LAH.
LEBANON: TWO UNKNOWN GUNMEN ASSASSINATE LEBANESE AUTHORA. I
ANUARY
OMB EXPLODESOLICE STATION IN ALGIERS, CAUSING
egypt: police arrest engineers. [-
anuary
five extremists for
two survey
BANK: masked men kill four alleged collaborators IN the
anuary
west bank: policeuspect hurt in an explosion atsite in hebron.
latin america
IirrMiiKK
co:.omb:a: four national liberation army memrers diedailed
attempt to attack the rarranquilla air force bass. the four were fleeing mhrk one gf their explosive devices acc1 df-nt.vv detonated, destroyinj the car in which thfy were riding, f |
5 january
perl': senders luminosoerrorists execute ainformer byilograms of dynamite tothen detonating the charge.
peru: sixteen sendero luminoso members escape from santiago de the terrorists. along with jailed ex-prison director escafedmeter tunnel.
9 JANUARY
omb explodes on the fourth floor of the planningno injuries were reported.
anuary
CHILEl AUTHORITIES ARREST BERNARDO ACEVEDOOP LAUTARO YOUTH MOVEMENT (MJL) LEADER. '
peru: tupac amaru revolutionary movement imrta) terrorists bombembassy, woundiks five policemen. the attack wasa border-dispute settling trip to ecuador by
colombia: the national liberation army (elm) attacked the cako-
limon-covenas pipelihf near pailitas. more than0 barrelswere spilledesult-
anuary
peru: community organizer and urban patrol leader ernesto iopez de
ANUARY
HILD IS INJUREDOBBERY OF THE CREDIT AND INVESTMENT BANK IN VALDIVIA. THE KJL CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY.
PANAMA: POLICEIME BOMB FOUND IN THE BASEMENT OF AIN EL DARADO.
PERU: THE HUANCAYO REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FISHERIESHIS BODYGUARD ARE KILLED RY SL MEMBERS.
PERU: SL TERRORISTS KILL FIVE MEMBERS OF AN AYACUCHO FAMILY ANDWHO TRIED TO PROTECT THEM.
PERU: SL TERRORISTS BCMB THE POLICE AND DEPUTY PREFECT'S OFFICESCITY OF BARRANCAS. ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE ATTACK, CARRIED OUT WITH AN EXPLOSIVE PLACEDICKUP TRUCK, f
ANUARY
COLOMBIA: MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES KIDNAPEOPLE THEY BELIEVE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CALOTC massacre. IN WHILENDIANS WERE KILLED. NINE CF THOSE ABDUCTED WERE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND DEAD. '
22 JANUARY
ANUARY
colombia: citizen mining enginekr is
the town agre.
antioi-ia department. he was released unharmed omanuary.
COLOMBIA: ELN MEMBERS DYNAMITE-PIPELINE.
COLOMBIA: SIMON BOLIVAR GUERRILLA COORDINATINGBOARD MEMBERS BLOW3ARRANCA3ERMEJA-3UCARAMRNGA OIL PIPELINE.
PANAMA: UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS THROW AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE AT THE PANAMA AMERICA PUBLISHING HOUSE, CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
CHILE: EXPLOSIVE DEVICES CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO MORMON CHAPELS INNORMAL AND LA FLORIDA DISTRICTS OF SANTIAGO.
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COLOMBIA: THE MAYOR AMD REHABILITATION COORDINATORITI, BOLIVAR. ARE ABDUCTED BY NATIONAL COORDINATING BOARD GUERRILLAS.
SOOTH/EASTANUARY
PHILIPPINES: AUTHORITIES IN SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, CAPTUREPARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES LEADER SOUGHT IN CONNECTIONASSASSINATION, SINCEF AT LEASTROVINCIALAND POLICEMEN.
SRI LANKA: LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) MILITANTSAMIL CIVILIAN IN EASTERN BATTICALOA DISTRICT.
JANUARY
SRI LANKA: AUTHORITIES DISCOVER FOUR BULLET-RIDDLED BODIES, BELIEVEI TO HAVE BEEN TAMIL FISHERMEN, AT WAKANERI IN BATTICALOA DISTRICT.
INDIA: UNIDENTIFIED MIL.TANTS SHOOT ANDILLAGE HEADMANDISTRICT,
JAPAN: AN INCENDIARY DEVICE IS DISCOVERED IN THE HALLWAY Of AN APARTMENT BUILDING AT THE US EMBASSY HOUSING COMPOUND IN TOKYO.
9 JANUARY
PAKISTAN: UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS SHOOT AND KILL AN AFGHAN EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED NATION'S SALAH MINE AWARENESS PROGRAM OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN PESHAWAR. MEMBERS OF THE LATE JAMIL OR REHMAN'S AHLE HADITH GROUP ARE SUSPECTED.|
ANUARY
AUSTRALIA: UNIIKD INDIVIDUALSQLQTOV COCKTAIL AT THE BUILDING HOUSING THE US CONSULATE IN BRISBANE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE-
ANUARY
PHILIPPINES: THREE ARMEDA US BUSINESSMAN AS HE ARRIVES
AT "IS OFFICE MAKAT1 DISTRICT OF KANA.
XPLODESNSY SA7.AAR IN SAKANA TOWN,PUNJAB, KILLING SIX PERSONS AND
IS JANUARY
OMB EXPLODES PR-MATURELYOMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN CENTRAL RAWALPINDI, KILLING THE PAKISTANI NATIONAL CARRYING IT AND
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philippines: new people's army rebelsassengerbarangay ligao, albay province, killing threeone civilian.
anuary
india: punjabi militantsus carrying supporters ofbharatiya janata party, killing at least teree passengers.was part of an anti-separatist motorcade travelingik agar, in predominantly muslim jamm'j amd kashmir state.
24 january
india:omb explodes in the office of the regional policeeeting on security for the hindukilling one person and injuring at least seven. :an .: f onsibls.
anuary
sri lanka:andmine explodesus in amparai eight civilians andne airman was killedwounded by ltte militantsn air force patrol rushed.
2c january
cambodia: an unidentified gunmanassing motorcycle shootsa prominent opposition political activist driving his car penh .
anuary
omb explodesus in new delhi, killing oneinjuring at.
anuary
sri lanka: bombs rigged to two bicycles exploderowdedthe muslim township of karthankudy, killing two personseight. the ltte is believed responsible.
africa
1 january
southetrol bomb explosion destroys the hoke of an
african national congress lancj member in sebokeng towns. i
south africa: two policemen are shot and killed in the east rand township. two men have been arrested in connection with the deaths.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SIX BOMBS EXPLODE, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AT THR LOWVELD HIGH SCHOOL, HHICHIXED-RACE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
en ;
; JANUARY
SOUTH AFRICA: GRENADES ARE THROWN INTO TWO HOSTELS INCAUSING SOME DAMAGE. ANC SUPPORTERS ARE ACCUSED OF
SOUTH AFRICA: TWO EXPLOSIONS CAUSE DAMAGEARM SCHOOL AT
SOUTH AFRICA: POWERFUL BOMBS EXPLODE AT THE TWO POST OFFICES IN KRUSERSND IN VERW0ERD3URG, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. | |
2 JANUARY
ETHIOPIA:iANDGRENADE EXPLODES ON THE AMERICAN EMBASSYA SHED AND WATER HEATER.
ANUARY
SOUTH AFRICA: POLICE ARREST EIGHT SUSPECTED RIGIITWINGOF ThE BOER COMMANDO.
, ; JANUARY
SOUTH AFRICA: AN AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS IANC) MEMBER IS KILLEDHANDGRENADE EXPLOSION INUSPECT AND FIVEINJURED IN THE ATTACK.
SOUTH AFRICA: BOMBS DETONATE AT PAN-AFRICANIST CONGRESS (PAC)OFFICE IN PRETORIA, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
MOZAMBIQUE: RENAMO REBELSILLAGE IN MAPUTO, KILLING
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