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Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Faction (LARF), and a grenade and machinegun attack in August against the Jo Goiden- berg restaurant and a nearby synagogue. The latter killed six persons (including two Americans} and injured 27 (including two Americans) . In Greece, the Revolutionary People’s Struggle (ELA) continued its campaign to eliminate US presence there by carrying out bombing attacks against US military and commercial facilities and on vehicles belonging to US service personnel. ELA acknowledged responsibility for the deto- nation in June 1982 of five explosive de- vices in Athens in protest of the visit of US Gen. Bernard Rogers, the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. In Northern ireland the militance of the Provisional irish Republican Army (PIRA) and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) is well known, although these or- ganizations do not limit their operations to Northern Ireland. In 1982, for example, PIRA claimed credit for setting off bombs in two London parks on 20 July. The first exploded in an automobile as a detach- ment of the Queen’s household cavalry passed by; the other detonated under a bandstand occupied by a British military band, Together the explosions killed 11 people and injured many more. In Western Europe —indeed, in most parts of the world—there are many more do- mestic terrorist incidents than international incidents each year. Groups involved in international terrorism such as the RZ in West Germany and the BR in Italy also commit numerous domestic acts for each one involving foreigners. Other groups en- gage almost exclusively in domestic terror- ism. in Spain, for example, terrorists asso- ciated with the Marxist-Leninist separatist movement, Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA). for years have directed a cam- paign of violence against Spanish Govern- ment personnel and moderate Basques. In France, authorities have their hands full with the militant separatist movement, the National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (FLNC) . Latin America. In 1982 we recorded 172 international terrorist incidents in Latin Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R000100330001-5 SPECIAL EDITION -- TERRORISM No.899-20 -- 26 JUNE 1984 America, the second-highest figure tor this region during the past 10 years. In Central America the number 7emained roughly the same as in 1981, while in South: America it increased by more than 16 percent. International terrorism is only part of the story in South America, where terrorist activity is generally rural based and indige- nous, seldom crossing national borders. Among the most active of terrorist groups in 1982 was the Colombian April 19 Move- ment (M-19), an ardently nationalistic group that espouses ‘'scientific socialism.” Although many of its actions fall into the category of domestic terrorism, it has often targeted foreign nationals and facilities, including those of the United States. in March 1982 a grenade and a dynamite bomb were thrown into the Salvadoran Embassy compound by M-19 members claiming solidarity with the leftist Salvador- an Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). In Peru, the Maoist group Sendero Lumin- oso (Shining Path) strives to facilitate the overthrow of the Peruvian Government through an escalating campaign of rural and urban violence, principally directed in 1982 against nonmilitary targets. Numer- Ous attacks against a variety of domestic targets, including government buildings, communications towers, police posts, and Civil Guards, were attributed to the Shining Path in 1982. It also targets foreign facili- ties and was held responsible for an explo- sive attack in July 1982 against the US Embassy in Lima. in Central America, social, economic, and political turmoil, exacerbated by a number of regional concerns, continued to form the backdrop for international and domestic terrorism. In El Salvador and Guatemala, for example, prolonged internal conflict is still characterized by terrorism conducted by leftist and rightist forces. As a byprod- uct of the Sandinista revolution, Nicaragua has provided safehaven and financial, |o- gistic, and propaganda support to subver- sive elements in El Salvador and Honduras that conduct terrorist acts as part of their repertoire. Approved For Release 2000/08/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788R000100330001-5 WORLD :0T2 Page 7