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Overview of Asian Terrorism in 1986(b)(3)

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International terrorism-generally not a major

one American, the hijackers threatened to kill a problem in Asia-heated up in 1986 as the number of passenger every 10 minutes unless they were provided international incidents jumped 50 percent over 1985. a flightcrew and were flown to Cyprus. The deadlines We recorded some 66 incidents in the region last year passed without incident, but when the aircraft lighting as compared with 41 in 1985—still far below the failed, the terrorists opened fire on the passengers. hundreds of incidents that occurred in the Middle The four gunmen, along with a fifth conspirator East and Latin America. Much of the terrorism in arrested later in Islamabad, were taken into Pakistani Asia is domestic rather than international

(b)(3) custody. They have given varying accounts of their

origins and goals. Several groups claimed Pakistan accounted for most of the increase in

responsibility for the hijacking, although we believe international terrorism last year: there were twice as the Abu Nidal Group was responsible ,and Libya many incidents last year as there were in 1985. We probably knew of and provided logistic (b)(3)t to the believe Afghan and Soviet agents terrorizing civilian operation. targets in the North-West Frontier Province accounts for the bulk of the increase in Pakistan. Palestinian Another incident that involved Libya occurred when a terrorists stormed a Pan Am airliner in Karachi last bomb exploded at the Pakistan-Libyan Holding September, killing 22 persons and injuring as many as Company in Karachi last March. The company was 100 others. Most Asian countries did not reflect any founded as a joint venture, allegedly to invest in real increase in international attacks during the year, small- and medium-sized companies. An unidentified and Sikh extremists overseas—who downed an Air man reportedly planted a briefcase that exploded in India 747 jet and killed over 300

1985– the company's reception area. One person was killed were relatively quiet during 1986.

and several others injured in the ensuing fire, which

destroyed most of the first and second floors of the Pakistan: Karachi Heats Up

building. When Pakistani authorities detained a Terrorist attacks sponsored by the Soviet Union and Libyan executive of the company, he admitted to Afghanistan in the Pakistani-Afghan border area being a Libyan intelligence agent and said he bombed accounted for the marked increase in Pakistani

the company to prevent its financial records from terrorism during 1986. These agents—usually

falling into the hands of the local authorities. The KHAD, the Afghan secret police—conducted a

Pakistani Government suspected that the Libyan was terrorist bombing campaign in the North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan to erode Pakistani expelled him support for Afghan insurgents, and to sow dissension between Afghan refugees and Pakistani civilians in Also in Karachi, a series of four bombs exploded in a the area. These attacks were usually bombings and 15-minute period during last July at four separate generally targeted bridges, railways, power

locations, killing a local security guard and wounding transmission lines, shops, restaurants, and hospitals. two other persons. The targets included the cargo We expect such bombings to continue in 1987

office of Pan American Airlines and three offices of

Saudia Airlines. Although no group has claimed The most daring and brutal terrorist attack in Asia credit for the blasts, the police suspect Iranian last year occurred in September, when four armed Palestinian gunmen stormed a Pan Am aircraft in Karachi. The attack eventually left 22 persons dead and nearly 100 others wounded. After initially killing

involved in a plot to undermine F(b)(3)it Zia and

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Secret DI TR 87-003 12 February 1987

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