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passengers. Shirosal(b)(3) ne

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(b)(3) foreign installations or individuals to foment

incarcerated in Japanese prisons in exchange for the A few days later a bomb exploded in the Central pne of the six released. Telegraph Office in downtown Colombo, killing at

least 11 persons and wounding some 100 others.

Police sources believe the bomb consisted of 10 Antigovernment Activity in the Philippines

pounds of gelignite, which exploded near a crowded Insurgents in the Philippines continued to engage in public area inside the building, causing parts of two terrorism to embarrass the Aquino government and floors to collapse into the employees' canteen in the win support for their causes. Communist rebels basement. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam expanded their control over the countryside during the (LTTE)-the most powerfUL and hardline insurgent year. The New People's Army (NPA) of the

group—most likely were respins for both terrorist Communist Party of the Philippines regularly

attacks. attacked government targets, conducted assassinations and kidnapings, and extorted funds These bombings occurred just after an Indian during 1986. The NPA generally avoided attacks Government delegation had arrived in Colombo to against US and other foreign facilities, but in March explore ways of restarting stalled talks on Tamil NPA guerrillas in Kalinga-Apayo Province held nine grievances. We believe the attacks were intended to US servicemen for more than 24 hours. The

embarrass the government, provoke violence in the Americans, who accidentally entered NPA territory, capital, and torpedo the Indian-brokered peace talks were interrogated and then released unharmed. In the between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil coming year the ability to contain the threat from the insurgents. Major Tamil groups in the future left will depend on President Aquino's development of probably will continue their attacks against Sinhalese a coherent counterinsurgency program and her, hilito civilians, economic installations, and may target to deal with the senior military command

instability and force govinvolt concessions on Tamil The Muslim insurgency heated up slightly in 1986;

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autonomy] most attacks were conducted against traditional police, army, and local political targets. In June and India's Sikb Cauldron Still Boiling July the Moro National Liberation Front—the largest Sikh militants proved throughout the year that they faction in the insurgency-kidnaped an American intend to pursue terrorism to press their case for an missionary, a Filipino-American child, 10 Filipino independent state. Militants continued to target nuns, and a Swiss businessman and his local female Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, other Sikh moderates, companion. Ransom was paid;

Hindus, and government security forces. When were released unharmed.

approximately 600 Sikh extremists occupied the

Golden Temple in Amritsar early in the year, the The Tamlls in Sri Lanka

Punjab state government successfully assaulted the Two spectacular attacks during 1986 represented a Temple and drove them out. Extremists staged a new level of violence for Sri Lanka. In early May a machinegun attack in a crowded market in May as bomb blew the tail off an Air Lanka passenger jet well as two vicious bus hijackings in July and preparing to take off from Colombo for the Maldives, November that ended with the murders of all the killing 16 persons and injuring 41 others. In our Hindu passengers. In October a Sikh gunman tried to judgment the bomb exploded prematurely. It

assassinate Prime Minister Gandhi during his visit to probably was intended to go off shortly after takeoff, the grave of Mahatma Gandhi. Six persons, including while the plane was over Sri Lankan territory, in two members of the Prime Minister's party were order to cause maximum casualties. If the plane had slightly

wounded, but Gandhi was unscathed. been airborne when the bomb went off as many as

(b)(3) 150 persons could have been killed. (b)(3)

(b)(3) Tal cases and all

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