December
France: Hendaye border police hand over suspected Basque Fatherland and Liberty member to Spanish authorities. Jose-Maria Olabarrieta-Olabarrieta, alias “Toxema," was the 26th Spanish Basque expelled by France since July 1986.
(b)(3)
18 December
Guadeloupe: French police arrest suspected terrorist member in Point-a-Pitre. Jean-Charles Laporal is believed to be a member of Affiche Rouge, a branch of the better known Action Directe terrorist group. He is believed to have committed armed rohheries at various branches of the Bank of Lyon in France in 1981 and
1982.7(b)(3)
21 December
Corsica: Fifteen bombs explode in Bastia, damaging houses, apartments, and automobiles but causing no injuries. Another eight bombs were defused or failed to explode. The New Front for the Liberation of Corsica claimed responsibility
(b)(3) for the blasts.
27 December
Corsica: Nine bomb explosions damage various French-owned targets but cause no injuries. No one claimed responsibilitv hut police suspect the National Front for the Liberation of Corsica, (b)(3)
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Iran: Blast destroys weapons depot. Over 500 Iranian Revolutionary(6)(3)'s reported killed. No group has claimed responsibility
January
Jordan: Authorities arrest 11 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Among them was the most senior PFLP member operating in Jordan. Some of the group were charged with “security offenses." (b)(3)
Kuwait: Police arrest 11 suspected in oilfield fires of 19 January. The suspects were in posse(b)(3jf arms and explosives. Five Kuwaiti citizens are still being sought.
Guadeloupe: Radical independence group member receives five-year prison sentence for 1983 police station bombing in Basse-Terre. Leila Cassubie turned herself in to French authorities in October. She is the first fugitive to take
(b)(3) advantage of an amnesty program for Guadeloupean terrorists.
Early January
Turkey: Police arrest five suspected members of a separatist group in Malatya.
Officials believe the five were engaged in (b)(3)iting an illegal organization. They were writing to potential members.
(b)(3)
1 January
Israel: Small bomb explodes at bus stop in Kefar Sava. There were no injuries.
West Bank: Explos prge discovered in Nablus. Police detonated the bomb
(b)(3)" without incident
2 January
Spain: Two bombs explode at Navacerrada ski resort hotel, causing extensive damage but no injuries. Shortly before the blasts, a caller warned of the bombs, claiming responsibility in the name of the Basque Fatherland and Liberty organization
(b)(3).
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