Colombia: Terrorists bomb offices of National Tax Administration in Bogota, causing one injury but little damage. The terrorists probably are taking advantage of popular dissatisfaction with the country's recent tax reform law, believed by many to discriminate in favor of the upper classes.
(b)(3)
28 January
West Bank: Package bomb dismantled; intended for Mayor Froii of Bethlehem. Two Sunni Muslim suspects have been arrested.
(b)(3)
30 January
Gaza: Israeli border police fire on young Gazan demonstrators. Three youths were injured, one 14-year-old died from his wounds. (b)(3)
Late January
Turkey: Diyarbakir court tries 28 Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) members for attacks in Uludere. The military prosecutor has demanded the death penalty for one of the accused. The suspect may have been involved in the PKK attack that provoked a Turkish air raid on PKK camps in Iraq last August. The prosecutor requested four years' imprisonment for each of the remaining 27 defendants. (b)(3)
1 February
Israel: Bomb explodes on Israeli bus traveling from Haifa to Jerusalem. Nine persons were injured, one seriously
(b)(3)
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