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the jury

The RZ

law, allowing such cases to be heard by a panel of West Germany's other major terrorist organization, judges after over half the jurors sought release from the Revolutionary Cells (RZ), carried out eight

(b)(3) attacks in 1986 in its campaign against Bonn's new restrictions on applicants for political asylum. The Indigenous French Groups group attacked Harald Hollenberg, chief of the West Terrorism by other French groups declined from Berlin Foreigners Registry Office, in October. This previous years. Attacks by separatists of the National marked only the second attack against a government Front for the Liberation of Corsica (FLNC) were official the group has undertaken. The RZ normally down for the fifth year in a row. French rightists attempts to avoid personal injury in its attacks- attacked North African immigrant targets four times, mostly bombings

and we do not believe that the but a leader and three members of one such group Hollenberg attack signals a change in strate(b)(3)

were killed in Toulon later in the year while

transporting a bomb. The anti-Basque Antiterrorist France: Action Directe

Liberation Group (GAL) was much less active last The French group Action Directe (AD)-the other year than in 1985. This rightwing vigilante group component of the Euroterrorist front-continued to

conducted only three attacks, in February 1986, after operate as two subgroups that had split earlier, in part which the French Government began to deport over the issue of cooperating with the RAF. The suspected Basque terrorists, halting the group's "internationalist” wing attempted to assassinate an activities. (b)(3)) industrialist in April and killed the chairman of Renault in November, the latter attack reminiscent of Quiet in Spain Outside the Pyrenees a recent RAF murder. This wing advocates closer Apart from the Basque region, there was little coordination with other European groups-sharing terrorism in Spain in 1986. The Basque separatist weapons, explosives, and possibly lodgings—but is less group Fatherland and Liberty-Military Wing (ETAlik, ban the RAF to attack US and NATO targets. M) remained active. Last year, ETA-M even (b)(3)"

expanded its attacks to French targets in retaliation

for closer French-Spanish police cooperation." The other subgroup—the "domesticalist” wing- Iraultza, the small anti-NATO terrorist group operates independently, bombs unoccupied buildings, composed of radical elements of the extremist Spanish and attacks only French targets, especially those it Basque Communist movement, conducted eight refers to as the “organs of repression." The domestic bombings in 1986, up from four the year before. The wing became more lethal after its leader was arrested group primarily targets American companies in the last March. We believe it was responsible for the Basque region near Bilbao, setting off bombs late at bombing of a police station where a senior officer was night that cause only property damage. The Maoist killed, as well as for the attempted murder of the urban guerrillas First of October Antifascist rightist mayor of Provins and another attempted Resistance Group (GRAPO) remained virtually murder in early 1987. The domestic wing also carried inactive for the second consecutive vear after massive out bombings of firms doing business with South arrests in January 1985. (b)(3) Africa, and may be linked to the “Black War" group that bombed similar targets. AD took responsibility Lull in Portugal for similar bomhins of other South African

Just across the border, the Portuguese terrorist group Popular Forces of 25 April (FP-25) staged only two

businesses. (b)(3)

See the article “Basque Fatherland and Liberty Terrorism in 1986" on page 23.

AD activity also took its toll on the French legal system. An AD terrorist on trial in December forced a postponement when he threatened the judge and jury. The government revised a recent counterterrorism

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