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in a police roundup in June 1984. Currently about 20 members are at large and using the name Armed Revolutirnir Faction, but they have not carried out any attacks since the fall of 1986.11(b)(3)

FP-25 leaders and key members are being tried by a panel of three judges. The trial must be concluded by 19 June, because Portuguese law forbids holding a prisoner longer than three years without sentencing. The prosecution has asked for the maximum 20-year sentence for popular folk hero Otelo Sarvaiva de Carvalho and 10 other alleged organizers of the terrorist network. Some members may receive stiff sentences, but the case against others is weaker. (b)(3)

Spain

Death of Basque Fatberland and Liberty Leader The accidental death of ETA-M leader Domingo Iturbe Abasolo, known as “'Txomin,” on 27 February in Algeria may create a leadership vacuum. Txomin was expelled from France last summer and sought asylum in Algeria. He reportedly continued to influence the group, and police estimate that 45,000 Basques marcher in Tromin's funeral procession, evidence of his popularity in the Basque region, (b)(3)

Txomin's death is likely to exacerbate internal conflicts because he was able to mediate between hardline and moderate factions within ETA-M. ETA-M will be hard pressed to replace. Txomin because other would-be leaders are in prison or exile. No one in ETA-M's current leadership cadre reportedly has the stature and qualifications to take effective control of the group. In addition, France's policy of expelling ETA-M members has eroded the group's support base and reduced its ability to recruit new members (b)(3)

Middle East

Lebanon

Assassin of French Attache Arrested Lebanese authorities announced on 27 February that Mohamed Hassan Tulays, a recently arrested car bomber, had confessed to the assassination of France's military attache in East Beirut on 18 September 1986. Tulays further admitted his membership in Hizballah, which he said was responsible for other attacks in Lebanon, including: • A car bombing on 21 January 1986 in Furn al-Shabek. • The assassination attempt on 7 January 1987 against former President Camille

Chamoun. • A car bombing on 30 January in Al-Zalqah. • An attempted truck bombing in early February in Al-Dawrah. • An attempt on 6 February to park a bomb-laden car in Hazmiyah, East Beirut,

that resulted in his arrest. The Tulays family also may be connected with the kidnaping in mid-February of

Maronite politician Jean Ubayd, a senior adviser to Lebanese President Gemayel. (b)(3)

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