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The tight security reflects Saudi determination to prevent antigovernment demonstrations or Iranian-inspired terrorist attacks by radical Shias. Potential economic and military targets in the kingdom are heavily concentrated in the oilproducing areas of the Eastern Province. Although there is no evidence of direct Iranian meddling among the Shias there, the growing fervor of young radicals has increased the possibility of antiregime activity. Saudi security forces will quell public demonstrations ruthlessly but would have more difficulty preventing isolated terrorist attacks. (b)(3)

Caribbean

Separatist Violence Linked to Libya, Cuba French Caribbean separatists receiving support from Libya apparently were behind the violence intended to disrupt local elections on 13 March. A police station in Martinique was bombed on 28 February, and molotov cocktails were thrown during two Gaullist political rallies in Guadeloupe, injuring three persons.

(b)(1) (b)(3)

Ecuador

New Terrorist Group May Be AVC Splinter A group calling itself the Montoneros Patria Libre (MPL) (Free Homeland Guerrilla Fighters) on 22 January occupied the Heroes of Independence Monument on the outskirts of Quito, overpowered four guards, and stole their weapons. The MPL called for freedom from US “imperialism,” and sent leaflets to the media explaining why the organization had been created. F(b)(3)

Persistent rumors of internal dissension within the terrorist group Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (AVC) lend credence to the suspicion that the MPL is most likely an AVC

splinter group. Furthermore, the January operation resembled the AVC's Mb)(1).

(b)(3)

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Colombia-Peru-Ecuador

Terrorist Groups Join “America Battalion" Members of the Peruvian Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) and the Ecuadorean Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (AVC) have joined the Colombian M-19's

new insurgent unit—the

Ameri(b){ijtalion!

(b)(3)

M-19's long-term goal is to form the nucleus of a multinational “Bolivarian army" in the Andean region. The M-19 initially enlisted the AVC—with which it has had close operational ties since

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