KAMPALA - 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KAMPALA 04929 FOR: S/CT E.O. 12356: NA TAGS: PTER SUBJECT: KAMPALA - 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: STATE 346420 THE FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS TO PARAGRAPH 5 OF REFTEL: ¶A. THE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED 5 DOMESTIC GROUPS THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE INVOLVED IN TERRORIST OR REBEL ACTIVITY THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVEMENT (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HOLY SPIRIT OF ALICE LAKWENA OR HSM), UNITED DEMOCRATIC CHRISTIAN ARMY (UDCA),NINTH OCTOBER MOVEMENT, UGANDA PEOPLES ARMY (UPA) AND UGANDAN PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT/ARMY (UPDCA). IN FACT THE UPDCA CAME INTO BEING WHEN THE UDCA AND THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVEMENT JOINED TOGETHER. THE UPDCA IS THE PRINCIPAL NORTHERN REBEL GROUP AND IT IS STILL POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVEMENT. THE UPA CARRIES OUT LOW INTENSITY ACTIONS IN EASTERN UGANDA, WHILE THE NINTH OF OCTOBER MOVEMENT WHILE NOT AS ACTIVE AS THE OTHER GROUPS IS STILL MENTIONED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE NEWS MEDIA. A FINAL NOTE, THE RUWENZORURU SEPARATIST GROUP LOCATED IN THE WEST CONTINUES AS THE OLDEST REBEL ORGANIZATION IN UGANDA. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF VIOLENCE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ORGANIZATION. ¶B. NO SUCH INCIDENTS HAVE ARISEN IN UGANDA. - ¶C. THERE ARE NO KNOWN IMPEDIMENTS TO EITHER HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION OR EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, AND THE ABSENCE OF AN EXTRADITION TREATY/AGREEMENT WITH ANY PARTICULAR COUNTRY LIKELY WOULD NOT PREVENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES FROM COMPLYING WITH A THIRD COUNTRY'S REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION OF KNOWN TERRORIST. HOST GOVERNMENT MOST LIKELY WOULD PERSIST HOWEVER IN INSTITUTING LEGAL PROCEDURES AGAINST ANY TERRORIST ACT WITHIN UGANDA, AND ESPECIALLY IF IT RESULTED IN ACTUAL LOSS OF LIFE AND OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY/INSTALLATIONS. ¶D. HOST GOVERNMENT WOULD INVESTIGATE ANY SUCH TERRORIST ACT THAT TOOK PLACE IN COUNTRY. THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY COOPERATE WITH THOSE FOREIGN ENTITIES/MISSIONS WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF SAID ACTS. HOST GOVERNMENT PROBABLY WOULD PROVIDE ANY REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATIONS. ¶E. NOT KNOWN ¶F. POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORISTS: NONE DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT THROUGH RECOGNITION: AT THE PRESENT TIME CUBA, LIBYA, THE PLO AND NORTH KOREA MAINTAIN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN UGANDA. IN DECEMBER OF 1990 GADHAFI AND ARAFAT PAID STATE VISITS TO THE UGANDAN PRESIDENT. MISUSE OF DIPLOMATIC POUCH, ETC.: TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE - NO. SANCTUARY TO TERRORISTS: NONE KNOWN HOST GOVERNMENT TRAINING OR PROVISION OF TRAINING SITES: NONE KNOWN, UNLESS THE MILITARY WING OF THE ANC (UMKHONTO WE SIZWE - MK) IS STILL LISTED AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. POSITIONS TAKEN ON TERRORISM IN THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM: NOT KNOWN. - ¶G. HOST GOVERNMENT HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BROUGHT TO ATTENTION OF LOCAL LIBYAN PEOPLE'S BUREAU (LPB) AND DIRECTLY TO LIBYAN LEADER QADHAFI THAT UGANDA WOULD NOT TOLERATE ANY ACTS OF TERRORISM PERPETRATED BY LIBYA AND WOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS AGAINST LIBYANS INVOLVED IN ANY SUCH ACTS. PRESUMABLY THE HOST GOVERNMENT HAS MADE KNOWN ITS DETERMINATION TO OTHER FOREIGN ENTITIES/SUSPECT MISSIONS IN UGANDA THAT IT WOULD NOT TOLERATE SUCH ACTS. ANY PUBLIC PRONOUNCEMENTS TO THAT EFFECT ARE NOT KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY THIS GOVERNMENT. ¶H. NO CHANGE. REGARDS CARSON