ZIMBABWE: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HARARE 012655





STATE FOR S/CT - REAP AND AF/S

LONDON FOR MCKINLEY



E.O. 12356: N/A

TAGS: PTER, KPRP, PINS, ZI

SUBJ: ZIMBABWE: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT



REF: A. STATE 338430 (NOTAL),B. HARARE 5889 (NOTAL),

C. HARARE 5768 (NOTAL),D. 91 HARARE 10989 (NOTAL



1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS KEYED TO REF A:





A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM

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2. THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR

DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 1992. ONLY TWO TERRORIST

INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN 1992--THE MAY 24 BOMBING OF A

BULAWAYO HOUSE USED BY THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

(ANC) IN WHICH NO ONE WAS INJURED (REP C) AND A

CROSS-BORDER RAID BY THE MOZAMBICAN NATIONAL RESISTANCE

(MNR OR RENAMO) THAT SAME MONTH IN WHICH A NUMBER OF

ZIMBABWEANS WERE ASSAULTED (REP B).





B. EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS

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3. ZIMBABWE NEITHER EXTRADITED NOR REQUESTED EXTRADITION

OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOR PROSECUTION.





C. SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO PROSECUTION AND EXTRADITI

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4. THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO PROSECUTION

OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. HOWEVER, ZIMBABWE DOES NOT

HAVE EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH MOST NON-COMMONWEALTH

COUNTRIES.





D. RESPONSE TO TERRORISM

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5. ZIMBABWEAN OFFICIALS DID NOT MAKE ANY PUBLIC

STATEMENTS ABOUT TERRORISM IN 1992. THE JULY 20, 1991,

BOMBING OF THE HARARE SHERATON HOTEL AND THE MAY 24

BOMBING REMAIN UNSOLVED. FOUR SOUTH AFRICAN AGENTS

CONVICTED OF TERRORIST ACTS IN THE 1980'S REMAIN ON

DEATH ROW.





E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS

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6. IN ADDITION TO DEPLOYING UNIFORMED POLICE OUTSIDE TH

U.S. EMBASSY, ZIMBABWE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A

SIGNIFICANT MILITARY AND POLICE PRESENCE ALONG THE

MOZAMBICAN BORDER TO DETER INCURSIONS BY RENAMO.





F. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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7. ZIMBABWE HAS FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA,

IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, AND THE SO-CALLED "STAT

OF PALESTINE." ALL MAINTAIN EMBASSIES IN HARARE, AND

THE PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION'S (PLO'S)

REPRESENTATIVE IS THE DEAN OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. IN

INTERNATIONAL FORA ZIMBABWE HAS CONDEMNED TERRORISM IN

GENERAL.





G. SUPPORT OF TERRORIST SUPPORTING COUNTRIES

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8. ZIMBABWE HAS NOT MADE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN

SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORIS

ISSUE.





H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM

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9. THERE HAS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE'S

ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM IN 1992. RELATIONS WITH CUBA

IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA HAVE BEEN COOL, WITH

IRANIAN-ZIMBABWEAN RELATIONS DETERIORATING BECAUSE OF

IRANIAN EFFORTS TO BRING ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM TO

ZIMBABWE.





I. COMPLIANCE WITH UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON LIBYA

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10. ZIMBABWE HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH UNITED NATIONS

SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON LIBYA. VICE PRESIDENT

JOSHUA NKOMO AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NATHAN

SHAMUYARIRA HAVE VISITED LIBYA, AND TWO LIBYAN MINISTER

HAVE VISITED ZIMBABWE SINCE THE RESOLUTIONS WERE

PASSED. ZIMBABWE HAS NOT EXPELLED ANY LIBYAN DIPLOMATS

ALTHOUGH FIVE LIBYANS, INCLUDING ONE LIBYAN DIPLOMAT,

DEPARTED VOLUNTARILY IN 1992.





LANPHER