GHANA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS ACCRA 10316

S/CT FOR REAP

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER GH
SUBJECT: GHANA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: STATE 317207


1. THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA HAS ALWAYS TAKEN A STRONG
STANCE AGAINST TERRORISM. THE GOG HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN SHARING INFORMATION AND IN OTHER
EFFORTS TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. HOWEVER,
GHANA'S PRIENDSHIP WITH IRAN AND LIBYA HAS SOMETIMES LED
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO URGE MODERATION AND COMPROMISE
IN INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS TO ALLEGED INSTANCES OF
TBRRORISM SPONSORED BY THOSE STATES.


2. THE RESPONSES BELOW ARE KEYED TO POINTS IN PARA 4 OF
REFTEL:


A. THE GOG HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION OF
AMY INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST. THE GOVERNMENT HAS,
HOWEVER, PROSECUTED FOUR PEOPLE FOR BOMBINGS THAT
OCCURRED IN GHANA AFTER THE 1992 ELECTIONS.


B. GHANA NEITHER EXTRADITED NOR REQUESTED THE
EXTRADITION OF ANY INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS IN 1993. IT
DID, HOWEVER, EXPRESS WILLINGNESS TO EXTRADITE A
DETAINED INTERNATIONAL HIJACKER IF SO REQUESTED BY THE
COUNTRY OF THE AFFECTED AIRLINE. THE SITUATION WAS
RESOLVED IN A MANNER WHICH LED TO THE HIJACKER'S CURRENT
PRO&ECUTION IN THE UNITED STATES.


C. THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA WILL, IN GENERAL, ONLY
EXTRADITE INDIVIDUALS TO COUNTRIES WITH WHICH IT HAS AN
EXTRADITION TREATY.


D. THE GOG HAS BEEN VERY WILLING TO ASSIST IN
INVESTIGATION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST INCIDENTS.


E. THE GOG HAS COOPERATED IN THE INVESTIGATION AND
RESOLUTION OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM OF DIRECT INTEREST TO THE UNITED STATES.


F. THE GOG HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY SUPPORT FOR
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS.


G. THE GOG HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE UN SHOULD ACCEPT
LIBYA'S OFFER TO HAVE ITS TWO CITIZENS ACCUSED OF THE
PAN AM 103 BOMBING TRIED IN A NEUTRAL COUNTRY.


H. THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE GHANAIAN
GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TERRORISM SINCE 1992.


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