ZIMBABWE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

UNCLAS HARARE 013525 FOR S/CT FOR REAP E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PTER ZI SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT REF: A) STATE 286744 B) STATE 298865 ¶1. FORMAT PER REFTEL: (A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: THERE WERE NO TERRORIST INCIDENTS OR TERRORIST RELATED PROSECUTIONS IN ZIMBABWE IN 1994. (B) EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: THERE WERE NO CASES INVOLVING EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN ZIMBABWE IN 1994. (C) IMPEDIMENTS TO PROSECUTION OR EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: THE CURRENT ABSENCE OF EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH THE US IS THE ONLY IDENTIFIABLE IMPEDIMENT TO PROSECUTION OR EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. HOWEVER, FUNCTIONING (THOUGH UNRATIFIED) BORDER REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENTS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS AND OUR RELATIVELY SMOOTH BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN A SIGNED EXTRADITION TREATY BY MAY 1995, INDICATE ZIMBABWE WOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY IN A CASE INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. ¶D. HOST COUNTRY RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION: ZIMBABWE OFFERED NO OFFICIAL STATEMENTS AND TOOK NO SPECIFIC ACTION IN RESPONSE TO TERRORISM IN 1994. ¶E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS IN 1994: ZIMBABWE UNDERTOOK NO MAJOR COUNTERTERRORIST EFFORTS THIS YEAR. ¶F. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: THOUGH ZIMBABWE MAINTAINS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE SEVEN COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED AS SPONSORING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, IRAN AND SUDAN MAINTAIN MISSIONS IN HARARE),THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS OR CONDONES TERRORIST ACTS PERPETRATED BY THESE COUNTRIES. ¶G. PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF TERRORISM: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ISSUED NO STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN 1994. ¶H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS TERRORISM SINCE 1993: IN RECENT YEARS THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE HAS BEEN GENERALLY COOPERATIVE IN ITS APPROACH TO MATTERS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM -- PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE IS A PERCEIVED NATIONAL INTEREST. THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE ZIMBABWEAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS TERRORISM HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST YEAR. ¶2. PER REFTEL B. THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTERTERRORISM AND LIAISON: VIRGINIA PALMER - POLITICAL OFFICER STEVEN CHALUPSKY - REGIONAL SECURITY OFFICER BOTH OFFICERS CAN BE REACHED AT 794-521 OR 794-523 AFTER HOURS. LANPHER