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94ISLAMABAD10894
1994-11-17 09:25:00
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ISLAMABAD 010894
DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR S/CT FOR REAP, AND SA/PAB
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER PK
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
REF: STATE 286744
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ISLAMABAD 010894
DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR S/CT FOR REAP, AND SA/PAB
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER PK
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
REF: STATE 286744
1. REFTEL REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S
PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM. THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS
IN PARA 3 OF REFTEL.
2. A. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS OF TERRORISTS.
THE GOP IN 1994 ARRESTED SEVERAL DEFENDANTS ACCUSED OF BOMBINGS
OR OTHER INTERNAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE. WHILE THE GOP OFTEN
CLAIMED THAT THE INDIAN EXTERNAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAS
BEHIND THE ATTACKS AND SOMETIMES LABELS THEM AS INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM, THE GOP HAS NOT YET PROVIDED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF
INTERNATIONAL LINKS. WE BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THESE INCIDENTS
WERE CARRIED OUT BY PAKISTANI SECTARIAN ORGANIZATIONS OR
CRIMINAL ELEMENTS.
WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY PROSECUTIONS ON CHARGES OF INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.
3. B. HOST GOVERNMENT EXTRADITIONS OF TERRORISTS.
THE GOP SIGNED AN EXTRADITION TREATY WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF
EGYPT IN 1994. THE TREATY WAS DIRECTED AT EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC
MILITANTS LIVING IN THE TRIBAL AREAS OF PAKISTAN AND IN
AFGHANISTAN WHO ARE WANTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES IN EGYPT. THE
TREATY HAS NOT YET ENTERED INTO FORCE, AND THEREFORE THE GOP
HAS NOT YET CARRIED OUT ANY EXTRADITIONS.
4. C. IMPEDIMENTS TO HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION/EXTRADITION.
THE "TRIBAL AREAS" OF PAKISTAN BORDERING ON AFGHANISTAN ARE NOT
UNDER THE COMPLETE LEGAL OR PRACTICAL AUTHORITY OF THE GOP. IT
IS DIFFICULT FOR GOP AUTHORITIES TO APPREHEND SUSPECTED
TERRORISTS WHO TAKE REFUGE IN THESE AREAS.
ALTHOUGH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVE ON
COUNTERTERRORISM ISSUES, PROVINCIAL POLICE HAVE THE PRIMARY
AUTHORITY FOR INVESTIGATING TERRORIST CASES AND APPREHENDING
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. MANY OF THESE PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE
NEITHER WELL-TRAINED NOR WELL-MOTIVATED TO CONDUCT VIGOROUS
ANTI-TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS AND OPERATIONS.
PAKISTANI COUNTERTERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS AND OPERATIONS ARE
ALSO LIMITED DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
5. D. OTHER HOST GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO TERRORISM
THE GOP HAS COOPERATED FULLY IN THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING AND IN TRYING TO APPREHEND ONE
OF THE SUSPECTED PARTICIPANTS IN THE BOMBING, RAMZI AHMED
YOUSEF, WHO IS THOUGHT TO BE IN PAKISTAN.
6. E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS IN 1994
THE GOP, ACTING ON THE REQUEST OF SEVERAL ARAB GOVERNMENTS,
DURING 1994 REFUSED TO EXTEND THE VISAS OF MANY ARABS WHO HAD
FOUGHT IN THE AFGHAN WAR AND WHO HAD TAKEN REFUGE IN THE TRIBAL
AREAS AND PAKISTAN'S NORTHWEST FRONTIER PROVINCE. MANY OF
THESE ARABS ARE SUSPECTED OF LINKS TO TERRORIST OR OTHER
QUESTIONABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. THE GOP
ALSO CLOSED DOWN SEVERAL ARAB NGO'S IT BELIEVED MAY HAVE BEEN
USED AS COVER ORGANIZATIONS FOR ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUPS IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
7. F. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSES THE GOP OF PROVIDING TRAINING AND
MATERIAL SUPPORT TO MILITANTS OPERATING IN INDIAN-HELD JAMMU
AND KASHMIR AND ELSEWHERE IN INDIA.
GOP OFFICIALS HAVE STATED PUBLICLY THAT, WHILE THE GOP PROVIDES
DIPLOMATIC, POLITICAL, AND MORAL SUPPORT FOR KASHMIR, IT IS
FIRMLY AGAINST TERRORISM IN ALL ITS FORMS AND PROVIDES NO
TRAINING OR MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR KASHMIRI MILITANTS. THE GOP
ALSO ACCUSES THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OF SUPPORTING TERRORIST
ACTS ON PAKISTANI TERRITORY.
8. G. PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF TERRORISM.
WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY GOP STATEMENTS DURING 1994 IN SUPPORT OF
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, TERRORIST ACTS, OR COUNTRIES
SPONSORING TERRORISM. SEVERAL HIGH GOP OFFICIALS, INCLUDING PM
BHUTTO, DURING THE YEAR CONDEMNED SPECIFIC ACTS OF TERRORISM
AND TERRORISM IN GENERAL.
THE GOP CONDEMNED THE KIDNAPPINGS IN JUNE AND OCTOBER 1994 OF
FOREIGN TOURISTS BY REPUTED KASHMIRI MILITANTS IN INDIAN-HELD
KASHMIR AND IN NEW DELHI.
9. H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE 1993.
WE HAVE NOTED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GOP'S COOPERATION
AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING 1994.
END OF ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT.
MONJO
DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR S/CT FOR REAP, AND SA/PAB
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER PK
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
REF: STATE 286744
1. REFTEL REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S
PREPARATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM. THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS
IN PARA 3 OF REFTEL.
2. A. HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS OF TERRORISTS.
THE GOP IN 1994 ARRESTED SEVERAL DEFENDANTS ACCUSED OF BOMBINGS
OR OTHER INTERNAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE. WHILE THE GOP OFTEN
CLAIMED THAT THE INDIAN EXTERNAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAS
BEHIND THE ATTACKS AND SOMETIMES LABELS THEM AS INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM, THE GOP HAS NOT YET PROVIDED COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF
INTERNATIONAL LINKS. WE BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THESE INCIDENTS
WERE CARRIED OUT BY PAKISTANI SECTARIAN ORGANIZATIONS OR
CRIMINAL ELEMENTS.
WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY PROSECUTIONS ON CHARGES OF INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.
3. B. HOST GOVERNMENT EXTRADITIONS OF TERRORISTS.
THE GOP SIGNED AN EXTRADITION TREATY WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF
EGYPT IN 1994. THE TREATY WAS DIRECTED AT EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC
MILITANTS LIVING IN THE TRIBAL AREAS OF PAKISTAN AND IN
AFGHANISTAN WHO ARE WANTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES IN EGYPT. THE
TREATY HAS NOT YET ENTERED INTO FORCE, AND THEREFORE THE GOP
HAS NOT YET CARRIED OUT ANY EXTRADITIONS.
4. C. IMPEDIMENTS TO HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION/EXTRADITION.
THE "TRIBAL AREAS" OF PAKISTAN BORDERING ON AFGHANISTAN ARE NOT
UNDER THE COMPLETE LEGAL OR PRACTICAL AUTHORITY OF THE GOP. IT
IS DIFFICULT FOR GOP AUTHORITIES TO APPREHEND SUSPECTED
TERRORISTS WHO TAKE REFUGE IN THESE AREAS.
ALTHOUGH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN COOPERATIVE ON
COUNTERTERRORISM ISSUES, PROVINCIAL POLICE HAVE THE PRIMARY
AUTHORITY FOR INVESTIGATING TERRORIST CASES AND APPREHENDING
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. MANY OF THESE PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS ARE
NEITHER WELL-TRAINED NOR WELL-MOTIVATED TO CONDUCT VIGOROUS
ANTI-TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS AND OPERATIONS.
PAKISTANI COUNTERTERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS AND OPERATIONS ARE
ALSO LIMITED DUE TO BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
5. D. OTHER HOST GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO TERRORISM
THE GOP HAS COOPERATED FULLY IN THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING AND IN TRYING TO APPREHEND ONE
OF THE SUSPECTED PARTICIPANTS IN THE BOMBING, RAMZI AHMED
YOUSEF, WHO IS THOUGHT TO BE IN PAKISTAN.
6. E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS IN 1994
THE GOP, ACTING ON THE REQUEST OF SEVERAL ARAB GOVERNMENTS,
DURING 1994 REFUSED TO EXTEND THE VISAS OF MANY ARABS WHO HAD
FOUGHT IN THE AFGHAN WAR AND WHO HAD TAKEN REFUGE IN THE TRIBAL
AREAS AND PAKISTAN'S NORTHWEST FRONTIER PROVINCE. MANY OF
THESE ARABS ARE SUSPECTED OF LINKS TO TERRORIST OR OTHER
QUESTIONABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. THE GOP
ALSO CLOSED DOWN SEVERAL ARAB NGO'S IT BELIEVED MAY HAVE BEEN
USED AS COVER ORGANIZATIONS FOR ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUPS IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
7. F. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSES THE GOP OF PROVIDING TRAINING AND
MATERIAL SUPPORT TO MILITANTS OPERATING IN INDIAN-HELD JAMMU
AND KASHMIR AND ELSEWHERE IN INDIA.
GOP OFFICIALS HAVE STATED PUBLICLY THAT, WHILE THE GOP PROVIDES
DIPLOMATIC, POLITICAL, AND MORAL SUPPORT FOR KASHMIR, IT IS
FIRMLY AGAINST TERRORISM IN ALL ITS FORMS AND PROVIDES NO
TRAINING OR MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR KASHMIRI MILITANTS. THE GOP
ALSO ACCUSES THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OF SUPPORTING TERRORIST
ACTS ON PAKISTANI TERRITORY.
8. G. PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF TERRORISM.
WE ARE UNAWARE OF ANY GOP STATEMENTS DURING 1994 IN SUPPORT OF
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, TERRORIST ACTS, OR COUNTRIES
SPONSORING TERRORISM. SEVERAL HIGH GOP OFFICIALS, INCLUDING PM
BHUTTO, DURING THE YEAR CONDEMNED SPECIFIC ACTS OF TERRORISM
AND TERRORISM IN GENERAL.
THE GOP CONDEMNED THE KIDNAPPINGS IN JUNE AND OCTOBER 1994 OF
FOREIGN TOURISTS BY REPUTED KASHMIRI MILITANTS IN INDIAN-HELD
KASHMIR AND IN NEW DELHI.
9. H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SINCE 1993.
WE HAVE NOTED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GOP'S COOPERATION
AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING 1994.
END OF ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT.
MONJO