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99STATE204472
1999-10-29 15:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:  

ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

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R 291554Z OCT 99
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC POSTS
USOFFICE PRISTINA
UNCLAS STATE 204472 

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER
SUBJECT: ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

(THIS CABLE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP).)

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UNCLAS STATE 204472

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER
SUBJECT: ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

(THIS CABLE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP).)

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1. SUMMARY
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THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE AN
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT TO CONGRESS. THIS LAW
REQUIRES THE REPORT BE A FULL AND COMPLETE
FACTUAL RECORD OF TERRORISM-RELATED ACTIVITY IN
ALL COUNTRIES THAT EXPERIENCED TERRORISM AND NOT
BE TEMPERED BY CONCERNS ABOUT HOST GOVERNMENT

SENSITIVITIES TO THE FACTS PRESENTED. THE
REPORT CALLED "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM:
1999" IS DUE TO CONGRESS NEXT APRIL, BUT POSTS
SHOULD RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE BY NOVEMBER 30,

1999. AS DESCRIBED IN GREATER DETAIL BELOW,
POSTS SHOULD REPORT ON HOST GOVERNMENT
COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS AND ATTITUDES. RECENT
LEGISLATION ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE DEPARTMENT
REPORT INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTENT OF
HOST GOVERNMENT COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED
STATES ON TERRORISM CASES DURING THE PAST FIVE
YEARS. SEE PARAGRAPH 3 (I,J,K).

S/CT WILL COMPILE THE TERRORISM REPORT. BECAUSE
THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAS INFORMATION ON
TERRORIST ATTACKS, POSTS NEED NOT PROVIDE
INFORMATION ON SUCH ATTACKS THEMSELVES, UNLESS
MORE BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS ARE NEEDED.
PARAGRAPH 4 BELOW PROVIDES SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR USUN. THE DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES EXCELLENT
REPORTING POSTS HAVE PROVIDED ON THIS HIGH
PRIORITY ISSUE IN THE PAST AND LOOKS FORWARD TO
REVIEWING SUBMISSIONS FOR THIS REPORT. (END
SUMMARY.)

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2. DEFINITIONS
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THE LEGISLATION REQUIRING THE ANNUAL REPORT
PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS:

- A) "INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM" IS TERRORISM
INVOLVING CITIZENS OR THE TERRITORY OF MORE THAN
ONE COUNTRY.

- B) "TERRORISM" IS PREMEDITATED, POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED VIOLENCE PERPETRATED AGAINST
NONCOMBATANT TARGETS BY SUBNATIONAL GROUPS OR
CLANDESTINE STATE AGENTS.

- C) "TERRORIST GROUP" IS ANY GROUP
PRACTICING, OR THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT SUBGROUPS
WHICH PRACTICE, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, THE DEPARTMENT
INTERPRETS TERM "NONCOMBATANT TARGET" TO
ENCOMPASS MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO AT THE TIME OF
THE INCIDENT ARE UNARMED AND/OR NOT ON DUTY, AND
ATTACKS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS OR ARMED

MILITARY PERSONNAL WHEN A STATE OF MILITARY
HOSTILITIES DOES NOT EXIST AT THE SITE.

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3. POST RESPONSES
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POSTS' REPORTS SHOULD ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING:

A) DESCRIBE THE RESPONSE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
OF EACH COUNTRY TO ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC
TERRORISM DURING 1999, INCLUDING ANY HOST

GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO TERRORISM.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO HOST
GOVERNMENT ACTIONS REGARDING ACTS OF TERRORISM
AGAINST OR AFFECTING U.S. CITIZENS OR
FACILITIES.

B) DID THE HOST GOVERNMENT EXTRADITE OR REQUEST
THE EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOR
PROSECUTION DURING THE YEAR? PARTICULAR
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO HOST GOVERNMENT
RESPONSE TO U.S. REQUESTS FOR EXTRADITION OR
ASSISTANCE IN TERRORIST CASES.

C) DESCRIBE ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO HOST
GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION AND/OR EXTRADITION OF
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS.

D) DISCUSS HOST GOVERNMENT RESPONSES OTHER THAN
PROSECUTION. THESE WOULD INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO, PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS OR OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCIES FOLLOWING A
TERRORIST INCIDENT (IN OR OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY)
AND EFFORTS BY HOST GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE
TERRORIST INCIDENTS OR TO ASSIST WITH
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS.

E) DESCRIBE MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS
UNDERTAKEN IN 1999 BY THE HOST GOVERNMENT,
INCLUDING STEPS TAKEN IN INTERNATIONAL FORA.

F) DESCRIBE ANY SIGNIFICANT HOST GOVERNMENT
SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, TERRORISTS,
OR TERRORIST GROUPS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED
TO) POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
TERRORISTS OR THEIR ACTIVITIES; DIPLOMATIC
SUPPORT THROUGH DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION; MISUSE
OF THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND OTHER DIPLOMATIC

PRIVILEGES TO SUPPORT TERRORISM; PROVISION OF
SANCTUARY AND/OR THE PRESENCE OF OFFICES OF
TERRORIST GROUPS; PROVISION OF TRAINING OR
TRAINING SITES; PROVISION OF WEAPONS; AND
POSITIONS TAKEN ON TERRORISM ISSUES IN
INTERNATIONAL FORA.

G) HAS THE HOST GOVERNMENT MADE ANY PUBLIC
STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING
COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM ISSUE? (THE SEVEN
GOVERNMENTS DESIGNATED BY THE SECRETARY AS STATE
SPONSORS OF TERRORISM ARE CUBA, IRAN, IRAQ,
LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, SYRIA, AND SUDAN.)

H) DESCRIBE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE SINCE 1998,
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, IN THE HOST GOVERNMENT'S
ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM, INTERNATIONAL OR
DOMESTIC. WHAT IS REPONSIBLE FOR THIS CHANGE?

I) DESCRIBE U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS AND
INITIATIVES WITH THE HOST GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING,
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, REQUESTS TO THE HOST
GOVERNMENT FOR SPECIFIC COOPERATION AND EFFORTS
BY THE UNITED STATES IN THE HOST COUNTRY TO
ELIMINATE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
TERRORIST GROUPS DIRECTLY OR IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
ACTIVITIES. DESCRIBE THE EXTENT OF THE HOST
COUNTRY'S COOPERATION WITH THOSE EFFORTS AND
INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE
HOST GOVERNMENT HAS SATISFIED THE SPECIFIC
REQUESTS.

J) IN ADDITION TO THIS GENERAL INFORMATION, IF
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS SOUGHT
COOPERATION FROM THE HOST GOVERNMENT DURING THE
PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS IN THE INVESTIGATION OR
PROSECUTION OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIZENS OR INTERESTS,
PLEASE PROVIDE INFORMATION ON:

(I) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE HOST GOVERNMENT
COOPERATED OR IS COOPERATING WITH THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT IN APPREHENDING, CONVICTING,
AND PUNISHING THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACT; AND

(II) THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE HOST GOVERNMENT
COOPERATED OR IS COOPERATING IN PREVENTING
FURTHER ACTS OF TERRORISM AGAINST UNITED STATES
CITIZENS IN THE HOST GOVERNMENT'S TERRITORY.

K) IF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS SOUGHT
COOPERATION DURING THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS IN
THE PREVENTION OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR INTERESTS,
PLEASE DESCRIBE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE HOST
GOVERNMENT COOPERATED OR IS COOPERATING IN
PREVENTING ACTS OF TERRORISM AGAINST UNITED
STATES CITIZENS IN THE HOST GOVERNMENT'S
TERRITORY.

(NOTE: THE DEPARTMENT MAY SUBMIT THE
INFORMATION IN ITEMS J AND K TO CONGRESS IN A
CLASSIFIED ANNEX IF THE SECRETARY DETERMINES
THAT DOING SO WOULD MAKE THIRD COUNTRY
COOPERATION MORE LIKELY. POSTS' ASSESSMENT OF
THIS RISK IS WELCOME. LAST YEAR'S REPORT TO
CONGRESS CONTAINED SUCH AN ANNEX.)
POSTS THAT HAVE NO RELEVANT INFORMATION TO
REPORT SHOULD SEND A BRIEF CABLE TO THIS EFFECT.

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4. USUN REPORTING
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USUN SHOULD REPORT THE POSITIONS (INCLUDING
VOTING RECORDS) ON MATTERS RELATING TO TERRORISM
TAKEN AT THE UN BY STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.
(THE U.S. DESIGNATES CUBA, IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA,
NORTH KOREA, SYRIA, AND SUDAN AS STATE
SPONSORS.) USUN SHOULD ALSO REPORT OTHER
STATES' PUBLIC POSITIONS ON TERRORISM ISSUES
THAT CAN BE VIEWED AS SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM OR
FOR ITS SPONSORS. PLEASE NOTE ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE IN POSITIONS OF STATE SPONSORS OF
TERRORISM OR OTHERS.

WE UNDERSTAND UNGA 1999 WILL RUN BEYOND THE
NOVEMBER 30 DEADLINE, BUT WOULD APPRECIATE
USUN'S REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE
SESSION ENDS.

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5. CLASSIFICATION
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POSTS SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE
UNCLASSIFIED REPORTS. ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT
IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE A SEPARATE CLASSIFIED
SUPPLEMENT TO ITS REPORT TO CONGRESS, MOST PAST
REPORTS HAVE BEEN UNCLASSIFIED IN THEIR
ENTIRETY. IF POSTS FIND IT NECESSARY OR USEFUL
TO PROVIDE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OR COMMENTARY,
SUCH MATERIAL SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED SEPARATELY BY
PARAGRAPH.

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6. WORK SCHEDULE: PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES BY
NOVEMBER 30
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THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL
REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM TO CONGRESS.
ALL POSTS SHOULD HAVE COPIES OF THE PREVIOUS
REPORTS.

THE DEPARTMENT MUST TRANSMIT THE 1999 REPORT TO
CONGRESS BY APRIL 30, 2000.

MUCH OF THE REPORT -- ESPECIALLY THOSE SECTIONS
ON REGIONAL AND WORLDWIDE TRENDS, AND
DESCRIPTIONS OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS AND
TERRORIST GROUPS -- IS PREPARED BY WASHINGTON
ANALYSTS USING EXISTING DATA BASES. GIVEN THE
SHORT LEAD TIME BETWEEN THE END OF THE CALENDAR
YEAR, THE CLEARANCE PROCESS, AND THE APRIL 30
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION TO THE CONGRESS,
ANALYSTS WILL BE UNDER STRICT TIME CONSTRAINTS
TO INCORPORATE THIS DATA AND POSTS'
CONTRIBUTIONS INTO A PRODUCT THAT IS THE
DEFINITIVE USG PUBLIC DOCUMENT ON INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM. WE ASK THEREFORE THAT POSTS RESPOND
TO THIS MESSAGE BY NOVEMBER 30, 1999, SENDING
SUPPLEMENTARY UPDATES, IF NECESSARY, THEREAFTER.

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7. TAGS AND SLUGS
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SLUGGED: S/CT FOR REAP

TAGS: PTER

SUBJECT LINE: (COUNTRY): 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM
REPORT


8. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.


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