Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans 1988

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AREA COUNTRY INJURED KIDNAPED KILLED ARA Colomble Bolivia Peru 1 U.S. civlllan kidnaped and later released 1 U,S, AID contractor held hostage and later released 1 U.S. civilian Injured 1 U.S. AID sub-contrector killed 1 U.S. civilian killed Costa Rice Honduras El Salvador 2 U.S. clvlllens Injured 6 U.S. military Injured 1 U.S. AID contractor Injured EUR Greece 6 U.S. military Injured 1 U.S. diplomat killed* 1 U.S. civilian Injured Ita 5 U.S. military injured 1 U.S. military killed Scotland 169 U.S. civilians killed*" 16 U.8. military killed 4 U.S. government civilian personnel killed AF Western Sahara Sudan 2 civilian Injured 5 U.S. AID contractors killed 2 contract AID employees Injured 1 U.S. diplomat Injured*** NEA India I civilian injured Beirut 1 U.S. civilian kidnaped, but later escaped 1 U.S. military officer kidnaped EAP Phlllpplnes 1 U.S, civilian and Filipino wife kidnaped and SOuth Korea 2 U.S. military Injured later released "Capt. Nordeen USN, who was assigned to the UoS. Embassy. "'The borr~ng of PAN AM 103 on December 21, 1988 has been included in these statistics because all evidence to date suggests that it was a terrorist act. However, criminal sabotage has not been ruled out. The investigation is continuing and no definitive conclusions have been reached.. "'" U.S. Defense Attache Officer assigned to the U.S. Embassy 2
L Lethal Attacks Against Americans: 1980-1988 243 24S* 100 ***. 30. 20, 15' 10' . . , [ mMllltary L t I1''"'0 t l~Dipl°matlc ! ~' 5' i O, 1981 lg~ lg~ 11104. ~" * October 23, 1983 - Beirut, Lebanon: 241 Marines were killed when a suicide bomber crashed his truck into the U.S. Marines barracks. Two other military personnel were killed in other Incidents that year. ** Enrlque Camarens Salazar, a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), was atxlucted and later killed after leaving the U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara, Mexico. Also killed was Alfredo Zauala Avelar, a Mexican pilot for DEA *** Of the 189 Americans killed aboard PAN AM 103, ~6 were U.S. military bersonnsl, and four ware U.S. Government civilian employees. Lethal Attacks Against Amedcans by Year: 1980-1988 1988 19o7 Hi lg86~ 19o5 ~sm4 1903 ,-m 1901 m lm tam 0 ~,~_~ • • . . . . . . . . . ~ ~m r~r ~ ~ m ~ ~:~.'~ . ~ !i~ i ':' ; ~ • ! i:' ; ~ ~ ~;~ ~ r Targets of Attacks U,S. Prlvom! ................ 1 U.S. Diplomm~ ...... ~ 20 . . . . . . . . . . ; [: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ~_ U.S. Military l IJ I O, 50 100 mo " ' 3
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