Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

xxxvi • CHRONOLOGYchurch workers are found murdered outside San Salvador, believed tobe victims of right-wing death squads. This incident creates backlashagainst Salvadoran regime among the U.S. public.1981 13 May: Assassination attempt by Turkish gunman woundsPope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square. Evidence emerges of Bulgariansecret police and possible Soviet involvement in plot. 6 October:Anwar Sadat is assassinated by Islamic fundamentalists during reviewof parade commemorating October 1973 war. 17 December: North AtlanticTreaty Organization Southern Europe Ground commander, U.S.Army General James Lee Dozier, is kidnapped by Red Brigades but isrescued 42 days later by Italian counterterrorist commandos.1982 2 February: Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad orders destructionof city of Hama after its occupation by Muslim Brotherhoodforces seeking to topple Syrian regime. Estimates of total deathsin this city of 180,000 range from 10,000 to 25,000. 3 June: AbuNidal’s followers wound Israeli ambassador to Britain in assassinationattempt. Israel invades Lebanon in reprisal, ultimately be siegingBeirut and forcing Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to removeits troops and offices from Lebanon. 20 July: Irish RepublicanArmy bombs Royal Household Cavalry regiment in Hyde Park andalso Royal Green Jackets military band at Regent’s Park. 11 August:May 15 Organization bombs a Tokyo to Honolulu Pan Am flight,killing a Japanese passenger and injuring 15 others. 16 September:Lebanese Phalangist troops begin two-day massa cre of Palestinianrefugees at Sabra and Shatila camps in revenge for the assassinationof Lebanese President and Phalangist leader Bashir Gemayel twodays earlier in bombing by members of pro-Palestinian Syrian SocialNa tionalist Party.1983 18 April: U.S. embassy in Lebanon is partially destroyed by IslamicJihad suicide truck bomber, killing 49 people and forcing removalof U.S. embassy from West Beirut. 9 October: North Korean agentsdetonate remote-controlled bomb at the Martyr’s Memorial in Rangoon,Myanmar, killing 17 South Korean officials and four Burmese nationalsand injuring 46 other people. The bombing is intended to kill SouthKorean President Chun Doo Hwan, who escapes harm. 23 October:U.S. Marines’ temporary barracks at Beirut airport are destroyed byIslamic Jihad suicide truck bomber, killing 241 U.S. Marines. Islamic