Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

xl • CHRONOLOGYPeruvian government with two massive car bomb attacks, killing 18 andinjuring more than 140 others in Lima. 13 September: Abimael Guzman,the leader of Sendero Luminoso, is captured by Peruvian security forcesalong with top lieutenants during a strategy session held in Lima, Peru.1993 January 25: Lone Pakistani gunman, Mir Aimal Kansi, opensfire on U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees, killingtwo, at entrance of CIA compound in Langley, Virginia. 26 February:World Trade Center building in New York City is car bombedby followers of Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman, the exiled leader ofthe Egyptian fundamentalist Islamic Group, killing six people andinjuring another 1,042. Four suspects are found guilty by a federaljury on 4 March 1994 and another two suspects are later arrested andtried. 13 September: Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is signedin Washington, D.C., by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin andPalestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasir Arafat.Those opposed to the ac cord, including Palestinians affiliated withthe Islamic Resistance Move ment (Hamas) or with dissident PLOfactions, as well as Israeli settlers and ultranationalists, seek to scuttlepeace settlements through terrorist at tacks in following months. 2December: Pablo Escobar, fugitive head of Medellín cocaine cartelresponsible for narco-terrorist bombing and kidnapping campaignagainst Colombian police and government officials, is shot to deathby security forces in Medellín.1994 25 February: Dr. Baruch Goldstein, a militant follower ofRabbi Meir Kahane, opens fire on Palestinian Muslims praying at theTomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing at least 29 and injuring anestimated 150. Event triggers anti-Israeli rioting in occupied territoriesand leads to temporary hiatus in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations onautonomy. 18 July: Hezbollah suicide volunteer detonates car bomb atthe Argentine-Israel Mutual As sociation in Buenos Aires, killing 85 andinjuring more than 300. 15 August: French Interior Ministry announces“Carlos” arrested in Sudan by French counterintelligence agents. 11December: Abu Sayyaf Group bombs Philippine Airlines Flight 434,killing one Japanese citizen and injuring 10 other passengers. 24 December:Armed Islamic Group (GIA) team hijacks Air France flightin Algeria to Marseilles where, after a 54-hour siege during whichthree hostages are killed, all four hijackers are killed by French hostagerescue team. On 27 December GIA murders four Catholic priests in