Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

526 • PATRIOTIC PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTFahimah was not guilty but unanimously found Al Megrahi guilty.Fahimah returned to Libya the next day, and Al Megrahi remainedimprisoned at Camp Zeist while his appeal process moved the caseto the five-judge Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. On28 June 2007 the Commission moved the case to the Scottish Courtof Criminal Appeals for review, while Al Megrahi continues to servethe remainder of his 27-year sentence in Glenrock Prison, Scotland.On 15 August 2003 Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations,Ahmed Awn, submitted a letter to the UN Security Council admittingresponsibility “for the actions of its officials.” Libya then paidcompensation of $8 million to each of the families of the victims. TheUnited Nations lifted all remaining sanctions, and on 15 May 2006the United States removed Libya from its list of state sponsors ofterrorism and resumed diplomatic relations.PATRIOTIC PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT (PPM). The PPM was aleft-wing Sinhalese organization whose terrorist activities had thelimited aim of sabotaging the 1987 Indian–Sri Lankan military accord.Activities included intimidation against Sri Lankan supportersof the agreement that allowed Indian troops into Sri Lanka to quellthe Tamil separatist groups. On 18 August 1987, two members of thePPM fired at least one shot and threw two hand grenades at President J.R. Jayewardene and members of his cabinet as they were entering theparliament building, killing one member of the parliament and injuring15 others, including Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa and severalcabinet members. A PPM communiqué to the British BroadcastingCorporation stated the attack was in retaliation for the Sri Lankangovernment entering into an accord with Tamil separatists brokered byIndia allowing the Tamil minority greater autonomy. The PPM campaignof threats against voters during the 1988 presidential electionsappeared to generate a backlash that may well have brought about theelectoral victory of Premadasa. The group then became defunct. Seealso LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM.PEOPLE AGAINST GANGSTERISM AND DRUGS (PAGAD).PAGAD was a South African group composed mainly of Muslims ofEast Indian, Malay, and some ethnic African origins, who sought thelimited aim of fighting drug traffickers in Cape Town’s Cape Flatsarea. Following the end of the apartheid regime in April 1994, SouthAfrica experienced soaring crime rates, and PAGAD began its activi-