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January 2000 Security News

  • ALGERIA-TERROR CONFERENCE Voice of America 30 January 2000 -- In Algeria, delegates from 20 Arab countries are holding a three-day conference aimed at developing regional strategies to combat terrorism.
  • CLINTON - COLOMBIA Voice of America 25 January 2000 -- President Clinton is predicting bipartisan Congressional support for a one-point-six billion-dollar U-S aid package to help Colombia combat drug trafficking. Although left-wing rebels control the drug-producing southern provinces in Colombia, U-S officials say the aid would not target insurgents.
  • SPAIN / CAR BOMB Voice of America 21 January 2000 -- Two car bombs exploded early Friday in Madrid, killing a Spanish army officer. Spain had been bracing for a terrorist attack since the Basque separatist group ETA called off a 14-month cease-fire in early December.
  • EXTREMIST VIOLENCE IN EGYPT January 19, 2000 -- In calendar year 1999, the local press reported four deaths in terrorist related violence. Following is a summary of 1992-1999 fatalities, collected from local press reports.
  • GERMANY TERRORIST TRIAL Voice of America 17 January 2000 -- Johannes Weinrich, a key terrorist collaborator of the man called Carlos "The Jackal," has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a German court.
  • BURMA / DRUGS Voice of America 16 January 2000 -- A former insurgent group in Burma says it plans to relocate 50-thousand people from one of the country's main opium-growing regions (in Shan state), in an effort to shut down production of illegal drugs, including heroin.
  • NEW UNITED NATIONS TREATY TARGETS FINANCING OF TERRORISM Press Release L/T/4342 PI/1216 - 12 January 2000 -- An anti-terrorism convention with a new focus -— targeting those who finance terrorism –— was opened for signature on 10 January at the United Nations in New York. The latest in a series of interlocking conventions intended to combat terrorism, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1999 without a vote. It will enter into force when it has been ratified by 22 States.
  • INDIA/HIJACK ARRESTS Voice of America 06 January 2000 -- India has arrested four people in connection with last month's hijacking of an Indian Airlines aircraft. New Delhi also says the five hijackers of the plane have been identified as Pakistani nationals.
  • INDIAN PLANE HIJACKING: A VICTORY FOR TERRORISM? Voice of America 06 January 2000 -- The U-S press is continuing to assess the fallout from the hijacking of that Indian Airlines jetliner. Many newspapers worry that the incident represented a victory for terrorists, and may have made international air travel more risky.
  • INDIA / HOSTAGE EXPERIENCE Voice of America 04 January 2000 -- The week of terror on board the India Airlines jet hijacked at the end of last month is becoming clearer.
  • ETA BOMB INCIDENTS THWARTED : Monday, January 03, 2000 Incident Type: SECURITY Country: MADRID, SPAIN : U.S. Embassy Madrid has reported the following account by the Spanish press on the thwarting of two bomb incidents by the Basque separatist group ETA (Euzkadi ta Askatasuna - Basque Fatherland & Liberty).



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