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The State Department's Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002 Report was released yesterday. A .pdf and html version of the report are available at the following URL: http://www.state.goV/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/ We will obtain printed copies for the Commission library (the file is too large to attach via email). Pasted below you will find Secretary Powell's statement, as well as Amb. Gofer Black's remarks at an on-the-record briefing at the report's release.

Release of the 2002 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" Annual Report Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC April 30, 2003 (10:45 a.m. EOT) SECRETARY POWELL: Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to join Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Cofer Black in presenting Patterns of Global Terrorism 2002, our annual publication. The international campaign against terrorism that President Bush launched and leads continues to be waged on every continent. With every passing month, that campaign has intensified. As the President has pledged, "With the help of a broad coalition, we will make certain that terrorists and their supporters are not safe in any corner or cave of the world." I am pleased to report that unprecedented progress has been made across the international community. Nations everywhere now recognize that we are all in this together; none of us can combat terrorism alone. This global threat demands a global response. Concerted action is essential, and together we are taking that concerted action. Countries across the globe have taken concrete antiterrorism steps, the kinds of steps called for in the pathbreaking United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373. The world's regional organizations have followed suit with reinforcing measures. United Nations sanctions have been imposed on many terrorist groups and on individuals, officially making these groups and individuals international pariahs. And here in the United States, we have designated additional groups and Foreign Terrorist Organizations. We and other members of the international community are sharing intelligence and law enforcement information and cooperating more closely than ever before, and we are working with our partners around the world to help them build their domestic capacities to combat the terrorist threat within and across their national boundaries. Our own capacity to combat terrorism has been strengthened by the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security under the very, very able leadership and direction of Governor Tom Ridge. As a result of all of these efforts, thousands of terrorists have been captured and detained. For those still at large, life has definitely become more difficult. It is harder for terrorists to hide and find safe haven. It is harder for them to organize and sustain operations. Terrorist cells have been broken up, networks disrupted, and plots foiled. The financial bloodlines of terrorist organizations have been severed. Since 9/11, more than $134 million of terrorist assets have been frozen. All around the world, countries have been tightening their border security and better safeguarding their critical infrastructures, both physical infrastructures and virtual infrastructures. States that sponsor terrorism are under international pressure and increasingly isolated. Much of this lifesaving work has gone on behind the scenes. Meanwhile, U.S.-led coalition forces destroyed a major terrorist

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A - Introduction

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2003 Introduction

In a speech at the Jimmy Doofittte Hight Facility in Columbia, South Caioiina, on 24 October2002, President George W. Bush promised to prosecute the war on terror with patience, focus, and determination*

terrorism continued to plague the world throughout 2002, from Bali to Grozny to Mombasa. At the same time, the glob the terrorist threat was waged intensively in all regions with encouraging results. The year saw the liberation of Afghanistan by Coalition forces, the expulsion of al-Qaida and the oppressive Taliban r<

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C - The Year in Review

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2003 The Year in Review International terrorists conducted 199 attacks in 2002, a significant drop (44%) from the 355 attacks recorded during 2001. A total of 725 persons were killed in last year's attacks, far fewer than the 3,295 persons killed the previous year, which included the thousands of fatalities resulting from the September 11 attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania. A total of 2,013 persons were wounded by terrorists in 2002, down from the 2,283 persons wounded the year before. The number of anti-US attacks was 77, down 65% from the previous year's total of 219. The main reason for the decrease was the sharp drop in oil pipeline bombings in Colombia (41 last year, compared to 178 in 2001).

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Thirty US citizens were killed in terrorist attacks last year: • On 15 January, terrorists in Bayt Sahur, West Bank, attacked a vehicle carrying two persons, killing one and wounding the other. The individual killed, Avi Boaz, held dual US-Israeli citizenship. The AI-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility. • On 23 January, Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan. On 21 February, it was learned that he had been murdered. • On 31 January, two hikers on the slopes of the Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines were attacked by militants. One of the hikers, US citizen Brian Thomas Smith, was killed. • On 16 February, a suicide bomber detonated a device at a pizzeria in Karnei Shomron in the West Bank, killing four persons and wounding 27 others. Two US citizens—Keren Shatsky, and Rachel Donna Thaler—were among the dead. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility. On 14 March, two US citizens—Jaime Raul and Jorge Alberto Orjuela—were murdered in Cali, Colombia, by motorcycle-riding gunmen.

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L - Appendix A: Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 2002

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2003 Appendix A: Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 2002 Note: The incidents listed have met the US Government's Incident Review Panel criteria. An International Terrorist Incident is judged significant if it results in loss of life or serious injury to persons, abduction or kidnapping of persons, major property damage, and/or is an act or attempted act that could reasonably be expected to create the conditions noted. January 12 January Venezuela In El Amparo, armed militants kidnapped two persons, an Italian and Venezuelan citizen. On 17 May, a rebel defecting from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released the two hostages. 15 January West Bank In Bayt Sahur, militants attacked a vehicle carrying two passengers, killing one person, who was a US-Israeli citizen, and wounding the other. The AI-Aqsa Martyrs Battalion claimed responsibility. 22 January India In Kolkata (Calcutta), armed militants attacked the US Consulate, killing five Indian security forces and injuring 13 others. The Harakat ul-Jihad-l-lslami and the Asif Raza Commandoes claimed responsibility. India In Jammu, Kashmir, a bomb exploded in a crowded retail district, killing one person and injuring nine others. No one claimed responsibility. 23 January Pakistan In Karachi, armed militants kidnapped and killed a US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal newspaper. No one claimed responsibility. 24 January Algeria In Larbaa-Tablat Road, militants set up an illegal roadblock, killing three persons, including one Syrian. No one claimed responsibility. 31 January Philippines Two hikers on the slopes of the Pinatubo volcano were attacked by militants. One of the hikers, a US citizen, was killed.

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M - Appendix B: Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2003

Appendix B: Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations Contents Abu Nidal organization (ANO) Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) AI-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade Armed Islamic Group (GIA 'Asbat al-Ansar Aum Supreme Truth (Aum) Aum Shinrikyo, Aleph Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) Communist Party of Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) AI-Gama'a al-lslamiyya (Islamic Group, IG) HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement) Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) Hizballah (Party of God) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) Jemaah Islamiya (Jl) Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) Kahane Chai (Kach) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK, KADEK) Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) Lashkar I Jhangvi (LJ) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO) National Liberation Army (ELN)—Colombia Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) AI-Qaida Real IRA (RIRA) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Revolutionary Nuclei Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17 November) Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path or SL) United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia (AUC) The following descriptive list constitutes the 36 terrorist groups that currently (as of 30 January 2003) are designated by the Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The designations carry legal consequences: • It is unlawful to provide funds or other material support to a designated FTO. • Representatives and certain members of a designated FTO can be denied visas or excluded from the United States.

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N - Appendix C: Background Information on Other Terrorist Groups

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2003 Appendix C: Background Information on Other Terrorist Groups Contents AI-Badhr Mujahedin Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB) Al-lttihad al-lslami (AIAI) Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Ansar al-lslam (Iraq) Anti-Imperialist Territorial Nuclei (NTA) Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR) Cambodian Freedom Fighters (CFF) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)/ United People's Front Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) First of October Antifacist Resistance Group (GRAPO) Harakat ul-Jihad-l-lslami (HUJI) Harakat ul-Jihad-l-lslami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) Hizb-l Islami Gulbuddin Hizb ul-Mujahedin Irish Republican Army (IRA) Islamic Army of Aden (IAA) Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade Jamiat ul-Mujahedin Japanese Red Army (JRA) Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) New Red Brigades/Communist Combatant Party (BR/ PCC) People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) Red Hand Defenders (RHD) Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei (NIPR) Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs Sipah-l-Sahaba Special Purpose Islamic Regiment The Tunisian Combatant Group (TCG) Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) Turkish Hizballah Ulster Defense Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF) AI-Badhr Mujahidin (al-Badr)

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O - Appendix D: U.S. Programs and Policy

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism April 30, 2003 Appendix D: U.S. Programs and Policy Antiterrorism Assistance Program Congress authorized the Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Program in 1983 as part of a major initiative against international terrorism. Since that time ATA has provided training for over 31,000 students from 127 countries. The ATA Program provides training and related assistance to lawenforcement and security services of selected friendly foreign governments. Assistance to the qualified countries focuses on the following objectives: Enhancing the antiterrorism skills of friendly countries by providing training and equipment to deter and counter the threats of terrorism. Strengthening the bilateral ties of the United States with friendly, foreign governments by offering concrete assistance in areas of mutual concern. Increasing respect for human rights by sharing with civilian authorities modern, humane, and effective antiterrorism techniques. ATA courses are developed and customized in response to terrorism trends and patterns. The training can be categorized into four functional areas: Crisis Prevention, Crisis Management, Crisis Resolution, and Investigation. Countries needing assistance are identified on the basis of the threat, or actual level of terrorist activity they face. Antiterrorist assistance and training, which begins with a comprehensive, in-country assessment, can take many forms, including airport security, crime-scene investigations, chemical and biological attacks, and courses for first responders. Most of this training is conducted overseas to maximize its effectiveness, and even more courses are being conducted in country under ATA's new "Fly-Away" concept. ATA programs may also take the form of advisory assistance, such as police administration and management of police departments, how to train police instructors or develop a police academy, and modern interview and investigative techniques. Equipment or bomb-sniffing dogs may also be included in the assistance package. The post-September 11 era has shifted the focus of ATA outreach to the newly identified frontline nations. These include Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. The United States delivered 80 courses to these frontline nations in 2002. ATA has also identified specific areas in which courses will be added or expanded to enhance the antiterrorism capabilities in frontline and other countries. These include medical response to mass casualties, advanced police tactical intervention, physical security, border controls, and operations to deal with weapons of mass destruction such as mail security, customs/immigration inspection, disaster response, and urban search and rescue.

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Q - Appendix F: Countering Terrorism on the Economic Front

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2003 Appendix F: Countering Terrorism on the Economic Front Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the US Government has taken a number of steps to block terrorist funding. On 23 September 2001, for example, the President signed Executive Order (EO) 13224. In general terms, the Order provides a means to disrupt the financial-support network for terrorists and terrorist organizations. The Order authorizes the US Government to designate and block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism. In addition, because of the pervasiveness and expansiveness of the financial foundations of foreign terrorists, the Order authorizes the US Government to block the assets of individuals and entities that provide support, financial or other services, or assistance to, or otherwise associate with, designated terrorists and terrorist organizations. The Order also covers their subsidiaries, front organizations, agents, and associates. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, has continued to designate foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. Among other consequences of such a designation, it is unlawful for US persons or any persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to provide funds or material support to a designated FTO. US financial institutions are also required to retain the funds of designated FTOs. A few 2002 highlights follow: On 27 June, the United States designated Babbar Khalsa International responsible for the killing of 22 Americans when it bombed Air India 182. On 12 August, the United States added two groups and an individual (New People's Army/Communist Party of the Philippines and Jose Maria Sison) responsible for the death of Americans in the Philippines. The United States also obtained the cooperation of the European Union on this designation. On 23 October, the United States designated Jemaah Islamiya under both the EO and as an FTO. Jemaah Islamiya is responsible for the Bali bombings as well as plots to bomb US interests elsewhere in Southeast Asia. On the same date, 50 countries joined the United States at the United Nations in requesting that the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 Sanctions Committee add this group to its consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with Usama Bin Ladin, al-Qaida, or the Taliban. On 30 January 2003, under the authority of both the EO and FTO, the United States designated Lashkar i Jhangvi, which was involved in the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The UNSCR 1267 Sanctions Committee also included this group on its consolidated list. Actions taken through January 2003 brought the total number of groups designated under EO

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Q - Appendix F: Countering Terrorism on the Economic Front

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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE Patterns of Global Terrorism -2002 Released by the Office of the Coordinator for Counter-terrorism April 30, 2003 Appendix F: Countering Terrorism on the Economic Front Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the US Government has taken a number of steps to block terrorist funding. On 23 September 2001, for example, the President signed Executive Order (EO) 13224. In general terms, the Order provides a means to disrupt the financial-support network for terrorists and terrorist organizations. The Order authorizes the US Government to designate and block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism. In addition, because of the pervasiveness and expansiveness of the financial foundations of foreign terrorists, the Order authorizes the US Government to block the assets of individuals and entities that provide support, financial or other services, or assistance to, or otherwise associate with, designated terrorists and terrorist organizations. The Order also covers their subsidiaries, front organizations, agents, and associates. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, has continued to designate foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. Among other consequences of such a designation, it is unlawful for US persons or any persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to provide funds or material support to a designated FTO. US financial institutions are also required to retain the funds of designated FTOs. A few 2002 highlights follow: On 27 June, the United States designated Babbar Khalsa International responsible for the killing of 22 Americans when it bombed Air India 182. On 12 August, the United States added two groups and an individual (New People's Army/Communist Party of the Philippines and Jose Maria Sison) responsible for the death of Americans in the Philippines. The United States also obtained the cooperation of the European Union on this designation. On 23 October, the United States designated Jemaah Islamiya under both the EO and as an FTO. Jemaah Islamiya is responsible for the Bali bombings as well as plots to bomb US interests elsewhere in Southeast Asia. On the same date, 50 countries joined the United States at the United Nations in requesting that the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 Sanctions Committee add this group to its consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with Usama Bin Ladin, al-Qaida, or the Taliban. On 30 January 2003, under the authority of both the EO and FTO, the United States designated Lashkar i Jhangvi, which was involved in the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The UNSCR 1267 Sanctions Committee also included this group on its consolidated list. Actions taken through January 2003 brought the total number of groups designated under EO

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