European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is the world becoming a free fire zone by Charles j. Hanley associated press a Wanton War with no rules and Little pit is turning the world bit by bit into a  terrorism is striking in numbing Waves. It left at least 926 people dead worldwide in 1985, hundreds More than in any year since the . State department began compiling statistics in 1968. So far this year at least 43 More have died including five americans killed in last week s bombings of a Twa jetliner and a West Berlin nightclub. But terrorism has left another casualty As Well the system of global order shaken by terrorist assaults that exposed weak spots in International Law and the Western Alliance led the United states into military conflict and made vigilantes out of governments. A recent series of interviews in the United states Europe and the Middle East with Security officials and diplomats scholars Ana politicians alleged terrorists and their defenders found disagreement Over How to combat terrorism and even How to define it. But almost All agreed that such free form political violence will spread in the years to come. Terrorism is with us now whether you like it or not. You be got to adjust your Way of life to that Scotland Yard s anti terrorist chief George Churchill Coleman said in London. Those interviewed also generally agreed on these other Points As governments strengthen defences of embassies and other official installations terrorists will become More indiscriminate attacking softer targets like the innocent civilians massacred by palestinians at Rome and Vienna airports last december. Terrorists will probably escalate to attacks on computer systems Power grids and other key links of Industrial societies. Terrorist groups often maintain practical ties with each other but Are not joined together in a grand conspiracy against the West. As for defensive strategies the Security experts spoke most often of a need for better intelligence gathering particularly from within terror groups and for closer cooperation among governments. But Many spoke too of the need to right social wrongs that spawn terrorism. The West s very concern Over terrorism arouses some suspicion in the Arab world. There is a feeling America and Israel Are trying to divert attention from the palestinian problem and turn it to the Issue of terrorism carried out by tiny groups that nobody supports said Hazem Nuseibeh a palestinian who is Jordan s minister of state for prime ministerial affairs. Whatever the debate Over emphasis the statistics Are Clear. International terrorist incidents those involving citizens or territory of More than one country have doubled in number since 1975, to slightly Over 800 last year the state department reports. Risks International a . Consulting firm that tracks single country terrorism As Well counted More than 3,000 major incidents in 1985. Last year s Twa hijacking and Achille Lauro sea jacking were More visible but 1985 s deadliest event was the Downing of an air India jetliner Over the Atlantic believed to have been the work of sikh extremist bombers. It killed All 329 people aboard. Terrorism is not new. The French dubbed the 1890s, when anarchists tossed bombs into parisian cafes the dynamite  what is new today is terrorism practice on an International scale a kind of global guerrilla War that has developed with developing technology. Jet travel and open Borders particularly in Western Europe enable terrorists to reach far off targets. A booming arms Trade offers them the latest in compact relatively cheap weapons in a nuclear age when traditional warfare is too costly. And instant communications advances in the news Media give their actions a multiplier  if you see terrorism As theater then the ability to reach a worldwide audience enhances the tactic said a leading theorist on terrorism Brian m. Jenkins of California s Rand corp. Think tank. Terrorists goals can be Complex. West european groups for example Are believed intent on provoking a police repression that will antagonize the Public and pave the Way for revolution. In other cases terrorists Hope the world will Grant their demands simply to end a plague of mindless violence. First and Foremost the experts say terrorists crave attention for their cause. And the causes Are proliferating. The traditional groups Are Well known palestinian a photo from Abc news a terrorist holds a gun on Twa Pilot John Testrake during an interview from the hijacked plane with reporters on the Tarmac at Beirut Airport last june. Arab militants Irish Republican army provisional Basque separatists anti turkish armenians Colombia s m-19 guerrillas Italy s right Wing railway bombers Lebanon s Multi striped car bombers. But now ominously More obscure causes Are exploding into the headlines As Well the cause of tamil separatism for one in whose name 150 bystanders were massacred by gunmen at a holy place in sri Lanka last year. In the United states too new style terrorists strike right to life militants who firebomb abortion clinics for example and terrorist bombers possibly jewish extremists who killed an Arab american activist last year. By 1984, Jenkins reports the citizens of 60 nations had become the targets of terror attacks. Terrorists Are also becoming deadlier. Lebanon s anti Western shiite moslem extremists Are working with bombs of Power unparalleled for a non military organization. The ferocity is escalating a . Air Force Security officer in West Germany said of anti american terrorists there. They Are not getting the kind of attention they used to get and they apparently feel they have to find new ways to get  the . Administration traces much of terrorism s spread to state sponsorship particularly libyan and syrian support for palestinian terrorists such As Abu Nidal s widely feared group and iranian support for extremist shiites. The Rome and Vienna Airport atrocities blamed on Abu Nidal began a new spiral of .-libyan tension that last month led to military clashes Between the two countries in the Mediterranean. But the notion of government terrorism has two sides. What do you Call israeli air attacks on our refugee Camps in t it official state terrorism Khalil Al Wazir the Palestine liberation organization s Deputy military commander asked in an interview in Jordan. Inevitably terrorism s definition is politically coloured. Secretary of state George p. Shultz says that wherever it takes place terrorism is directed against us the  a but the state department s own patterns of terrorism annual report notes that .-supported guerrillas in Angola regularly take foreign hostages and attack soviet bloc civilians actions generally viewed As terrorist. While East and West Arab and israeli debate just what terrorism is its Impact can be seen everywhere triple layer Security surrounds presidents whether american or iranian. Britain is buying a new rocket. Proof Royal train for the Queen. Fear of travelling has Cut untold billions of dollars from tourism and other business. The . Government plans to spend More than $4 billion to Harden its embassies against attack. The world is intimidated top West German anti terrorist police briefing a reporter sit in a darkened room lighted windows offer targets. But the world is also mobilizing the 138-nation Interpol police network Long reluctant to Deal with politically sensitive crime set up its first anti terrorist unit in january. It was totally unacceptable with the Way International terrorism was developing that an organization like ours should appear hesitant. To take action said Raymond e. Kendall Interpol s Secretary general. As for the immediate future the interviews found two major concerns the recent coming together of West european terror groups in an anti nato Alliance and the potential for a greater explosion of Mideast terrorism As the palestinian Arab cause reaches a dangerous Crossroads. European airports have stepped up Security. Up photo terrorist groups in Germany associated press t terrorist groups have been Active incest Germany for nearly 20 years attacking a wide Range of american West German and nato Alliance  is an overview of the major terrorist groups and some of the attacks for which they have claimed responsibility. Othe Baader Meinhoff gang founded in 1968. Was named by the news Media for two of its founding members. Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhoff later committed suicide in prison. The group grew out of Radical student circles and opposed . Business and military interests in Europe. It burned department stores robbed Banks and burglarized government offices As part of a self proclaimed anti capitalist War. The red army faction which adopted that. Name in 1971, originally consisted of members of the Baader Meinhoff gang but grew and spawned other terrorist groups most of them named after original red army faction members. In May 1972, the red army faction bombed two . Army Headquarters killing four american soldiers. In 1977, it assassinated West Germany s chief Federal prosecutor the chairman of the country s second largest Bank and the president of the National employers association in separate attacks. The red army faction has claimed responsibility for 30 political killings and hundreds of bomb attacks and robberies. The revolutionary cells founded in 1973, has claimed responsibility for More than 55 bombings and arsons directly mostly against West German Banks businesses and government offices. The Holger Meins commando founded in 1975, was named for a red army faction member who died in prison while on a hunger strike. On april 24, 1975, the group seized the West German embassy in Stockholm killing two hostages and blowing up the building. It claimed responsibility for the feb. 28 assassination of swedish prime minister Olof palme and for last saturday s Berlin nightclub bombing. 2nd of june movement first heard from in 1975, is believed to have connections with palestinian terrorists it claimed responsibility for the 1975 kidnapping of Peter Lorenz a leading conservative politician in Berlin. Lorenz was released after police freed four imprisoned terrorists. Its name refers to the Date in 1967 that a policeman shot and killed Benno Ohnesorg a student during a Berlin demonstration. A court acquitted the policeman saying he acted in self defense. Commando Siegfried Hausner was first heard from in 1977 when the group said it participated in the killing of National employers association president Hanns Martin Schleyer and four people accompanying him. Most members Are now in prison or dead. The Patrick o Hara commando a red army faction offshoot named after a member of the outlawed Irish Republican army claimed responsibility for the feb. 1, 1985, murder of Munich industrialist Ernst Zimmermann. The revolutionary front claimed responsibility for a 1984 bombing at a West German army base in Bavaria. The autonomous revolutionary group claimed responsibility for minor 1984 arson attacks against West German companies. The group opposes the North Atlantic treaty organization and West German government Urban policies. Page 14 the stars and stripes tuesday april 8, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 15