ABSTRACT
This chapter presents international terrorism in 1989. It is based on data collected, collated and computerized at the JCSS Project on Low Intensity Warfare. A chronology of significant international terrorist events in 1989 is included, as well as extensive tables and figures, and a glossary of terrorist organizations active in the international arena during the period under review. Media information concerning terrorism is problematic for two reasons: first, coverage of events, especially those taking place in remote parts of the world, is sometimes deficient--although international terrorist incidents are generally covered better than domestic ones, and terrorist activity involving western interests receives particularly good coverage. The second point is related to the clandestine nature of terrorist activity. The statistics refer to incidents carried out by states' agents when the attacks targeted either the public-at-large, or individuals not associated with a dissident organization involved in terrorism.
