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- Five members of the Aryan Republican Army
were indicted in Philadelphia on charges of conspiracy to rob seven banks in the Midwest
and using the proceeds to buy weapons and fund recruiting efforts. Ringleader Peter
Langan, 38, was found guilty in Federal court in Columbus, OH, on five counts of bank
robbery and using an explosive device during a robbery. (The Washington Post, 1/31/97, The
New York Times, 2/11/97)
- A Federal judge ordered the PLO to prepare for trial in the 1985 slaying of American
Jew Leon Klinghoffer aboard the Achille Lauro after the apparent collapse of a settlement
agreement reached last year between the PLO and the Klinghoffer family. (New York Daily
News, 1/31/97)
- Utilizing a new law that allows Americans to file suit in U.S. courts against foreign
governments for damages from terrorism, the family of terror victim Alisa Flatow, killed
in a bus bombing in the Gaza Strip in April 1995, has filed suit against Iran for
sponsoring the attack by Islamic Jihad. (AP, 2/25/97)
- Federal officials arrested nine men in Virginia who they say were part of a network
that funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Middle East terrorist front
organizations during the past several years. (Long Island Newsday, 3/7/97)
- Florida police charged Harry Shapiro, 31, with placing a destructive device at and
making a bomb threat to a synagogue in Jacksonville, Florida. Shapiro later pleaded
guilty. (Reuters, 2/26/97, The New York Times, 3/20/97)
- Militia leader F. Joe Holland, who sent threatening letters to government officials,
was sentenced in Montana to 10 years in prison. (USA Today, 3/18/97)
- Alleged leader of the Viper Militia, Gary Bauer, 51, was sentenced to nine years in
prison on Federal conspiracy and weapons charges. (AP, 3/21/97)
- The agency that manages Federal dams announced that it will strengthen security at dams
to combat potential terrorist attacks. (The New York Times, 3/28/97)
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