US embassy cable - 93ACCRA10316

UNCLAS ACCRA 10316 
 
S/CT FOR REAP 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS: PTER, GH 
SUBJECT: GHANA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT 
 
REF: STATE 317207 
 
1.  THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA HAS ALWAYS TAKEN A STRONG 
STANCE AGAINST TERRORISM.  THE GOG HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE 
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES IN SHARING INFORMATION AND IN OTHER 
EFFORTS TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.  HOWEVER, 
GHANA'S PRIENDSHIP WITH IRAN AND LIBYA HAS SOMETIMES LED 
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO URGE MODERATION AND COMPROMISE 
IN INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS TO ALLEGED INSTANCES OF 
TBRRORISM SPONSORED BY THOSE STATES. 
 
2.  THE RESPONSES BELOW ARE KEYED TO POINTS IN PARA 4 OF 
REFTEL: 
 
A.  THE GOG HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION OF 
AMY INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST.  THE GOVERNMENT HAS, 
HOWEVER, PROSECUTED FOUR PEOPLE FOR BOMBINGS THAT 
OCCURRED IN GHANA AFTER THE 1992 ELECTIONS. 
 
B.  GHANA NEITHER EXTRADITED NOR REQUESTED THE 
EXTRADITION OF ANY INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS IN 1993.  IT 
DID, HOWEVER, EXPRESS WILLINGNESS TO EXTRADITE A 
DETAINED INTERNATIONAL HIJACKER IF SO REQUESTED BY THE 
COUNTRY OF THE AFFECTED AIRLINE.  THE SITUATION WAS 
RESOLVED IN A MANNER WHICH LED TO THE HIJACKER'S CURRENT 
PRO&ECUTION IN THE UNITED STATES. 
 
C.  THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA WILL, IN GENERAL, ONLY 
EXTRADITE INDIVIDUALS TO COUNTRIES WITH WHICH IT HAS AN 
EXTRADITION TREATY. 
 
D.  THE GOG HAS BEEN VERY WILLING TO ASSIST IN 
INVESTIGATION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST INCIDENTS. 
 
E.  THE GOG HAS COOPERATED IN THE INVESTIGATION AND 
RESOLUTION OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL 
TERRORISM OF DIRECT INTEREST TO THE UNITED STATES. 
 
F.  THE GOG HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY SUPPORT FOR 
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS. 
 
G.  THE GOG HAS SUGGESTED THAT THE UN SHOULD ACCEPT 
LIBYA'S OFFER TO HAVE ITS TWO CITIZENS ACCUSED OF THE 
PAN AM 103 BOMBING TRIED IN A NEUTRAL COUNTRY. 
 
H.  THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE GHANAIAN 
GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TERRORISM SINCE 1992. 
 
 
BROWN