US embassy cable - 97HARARE9435

UNCLAS HARARE 009435 
 
 
FOR S/CT FOR REAP 
 
E.O. 12356: N/A 
TAGS:  PTER, ZI 
SUBJECT:  ZIMBABWE:  1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT 
 
REF:  A) STATE 245276 
 
1.  FORMAT PER REFTEL: 
 
(A) PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: 
 
THERE WERE NO ACTS OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED 
VIOLENCE IN ZIMBABWE IN 1997: 
 
(B) EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: 
 
THERE WERE NO CASES INVOLVING EXTRADITION OF 
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN ZIMBABWE IN 1997 
 
(C) IMPEDIMENTS TO PROSECUTION OR EXTRADITION OF 
SUSPECTED TERRORISTS: 
 
AN EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE US AND ZIMBABWE 
HAS BEEN SIGNED BY BOTH SIDES.  IT IS PRESENTLY 
AWAITING SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE FOR RATIFICATION, 
WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY OCCUR IN THE SPRING OF 1998. 
SINCE THE GOZ HAS SIGNED THE TREATY, THIS IS A 
POSITIVE SIGN INDICATING THEY WOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY 
IN A CASE INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 
 
D. HOST COUNTRY RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION: 
 
NO SPECIFIC ACTION WAS TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO 
TERRORISM IN 1997 
 
F. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: 
 
THOUGH ZIMBABWE CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN DIPLOMATIC 
RELATIONS WITH THE SEVEN COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED AS 
SPONSORING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM (CUBA, LIBYA, 
NORTH KOREA, IRAN AND SUDAN MAINTAIN MISSIONS IN 
HARARE), THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THE GOVERNMENT OF 
ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS OR CONDONES TERRORIST ACTS 
PERPETRATED BY THESE COUNTRIES. 
 
G. PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF TERRORISM: 
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ISSUED NO STATEMENTS IN 
SUPPORT OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN 1997. 
 
H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS 
TERRORISM SINCE 1996: 
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HAS BEEN NOTED. 
 
I. U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES: 
 
THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS 
AND INITIATIVES IN ZIMBABWE DURING THE PAST YEAR. 
 
J.  COOPERATION SOUGHT FROM THE HOST GOVERNMENT 
DURING THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS IN THE INVESTIGATION 
OR PROSECUTION OF AN ACT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES: 
 
ZIMBABWE HAS NOT BEEN REQUESTED TO COOPERATE IN THE 
INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION OF ANY TERRORIST ACT. 
 
 
CARRAGHER