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On 29 September 1976 fierce fighting took place in the Floresta suburb of Buenos Aires, where one-hundred soldiers and policemen were forced to use bazookas and armored cars against heavily armed guerrillas.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7k40AAAAIBAJ&sjid=OWcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1952,5810098&dq= "Troops Clash With Guerrillas"]. ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' (29 September 1976).</ref> On 2 October, Lieutenant-General Jorge Videla narrowly escaped death when a bomb packed in metal tubing supporting a reviewing stand at the Campo de Mayo army barracks exploded only moments after he left.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KeVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6997,382239&dq= Argentina's chief escapes blasts, Eugene Resister-Guard, 3 October 1976]. Google News.</ref> On 17 October a bomb blast in an Army Club Cinema in downtown Buenos Aires killed 11 and wounded about 50 officers and their families. On 15 December, another bomb planted in a Defense Ministry movie hall killed at least 14 and injured 30<ref name="encyclopedia202"/> officers and their families. By the first anniversary of the coup that ousted President [[Isabel Martínez de Perón|Isabel Perón]], 124 soldiers and police had been killed in incidents involving left wing guerrillas<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918823,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|title=Hope from a Clockwork Coup|work=Time|date=11 April 1977}}</ref> in what the military referred to as, "the Dirty War".

On 29 September 1976 fierce fighting took place in the Floresta suburb of Buenos Aires, where one-hundred soldiers and policemen were forced to use bazookas and armored cars against heavily armed guerrillas.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7k40AAAAIBAJ&sjid=OWcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1952,5810098&dq= "Troops Clash With Guerrillas"]. ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' (29 September 1976).</ref> On 2 October, Lieutenant-General Jorge Videla narrowly escaped death when a bomb packed in metal tubing supporting a reviewing stand at the Campo de Mayo army barracks exploded only moments after he left.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KeVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4OADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6997,382239&dq= Argentina's chief escapes blasts, Eugene Resister-Guard, 3 October 1976]. Google News.</ref> On 17 October a bomb blast in an Army Club Cinema in downtown Buenos Aires killed 11 and wounded about 50 officers and their families. On 15 December, another bomb planted in a Defense Ministry movie hall killed at least 14 and injured 30<ref name="encyclopedia202"/> officers and their families. By the first anniversary of the coup that ousted President [[Isabel Martínez de Perón|Isabel Perón]], 124 soldiers and police had been killed in incidents involving left wing guerrillas<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918823,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|title=Hope from a Clockwork Coup|work=Time|date=11 April 1977}}</ref> in what the military referred to as, "the Dirty War".

==Left wing terror in the automotive industry==

===Left wing terror in the automotive industry===

In November 1971, in solidarity with militant car workers, Montoneros guerrillas took over a car manufacturing plant in Caseros, sprayed 38 Fiats with petrol, and then set them alight.<ref>The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Gabriela Nouzeilles & Graciela R. Montaldo, p. 382, Duke University Press, 2002</ref>Dr. Oberdan Sallustro, director-general of the Fiat Concord company in Argentina ― which manufactured cars, rolling stock and power generators under license from Fiat of Italy, the parent company ― and an Italian citizen, was kidnapped by ERP guerrillas in Buenos Aires on March 21st 1972 and found murdered on April 10th, after having been held in a ''"people's prison"'' in a working-class suburb of the city. On December 2nd, the bodyguards of a Chrysler Corporation executive were attacked by militants, two were killed and another wounded.<ref>The Problems of U.S. Businesses Operating Abroad in Terrorist Environments, S. W. Purnell, Eleanor Sullivan Wainstein, p. 80, Rand 1981</ref>  

In November 1971, in solidarity with militant car workers, Montoneros guerrillas took over a car manufacturing plant in Caseros, sprayed 38 Fiats with petrol, and then set them alight.<ref>The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics, Gabriela Nouzeilles & Graciela R. Montaldo, p. 382, Duke University Press, 2002</ref>Dr. Oberdan Sallustro, director-general of the Fiat Concord company in Argentina ― which manufactured cars, rolling stock and power generators under license from Fiat of Italy, the parent company ― and an Italian citizen, was kidnapped by ERP guerrillas in Buenos Aires on March 21st 1972 and found murdered on April 10th, after having been held in a ''"people's prison"'' in a working-class suburb of the city. On December 2nd, the bodyguards of a Chrysler Corporation executive were attacked by militants, two were killed and another wounded.<ref>The Problems of U.S. Businesses Operating Abroad in Terrorist Environments, S. W. Purnell, Eleanor Sullivan Wainstein, p. 80, Rand 1981</ref>