▁Club ▁at ▁the ▁Washington ▁Navy ▁Y ard . ▁Their ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁bomb ing ▁were ▁opposition ▁to ▁US ▁policy ▁in ▁Central ▁America ▁and ▁independence ▁for ▁Puerto ▁Rico . ▁The ▁explos ion ▁at ▁the ▁officers ▁club ▁occurred ▁at ▁ 1 : 5 0 ▁A . M . ▁An ▁F . B . I . ▁sp okes man ▁said ▁it ▁appeared ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁caused ▁by ▁a ▁powerful ▁bomb ▁that ▁was ▁placed ▁under ▁a ▁c ouch ▁in ▁an ▁entry way ▁to ▁the ▁club . ▁The ▁explos ion ▁ble w ▁out ▁windows , ▁knock ed ▁down ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁false ▁ce iling ▁and ▁dam aged ▁the ▁interior ▁of ▁the ▁three - story , ▁red - br ick ▁club ▁building . ▁There ▁was ▁nobody ▁in ▁the ▁building ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁bomb ing ▁and ▁no ▁one ▁was ▁injured . ▁The ▁effect ▁of ▁this ▁bomb ing ▁led ▁to ▁height ened ▁focus ▁on ▁anti ▁terror ism ▁operations ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁eventually ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁group ' s ▁tak ed own ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁Res istance ▁Cons pi racy ▁ ▁The ▁group ▁Res istance ▁Cons pi racy ▁was ▁a ▁United ▁States - based ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁wider ▁Commun ist ▁organization ▁known ▁as , ▁the ▁May ▁ 1 9 th ▁Commun ist ▁Order . ▁This ▁group ▁existed ▁from ▁its ▁first ▁attack ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁until ▁later ▁attacks ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁Through out ▁the ▁lif es pan ▁of ▁the ▁organization , ▁twenty ▁inc