Saudis Arrest Sniper Suspects; Blast Kills 3 at U.S. Subsidiary in Peru : Terrorism: New attacks are reported in Athens, Amman, Beirut, Karachi. Lloyd’s of London offers special insurance coverage.

LIMA, Peru —  Guerrillas opposed to the U.S. role in the Persian Gulf War blew up a car Tuesday outside a company providing security for the U.S. Embassy in Lima, killing three security guards and seriously injuring seven other people, authorities said.

In a drive-by attack, the rebels threw at least 22 pounds of dynamite and fired machine-gun bursts at three diplomats’ cars parked in front of the company, police said. Leaflets condemning American involvement and signed by the pro-Cuban Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement were left at the scene, investigators said.

Also on Tuesday, authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested several suspects in a sniper attack on a shuttle bus carrying American soldiers in the Red Sea port of Jidda and vowed that terrorists could face amputation of their limbs or beheading.

In addition, there was a spate of attacks on installations belonging to countries that are part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Iraq.

A bank affiliated with Egypt was dynamited in Beirut; a U.S. military attache’s car was firebombed in Amman, Jordan; a bomb was thrown at the home of Saudi Arabia’s consul general in Karachi, Pakistan, and U.S. and French targets were bombed in Athens.

Meanwhile, Lloyd’s of London said it will offer for the first time insurance coverage for buildings, offices and other possible land targets of terrorist attacks.

A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Lima said the attack was directed at the offices of Pesevisa, the Peruvian subsidiary of Wackenhut in Coral Gables, Fla., which is under contract to provide security for the U.S. and Canadian embassies.

The explosion left a large crater in front of the company, blew out windows and destroyed several cars and a bus outside the office, police said.

Tupac Amaru guerrillas attacked the U.S. Embassy twice last week and dynamited the North American Cultural Institute in November.

In Saudi Arabia, state-run radio said several resident foreigners had been arrested in connection with Sunday’s sniper attack in Jidda on a shuttle bus whose passengers included three uniformed American soldiers. Two of the soldiers and a Saudi guard were injured slightly by flying glass.

The Saudi Interior Ministry declared that it “will not let any person, regardless of nationality, attack any citizen or expatriate.” It warned that anyone convicted of “subversive” activity will be “subjected to maximum punishment under Islamic sharia law”--execution or amputation of an arm and a leg. Execution in Saudi Arabia is usually by public beheading.

Authorities promised a crackdown on terrorism and offered a $267,000 reward for information leading to the “preservation of the safety and security of the country and the protection of citizens from the wayward deeds of the wayward.”

U.S. military officials said the incident was possibly the first terrorist attack in the desert kingdom since fighting began Jan. 17. Saudi Arabia has about 5 million foreign workers, most of them from other Islamic countries.

In Beirut, a small dynamite bomb blew up at the entrance to the Bank of Egypt and Lebanon, damaging several nearby cars, police said. No injuries were reported, and no one claimed responsibility for the blast.

This was the 15th explosion in Lebanon against interests of countries belonging to the multinational force fighting Iraq. Earlier bombings have targeted embassies, banks and cultural centers. Police said one person has been killed and two wounded in the attacks.

In Pakistan, police in Karachi linked pro-Iraqi sentiment to the bomb attack on the home of Saudi Arabia’s consul general. No one took credit for the attack, which slightly injured a security guard.

Demonstrations condemning the United States and Saudi Arabia are almost daily occurrences in Pakistan, which has sent 11,000 soldiers to help fight Iraq.

In Jordan, a firebomb was tossed into a U.S. military attache’s car, the fifth attack on Western diplomatic or business interests in the country since the Gulf War began. No injuries were reported.

The bombing followed repeated calls by Jordanian religious and political leaders to strike the interests of countries involved in the war against Iraq. The U.S. State Department on Monday advised Americans to leave, and the U.S. Embassy in Amman has reduced its staff to “essential” personnel.

Anti-American sentiment has been inflamed by allied attacks on civilian oil tanker trucks carrying fuel to Jordan from Iraq. Prime Minister Mudar Badran said Tuesday that seven Jordanian drivers have died in those air raids.

In Athens, powerful bomb blasts rocked the offices of Citibank and destroyed the car of a French state employee early today.

A time bomb at the Citibank branch office in the northern suburb of Halandri destroyed the front of the building and shattered windows in houses two blocks away, police said.

The second time bomb was placed nearby under the car of a French state employee. The car belonged to either a diplomat or a professor at the French Institute school in Athens, police said.

In spite of the more than 70 terrorist attacks believed related to the Gulf War, Lloyd’s of London decided to offer insurance protection for property that could be possible targets.

“There’s been a feeling of demand for it, and I think it is quite large,” said Michael Cockell, chairman of the insurance exchange’s war committee. He said much of the interest has come from energy companies concerned about their oil platforms and related energy facilities.

Insuring planes and ships against war risks has been a specialty of Lloyd’s for many years.

Rates for the new coverage will vary on the basis of the property insured, the client and the geographical area, Cockell explained.