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Terrorism
(redirected from Left-wing terrorism)

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Terrorism
As defined by the US FBI, 'the unlawful use of force against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in the furtherance of political or social objectives'
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The images associated with Germany's left-wing terrorism of the 1970s remain vivid for anyone who lived through it: Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's grave television addresses to the nation; the "Wanted" handbills with blurry black-and-white photos of the fugitives, among them the group's leaders, Ulrike Meinhof, Andreas Baader, and Gudrun Ensslin; and the eerie maximum-security Stammheim Prison near Stuttgart, the seventh floor of which held the political prisoners.
Death in Stuttgart: revisiting Germany's 1970s war on terror by Hockenos, Paul / Washington Monthly
The trend in recent years has been away from left-wing terrorism and toward nationalist-separatist groups and individuals or ad hoc groups bent on revenge.
Historical trends related to bioterrorism: an empirical analysis by Tucker, Jonathan B. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Elsewhere, left-wing terrorism, notably in Europe, was in decline in 1992, but ethnic and separatist groups in the Middle East, Latin America and South Asia remained active.
Terrorism: threat from the shadows by Fadil, Magda Abu / The Middle East
 
 
 
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