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41 matches to Terror
Baader-Meinhof Gang. (Red Army Faction). 1968-92. West German terrorists supported by Stasi.
Bernadotte, Folke. 1895-1948. UN mediator in Palestine, assassinated by Jewish terrorists.
Cagoulards. 1930s. French Fascist terrorists vs Third Republic.
Clan-na-Gael. 1883- US Irish terrorist organization.
Committee of Public Safety. 1793-5. Ruled France. Robespierre’s reign of Terror.
Cyprus Emergency. 1952-9. Pro-Greece EOKA terrorists vs British.
Domitian. 51-96. Roman Emperor 81-. Reign of terror.
ETA. 1970-. Basque terrorist separatist organization.
Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine. 1746-1795. Public prosecutor of the Revolutionary Tribunal during Terror. Guillotined.
French Revolution. 1789-99. Monarchy overthrown. Republic established 1792. Caused by Absolutism, financial crisis, Enlightenment. Terror. Napoleon. French Revolutionary Wars.
Hamas. 1987-. Militant terrorist movement for elimination of Israel and establishment of a Palestinian state. Denounced 1993 peace agreement. PLO.
Irgun Zvai Leumi. 1931-48. Jewish right-wing terrorist group in Palestine.
Irish Republican Army. IRA. 1919-. For a unified independent Ireland by terrorism (Provisional Wing) or by democratic means (Officials). Opposed Allies in WWII. Terrorism 1921-40, 1969-. Outlawed in Eire 1930, 36, 74. Sinn Fein.
Ku Klux Klan. KKK. 1867-71. Secret US White Supremacist terrorist organization. Founded by Forrest. 1915- Recreated by Simmons.
Libya. 7C BC Phoenician, Carthage, Greek colonies. 46BC Rome. 476 Vandal(W). 534 Byzantine 647 Arab. 1551 Ottoman. 1911 Italian colony. 1943 British/French 1950 Independent Kingdom. 1969 Qaddafi coup. Terrorism. Lockerbie.
Lockerbie Scotland. 1988 Terrorist bomb downs PanAm plane killing 270. Libya.
Molly Maguires. 1835-55 Irish anti-landlord society. 1862-77 Irish terrorists in PA coal mining area.
Montagnards. 1792-5. French revolutionary extremists led by Robespierre. Terror. Plain.
Moro, Aldo. 1916-78. Italian Prime Minister 1963~76. Killed by left wing terrorist Red Brigade.
Mountbatten, Louis, First earl. 1900-79. British admiral and statesman. Allied commander SE Asia. Last Viceroy of India. Killed by IRA terrorists.
Munich Olympics. 1972. 11 Israelis killed by PLO terrorists.
OAS. Organisation de l’Armée Secrète. 1961-9. Right-wing terrorist anti-Gaullist group founded by Salan. Failed revolt in Algeria 1961.
Osama bin Laden. 1957-. Wahabi Saudi Arabian construction magnate turned terrorist. World Trade Center. Taliban. al-Qaeda.
Palestine Liberation Organization. PLO. 1964. To reclaim land from Israel. 1988 Proclaimed Palestinian State. 1993 Israel-PLO Accord, mutual recognition. Palestinian Authority. Arafat. Terrorism. Munich Olympics.
Phoenix Park Murders. 1882. British Secretary and Undersecretary of Ireland killed by terrorists.