Season 1 (2009)

Early Israeli Terrorism
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January 5, 2009

On 22 July 1946, a Zionist group Irgun, bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine, killing 91 people.

The Al-Qaeda Menace
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January 5, 2009

On 11 September 2001, international Islamist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger planes, and deliberately flew two of them into...Read more

The IRA
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January 6, 2009

A brief history of Irish Republican terrorism.

Fatah/Hamas
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January 6, 2009

Palestinian terrorism, including events in Munich, in September 1972, when militant group Black September kidnapped and murdered 1...Read more

PLO
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January 7, 2009

The hijacking of three passenger planes, in September 1970, by the PLO, accompanied by demands for the release of imprisoned Palestinians.

ETA, Spain
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January 7, 2009 • 30m

The murder of Luis Carrero Blanco. On 20 December 1973, the Prime Minister of Spain was assassinated with a car bomb, by communist group ETA.

The Red Brigades
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January 8, 2009

Formed in 1970, the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades) sought to create a revolutionary state through armed struggle and to separate Ita...Read more

The Baader-Meinhof Gang
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January 8, 2009

Terrorist acts committed by far-left group Baader Meinhof Gang / Red Army Faction in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s.

EOKA
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January 9, 2009

EOKA's attacks on police stations, government offices and military installations on Cyprus in the 1950s.

Nasser and Egyptian Terrorism
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January 10, 2009

The history of Egyptian terrorism, including the 17 November 1997, murder of 59 foreign tourists, three police officers and a tour...Read more

Colonel Gaddafi and Libya
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January 12, 2009

On 21 December 1988, Libya bombed transatlantic Pan Am flight 103 over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie.

Algeria and the OAS
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January 12, 2009

The group OAS committed a series of attacks, killing hundreds, in an attempt to keep Algeria governed by France.

The SLA and Patty Hearst
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January 13, 2009

In 1974, left-wing group the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst, exerting pressure on her to make them join...Read more

The Weathermen
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January 13, 2009

Communist group The Weathermen carried out a series of bombings in the United States from 1969 - 1977.

The Oklahoma Bomber
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January 14, 2009

On 19 April 1995, Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.

The Ku Klux Klan
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January 14, 2009

A history of attacks carried out by white, right-wing Christian group KKK.

Japanese Sarin Cult
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January 15, 2009

The motives behind the March 15, 2005 gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system, committed by the new religious group Aum Shinrikyo -...Read more

The Mahdi Army
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January 15, 2009

The motives behind actions taken by the Mahdi Army, who rose to arms in Iraq after the deposition of Saddam Hussein, in reaction t...Read more

Che Guevara
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January 16, 2009

The motives, morals and methods of Che Guevara who in his relatively short life managed to inspire a generation of Cuban youths in...Read more

Fidel Castro
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January 16, 2009

The story behind the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, which saw Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev...Read more

Somali Warlords
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January 19, 2009

America's disastrous attempt to capture two notorious Somali terrorists in 1993. Last in the series.

The Taliban
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January 19, 2009

The global war against the Taliban, who instigated a brutal authoritarian regime in Afghanistan.

The Tamil Tigers
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January 20, 2009

The violent campaign of the Sri Lankan terrorist group the Tamil Tigers, which started in the 1980s and has resulted in the deaths...Read more

Chechen Extremism
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January 1, 1970

The Chechen rebel's who seized a theatre in Moscow and took 800 people hostage in 2002.

The Moluccan Separatists
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January 1, 1970

The hijacking of a Dutch train by South Moluccan Separatists in 1977, who demanded independence for their homeland.

The Mau Mau
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January 1, 1970

The Mau Mau's fight for Kenya's independence from Britain, who are a violent terrorist group founded in the 1950s.