The Mau Mau

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

The Moluccan Separatists

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

Chechen Extremism

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

The Tamil Tigers
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 of almost 60,000 people.

The Taliban
January 19, 2009

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

Somali Warlords
January 19, 2009

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

Fidel Castro
January 16, 2009

The story behind the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, which saw Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev bring the world to the brink of nuclear war.

Che Guevara
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 into rebellion against authority.

The Mahdi Army
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 to the US Military banning a Shia newspaper

Japanese Sarin Cult
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 - who aimed to destabilise the Japanese government.

The Ku Klux Klan
January 14, 2009

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

The Oklahoma Bomber
January 14, 2009

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

The Weathermen
January 13, 2009

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

The SLA and Patty Hearst
January 13, 2009

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

Algeria and the OAS
January 12, 2009

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

Colonel Gaddafi and Libya
January 12, 2009

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

Nasser and Egyptian Terrorism
January 10, 2009

The history of Egyptian terrorism, including the 17 November 1997, murder of 59 foreign tourists, three police officers and a tour guide by Egyptian group al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya.

EOKA
January 9, 2009

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

The Baader-Meinhof Gang
January 8, 2009

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

The Red Brigades
January 8, 2009

Formed in 1970, the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades) sought to create a revolutionary state through armed struggle and to separate Italy from the Western Alliance (NATO). The Red Brigades’ main aim was the overthrow of the Italian government, the weakening of NATO and the creation of a Marxist state.

ETA, Spain
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.

PLO
January 7, 2009

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

Fatah/Hamas
January 6, 2009

Palestinian terrorism, including events in Munich, in September 1972, when militant group Black September kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli sportspeople.

The IRA
January 6, 2009

A brief history of Irish Republican terrorism.

The Al-Qaeda Menace
January 5, 2009

On 11 September 2001, international Islamist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger planes, and deliberately flew two of them into the World Trade Center, one into The Pentagon, and crashed the other in a field in Pennsylvania, killing 2,998 people.

Early Israeli Terrorism
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.

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