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International Terrorism Since 1945

2009

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EP1 Early Israeli Terrorism Jan 05, 2009

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

EP2 The Al-Qaeda Menace Jan 05, 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.

EP3 The IRA Jan 06, 2009

A brief history of Irish Republican terrorism.

EP4 Fatah/Hamas Jan 06, 2009

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

EP5 PLO Jan 07, 2009

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

EP6 ETA, Spain Jan 07, 2009

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.

EP7 The Red Brigades Jan 08, 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.

EP8 The Baader-Meinhof Gang Jan 08, 2009

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

EP9 EOKA Jan 09, 2009

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

EP10 Nasser and Egyptian Terrorism Jan 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.

EP11 Colonel Gaddafi and Libya Jan 12, 2009

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

EP12 Algeria and the OAS Jan 12, 2009

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

EP13 The SLA and Patty Hearst Jan 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.

EP14 The Weathermen Jan 13, 2009

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

EP15 The Oklahoma Bomber Jan 14, 2009

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

EP16 The Ku Klux Klan Jan 14, 2009

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

EP17 Japanese Sarin Cult Jan 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.

EP18 The Mahdi Army Jan 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

EP19 Che Guevara Jan 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.

EP20 Fidel Castro Jan 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.

EP21 Somali Warlords Jan 19, 2009

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

EP22 The Taliban Jan 19, 2009

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

EP23 The Tamil Tigers Jan 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.

EP24 Chechen Extremism Jan 01, 0001

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

EP25 The Moluccan Separatists Jan 01, 0001

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

EP26 The Mau Mau Jan 01, 0001

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

International Terrorism Since 1945 is a television documentary series, shown on UKTV History from 5 January 2009. Narrated by Robert Powell, it is shown in half-hour episodes at 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm and depicts a history of some major terrorist groups since World War 2 and their activities.

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