The Act of Remembrance On March 6, 1970, a bomb exploded in the basement of a townhouse in New York City’s Greenwich Village. The resulting blast completely destroyed the four-story townhouse and severely damaged the nearby buildings. Originally thought to be the result of a gas leak, it was soon discovered that the townhouse…
Tag: History of Terrorism
An In-Depth History of the AK-47
Tools of Modern Terror Very rarely do you read anything about Firearms in the New York Times that is not liberal biased dribble and excrement that seeks to vilify firearms as the culprit to society’s ills. But this article by C.J. Chivers, a Marine and author of The Gun, a historical tour-de-force of the history of…
History of Terrorism: Munich 1972 and 2016
The long history of German incompetence in the face of Islamist terrorism We all know about Germany under Angela Merkel deciding to admit about a million immigrants from lands where jihadism, Sharia law, terrorism and hatred of women, Jews and gays are endemic. Most of know that on New Years’ Eve last, some 1000…
Guerilla Warfare History: The IRA and ‘Fantasy Troubles’
A lot of articles, books, documentaries and news pieces have been produced over the last two decades exploring the origins of the Peace Process in the North of Ireland, and none more so than in the murky world of Britain’s Dirty War. It has become de rigueur in certain British nationalist circles (and amongst their sympathisers) to…
History of Terrorism: From Russia With Hate
By Peter Bergen The news that the Istanbul attack was carried out by a Russian and citizens of Central Asian states that were once part of the Soviet Union might surprise those who have hitherto seen the group as a collection of mostly Arab fighters with a large Western European contingent. Yet in fact, Russian…
History of Terrorism: Bullet Scars as Uganda Remember Israeli Entebbe Raid in 1976
Four decades later, now-friendly countries to jointly mark daring IDF hostage rescue operation in sign of reconciliation ENTEBBE, Uganda (AFP) — Skimming above the choppy waves through the dark the four planes swooped in low over Lake Victoria, packed with over 200 elite Israeli commandos on a daring raid to free hijacked hostages. Landing soon…
History of Terrorism: How British Intelligence Infiltrated the IRA
This is an article from The Atlantic in 2006 but I thought it a great read on the History of the IRA from the British perspective.-SF I first met the man now called Kevin Fulton in London, on Platform 13 at Victoria Station. We almost missed each other in the crowd; he didn’t look at…
The History of Terrorism: a Film Anthology
In creating a Memorial Day Movie list it got me to thinking about other movie list, so I thought I would start with a favorite subject of mine: The Study Of Terrorism and Guerilla Warfare. Here are some films worth watching if you are interested in learning more about this subject. Most of these films…
History of Terrorism: 3 Members of the Baader-Meinhoff Gang Have Re-Surfaced in Germany
They used to be among Germany’s most wanted: When Ernst-Volker Wilhelm Staub, Burkhard Garweg and Daniela Klette disappeared in the 1980s, West German authorities considered them to be extremely dangerous. German authorities say all three belonged to the Red Army Faction (RAF), an extremist group that had killed politicians and businessmen throughout the preceding two decades. Also known as…
Guerilla Warfare History: Pictorial History of the IRA and “The Troubles”
From 1968 to 1998, Northern Ireland was the battleground of a guerrilla war known as The Troubles. On one side was the Protestant majority called the Unionists, who wanted Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom. On the other side were the Nationalists, a Catholic minority who sought to become part of the…