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International Terrorism Since 1945

2009 1 season 26 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

30 min

S1 · E1 · Jan 5, 2009

Early Israeli Terrorism Episode 1

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

30 min

S1 · E2 · Jan 5, 2009

The Al-Qaeda Menace Episode 2

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.

30 min

S1 · E3 · Jan 6, 2009

The IRA Episode 3

A brief history of Irish Republican terrorism.

30 min

S1 · E4 · Jan 6, 2009

Fatah/Hamas Episode 4

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

30 min

S1 · E5 · Jan 7, 2009

PLO Episode 5

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

30 min

S1 · E6 · Jan 7, 2009

ETA, Spain Episode 6

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.

30 min

S1 · E7 · Jan 8, 2009

The Red Brigades Episode 7

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.

30 min

S1 · E8 · Jan 8, 2009

The Baader-Meinhof Gang Episode 8

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

30 min

S1 · E9 · Jan 9, 2009

EOKA Episode 9

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

30 min

S1 · E10 · Jan 10, 2009

Nasser and Egyptian Terrorism Episode 10

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.

30 min

S1 · E11 · Jan 12, 2009

Colonel Gaddafi and Libya Episode 11

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

30 min

S1 · E12 · Jan 12, 2009

Algeria and the OAS Episode 12

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

30 min

S1 · E13 · Jan 13, 2009

The SLA and Patty Hearst Episode 13

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.

30 min

S1 · E14 · Jan 13, 2009

The Weathermen Episode 14

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

30 min

S1 · E15 · Jan 14, 2009

The Oklahoma Bomber Episode 15

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

30 min

S1 · E16 · Jan 14, 2009

The Ku Klux Klan Episode 16

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

30 min

S1 · E17 · Jan 15, 2009

Japanese Sarin Cult Episode 17

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.

30 min

S1 · E18 · Jan 15, 2009

The Mahdi Army Episode 18

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

30 min

S1 · E19 · Jan 16, 2009

Che Guevara Episode 19

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.

30 min

S1 · E20 · Jan 16, 2009

Fidel Castro Episode 20

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.

30 min

S1 · E21 · Jan 19, 2009

Somali Warlords Episode 21

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

30 min

S1 · E22 · Jan 19, 2009

The Taliban Episode 22

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

30 min

S1 · E23 · Jan 20, 2009

The Tamil Tigers Episode 23

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.

S1 · E24

Chechen Extremism Episode 24

soon

S1 · E25

The Moluccan Separatists Episode 25

soon

S1 · E26

The Mau Mau Episode 26

soon

26 episodes in Season 1

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