Brigate Rosse

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Brigate Rosse - a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989

Red Brigades, BR

act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

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Br Italia Italian Republic Italy Red Brigades			In Mara, Renato, e io: storia dei fondatori delle Brigate Rosse ("Mara, Renato, and I: The History of the Founders of the Red Brigades," 1988), he described his longing for Communism in its purest and most absolute form. Mythmaking & the Aldo Moro case by Drake, Richard / New Criterion Germany's Red Army Faction (RAF) and Italy's Brigate Rosse (BR), also known as the Red Brigades, seek to create a revolutionary state through armed struggle against what they perceive to be an imperialistic state. Terrorism in the United States: 1990 by Penberthy, Mark / Security Management			brier brier patch Brier root brier-wood Briered brierpatch brierroot brierwood Briery brig Brig Gen Brig. Brig. Gen. brigade Brigade inspector Brigade major brigadier brigadier general brigalow brigand brigandage brigandine Brigandish brigandism brigantine Brigate Rosse Briggandage Brigge Briggs Brigham Young Brighouse Bright bright as a new penny bright blue bright lights bright side bright spark bright young thing Bright's disease bright-blindness bright-eyed Bright-harnessed bright-red Bright’s disease brighten brightening agent brightly brightly-colored brightly-coloured brightness brightness constancy			brigand brigand brigandage brigandage brigandage brigandage brigandine brigandine Brigandines Brigandines Brigandish Brigandish brigandism brigandism brigandry brigandry Brigands Brigands Brigands Brigandu Brigante, Cameron, Watters & Strong LLP brigantine brigantine brigantines brigantines Brigantion Brigantion Brigantis Brigantu Brigate Autonome Livornesi Brigate Rosse Brigecraft Brigecraft Brigecraft Brigecraft Brigecraft Brigerland Applied Technology College Brigg Brigg Briggandage Brigge BRIGGEN Briggesian logarithms Briggesian logarithms Briggs Briggs Briggs & Stratton Briggs & Stratton Corporation Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC Briggs Environmental Services Ltd. Briggs equalizer Briggs Lawrence County Public Library Main Branch Briggs Lawrence County Public Library South Branch Briggs Marine Environmental Services Briggs Myers Type Indicator Briggs New York Corporation Briggs pipe thread Briggs Rainbow Buildings, Inc. Briggs standard Briggs stretcher carriage

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