Red Army Faction

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Red Army Faction

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name for the Baader-Meinhof Gang

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Red Army Faction - a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998

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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

Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990

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Baader-Meinhof Gang Deutschland Federal Republic of Germany FRG Germany RAF red			After extensive training in Palestine, the founding members of the Red Army Faction return home to Berlin and put their newfound skills to use, robbing banks and wreaking havoc. DVDs & Videos by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) The Red Army Faction is believed to have killed 34 people between 1970 and 1991, before disbanding 10 years ago. Germany frees '70s leftist fighter by Aljazeera.net THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (18, 149 mins) ***** HISTORICAL thriller about Germany's 20 year problems with the Red Army Faction terrorist group. STILL SHOWING.. by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)			recusal recusance recusancy recusant Recusation Recusative recuse Recussion recyclable recyclate recycle recycle bin recycling recycling bin recycling plant red red admiral red alder red alert red alga red algae red amaranth red angel's trumpet Red ant Red antimony Red Army Faction red ash red bag red baneberry red bark Red bass red bat red bay red bearberry Red beard red beds red beech red biddy red birch red bird's eye Red blindness red blood cell Red blood corpuscles red bone marrow red book Red book of the Exchequer red Bordeaux red brass Red Brigades red bryony red buckeye			Red and Purple Romance Red and the Black, The Red and White Kop red and white roses, garland of red angel's trumpet Red Angus Red Angus Association of America Red Angus cattle Red ant Red ant Red ant Red antimony Red antimony Red ants Red ants Red ants Red ape Red ape Red apes Red apes Red apple Red Armageddon Red Armor Red Armour Red Army Red Army Red Army Red Army Choir Red Army Day Red Army Day Red Army Faction Red Army Fraction Red Army Fraction Red Army of Chornobyl Red Arrogant Git red arsenic Red Arterial Ferroviaria red as a cherry red as a poppy red as a rose red as a ruby red as blood red ash Red Autónoma de Mujeres en la Comunicación Alternativa red avadavats red avadavats red azimuth tables Red back Red Back Salamander Red backed red badge Red badge of courage Red Badge of Courage, The Red Badge of Courage, The red bag red bag Red Ball Diamond Aggregate Red bandfish red bandfishes

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