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Red Army Faction
(redirected from The Baader-Meinhof Gang)

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Red Army Faction
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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) another name for the Baader-Meinhof Gang
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Noun1.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
RAF
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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The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang after founders Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, was an extreme leftist group which grew out of student protests and anti-Vietnam War movements in 1960s West Germany.
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The RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang after its founders Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, mounted a violent campaign from 1977 to 1982 against what it called the oppressive capitalist state of West Germany.
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THE Baader-Meinhof Gang were responsible for bomb attacks and shootings that rocked Germany during the 1970s.
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