International Terrorism Since 1945
(2009)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
The Mau Mau
Episode 26
The Mau Mau's fight for Kenya's independence from Britain, who are a violent terrorist group founded in the 1950s.
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The Moluccan Separatists
Episode 25
The hijacking of a Dutch train by South Moluccan Separatists in 1977, who demanded independence for their homeland.
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Chechen Extremism
Episode 24
The Chechen rebel's who seized a theatre in Moscow and took 800 people hostage in 2002.
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The Tamil Tigers
Episode 23 - 1-20-2009
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.
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The Taliban
Episode 22 - 1-19-2009
The global war against the Taliban, who instigated a brutal authoritarian regime in Afghanistan.
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Somali Warlords
Episode 21 - 1-19-2009
America's disastrous attempt to capture two notorious Somali terrorists in 1993. Last in the series.
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Fidel Castro
Episode 20 - 1-16-2009
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.
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Che Guevara
Episode 19 - 1-16-2009
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.
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The Mahdi Army
Episode 18 - 1-15-2009
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
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Japanese Sarin Cult
Episode 17 - 1-15-2009
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.
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The Ku Klux Klan
Episode 16 - 1-14-2009
A history of attacks carried out by white, right-wing Christian group KKK.
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The Oklahoma Bomber
Episode 15 - 1-14-2009
On 19 April 1995, Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.
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The Weathermen
Episode 14 - 1-13-2009
Communist group The Weathermen carried out a series of bombings in the United States from 1969 - 1977.
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The SLA and Patty Hearst
Episode 13 - 1-13-2009
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.
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Algeria and the OAS
Episode 12 - 1-12-2009
The group OAS committed a series of attacks, killing hundreds, in an attempt to keep Algeria governed by France.
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Colonel Gaddafi and Libya
Episode 11 - 1-12-2009
On 21 December 1988, Libya bombed transatlantic Pan Am flight 103 over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie.
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Nasser and Egyptian Terrorism
Episode 10 - 1-10-2009
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.
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EOKA
Episode 9 - 1-09-2009
EOKA's attacks on police stations, government offices and military installations on Cyprus in the 1950s.
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The Baader-Meinhof Gang
Episode 8 - 1-08-2009
Terrorist acts committed by far-left group Baader Meinhof Gang / Red Army Faction in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s.
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The Red Brigades
Episode 7 - 1-08-2009
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.
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ETA, Spain
Episode 6 - 1-07-2009
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.
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PLO
Episode 5 - 1-07-2009
The hijacking of three passenger planes, in September 1970, by the PLO, accompanied by demands for the release of imprisoned Palestinians.
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Fatah/Hamas
Episode 4 - 1-06-2009
Palestinian terrorism, including events in Munich, in September 1972, when militant group Black September kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli sportspeople.
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The IRA
Episode 3 - 1-06-2009
A brief history of Irish Republican terrorism.
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The Al-Qaeda Menace
Episode 2 - 1-05-2009
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.
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Early Israeli Terrorism
Episode 1 - 1-05-2009
On 22 July 1946, a Zionist group Irgun, bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine, killing 91 people.
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