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Baader-Meinhof Gang  

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  • The Communist group known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang (aka Red Army Faction), which was named for Andreas Baader and the leftist journalist Ulrike Meinhof, terrorized West Germany in the 1970s. The gang, which called itself the Red Army Faction (RAF), engaged in bombing campaigns and assassinations, including attacks against U.S. Army bases. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Baader-Meinhof Gang]

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