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Japanese Red Army  

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  • The Japanese Red Army (JRA) was a 1970s terrorist group famous for its actions on behalf of Palestinian nationalism, including a 1972 massacre at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport. The JRA arose from the Japanese student protest movement of the mid-to late 1960s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Japanese Red Army]

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