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Red Brigades  

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  • aka Brigate Rosse The Red Brigades were a Marxist terrorist group active in Italy throughout the 1970s. Since World War II, in which Communist-led resistance fighters contributed decisively to the Allied victory in Italy, the Italian Communist Party has been a potent force in that country's politics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Terrorism; Red Brigades]

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