Category. | Statistic. |
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Operated in. | W. Germany, E. Germany, Uganda, Sweden, Somalia, Palestine, the UAE, Italy, France and S. Yemen. |
Founder(s). | Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof. |
Founded in. | 1968 (unofficial)/1970 (offical). |
Disbanded in. | Final action and confrontations in 1993. Disbanded 20 April 1998. |
Political alignment. | Loony-left. Anti-Semitic, Black supremacist, anti-world established order, anti-USA, obsessed W. Germany was run by Nazis, pro-drugs, pro-feminism and pro-youth drop-out culture. Idolised Che Guevara, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh. |
Activity. | Numerous bombings, kidnappings,robberies, murders like the 30 July 1977 killing of Jürgen Ponto (who was the then head of Dresdner Bank), anti-Sematisum sky-jacks and assassinations. |
Online Links. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6314559.stm and http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494068/Red-Army-Faction-RAF. |
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