NCJ Number
102362
Journal
Terrorism Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Dated: (1987) Pages: 87-99
Date Published
1987
Length
13 pages
Annotation
When analyzing terrorism in Germany, attention normally focuses on the Rote Armee Fraktion, better known as Baader-Meinhof gang.
Abstract
Already in the early years of the RAF there existed different groups, such as the Movement 2nd June, which often rivaled and strongly criticized the elitist avant-gardism of Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and Gudrun Ensslin. Today only a small fragment of the some 350 terrorist acts and 500 acts of sabotage (1985 statistics) can be attributed to the RAF. Germany's other terrorists, the Revolutionary Cells and autonomous/anti-imperialist groups have long ago outdone the RAF and become a much graver threat to the internal security of the Federal Republic. Though similarities in rhetoric and operational approach exist between the RAF and these groups, the existing underlying differences are strong and until recently have prevented cooperation. The hunger strike campaign of the winter 1984/1985 appears to present a change in policies on behalf of the Cells. (Author abstract)