October 2008
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Michael Burleigh
Baader Meinhof
Sunday 19th October 2008
The new film, and Stefan Aust's book, are contributing to the de-romanticisation of the Baader-Meinhof gang. Of course, romanticisation of the self was the essence of their problem, as it ultimately is of most of the world's terrorists past and present.
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Elberry
October 19th, 2008
10:10 PM
10:10 PM
You may find this post interesting:
http://selenadreamy.blogspot.com/2008/10/911-memorandum.html
It's about Germany, Islamic terror, and the Baader-Meinhof types. i'm not equipped to evaluate it, though i suspect all the names mentioned therein will be more than familiar to yourself.
MV
October 20th, 2008
10:10 AM
10:10 AM
Dear Michael
Just in case you're interested here is a lengthy interview with Horst Mahler of the B-M. It's pretty frightening stuff -but fits with your general views of the psychological make-up of terrorists:
http://www.israelshamir.net/Contributors/Contributor72.htm
michael burleigh
October 21st, 2008
8:10 AM
8:10 AM
Thank you guys. I,m busy crushing the pervasive íts good to talk´line here in Madrid. Not a lot of sympathy for Eta here.
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