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Terrorism in Italy

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Red Brigades
Italian terrorist group
Propaganda Due
Masonic lodge founded in 1877
Black Brigades
Fascist military
strategy of tension
policy wherein governments or groups within a government allow or encourage extremist groups to perform attacks, e.g. allegedly in Italy during 1968–1982, when far-left and far-right groups performed bombings
Cesare Battisti
Italian former terrorist and murderer
Alfredo Cospito
Italian anarchist
Prima Linea
Italian Marxist–Leninist terrorist group of the late 1970s
Corleonesi
crime family of the Sicilian mafia
Informal Anarchist Federation
Anarchist guerrilla organization
South Tyrolean Liberation Committee
secessionist terrorist group in South Tyrol
Squadrismo
'''' () was the movement of (English: action squads), the fascist militias that were organised outside the authority of the Italian state and led by local leaders called ras'' (a noble Ethiopian title). The militia originally consisted of farmers and middle-class people, who created their own defence from revolutionary socialists. became an important asset for the rise of the National Fascist Party, led by Benito Mussolini, and systematically used violence to eliminate any political parties that were opposed to Italian fascism.
Adriano Sofri
Italian former journalist, writer
Second Mafia War
Sicilian mafia conflict (1981–1983)
James L. Dozier
United States general
Ordine Nero
Italian militant fascist group active in the 1970s
Pact of Pacification
1921 Italian pact between Benito Mussolini and socialists
Sergio D'Elia
Italian activist
terrorism in Italy
overview of terrorism in Italy
Armed Proletarians for Communism
Italian far-left terrorist group founded in 1976 and disbanded three years later, during the "Years of Lead"