Interplanner
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A CNN doc on the 70s dwells on the types and emergence of terrorism in that decade, both secular and religious. I thought the last segment was going to be on the Iranian Revolution, however, it turned out to be an event I don't recall (I was engaged and went to Germany that year--so I have an excuse!). The Grand Mosque of Mecca was stormed by radical Muslims who wanted to purge Islam because it was being corrupted. Several hundred attacked the 15000 attending Ramadan or whatsit.
This was intriguing to me because both al Qaeda and ISIS view themselves as purging movements, feared as much by moderates as by the rest of us.
This was intriguing to me because both al Qaeda and ISIS view themselves as purging movements, feared as much by moderates as by the rest of us.