As Bob Hope (our expat Brit) used to sing - Thanks for the Memory ....
We should remember context, of course ...
From the START database (its history and methodology), we have four of the USAian groups mentioned in the article:
and, for comparison, the IRA (not including splinter IRA groups):Perpetrators: (Black Liberation Army) - SEARCH RESULTS: 37 INCIDENTS
Perpetrators: (Black Panthers) - SEARCH RESULTS: 25 INCIDENTS
Perpetrators: (Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)) - SEARCH RESULTS: 7 INCIDENTS
Perpetrators: (Weather Underground, Weathermen) - SEARCH RESULTS: 45 INCIDENTS
the last being quite a different kettle of fish.Perpetrators: (Irish Republican Army (IRA)) - SEARCH RESULTS: 2673 INCIDENTS
Adding to the foregoing:
Note that (in #s per year) the early 70s in the US far exceeded what has occured since.Country: (Northern Ireland)(not including attacks related to Northern Ireland, but occuring elsewhere) - SEARCH RESULTS: 3885 INCIDENTS
Country: (United States) - SEARCH RESULTS: 2347 INCIDENTS
Regards
Mike
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