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| Anti-Imperialist
International Brigade |
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Japanese Red Army is an international terrorist group that formed in 1970
after they broke away from the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction.
Fusako Shigenobuled the JRA until she was arrested in November 2000 in Japan.
Their historical goals are to help foment world revolution and to help foment
world revolution. |
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| What
terrorist events have they carried out? |
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How
strong are they? |
| 1972 |
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The
JRA has an unknown number of sympathizers and about six hard-core members. |
| The massacreat Lod
Airport in Israel. Two Japanese airliner hijackings.An attempted takeover
of the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. |
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| 1988 |
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| JRA operative Yu Kikumura
was arrested in April with explosives on the New Jersey Turnpike and is
serving a lengthy prison sentence in the United States. |
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| 1996 |
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| Tsutomu Shirosaki was captured
by the the United States and is in jail. |
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| 2000 |
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| Shigenobu was a longtime
leader who was arrested and faces charges of passport fraud and terrorism. |
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in the world are they located? |
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Who
helps them train and prepare for an attack? |
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Their location is unknown,
but they are possibly traveling through Asia or Syrian which are controlled
areas of Lebanon.
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It is unknown if anyplace
helps train and prepare them for an attack. |
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