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The Age of Terror

Documentary

Who are the men and women who bring bloody death to innocent civilians? Why do they do it? What are their methods? And how do they justify it?

Jan 1, 20021 seasons4 episodesEndedEN

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Ilich Ramírez Sánchez

The Jackal

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Tim Pigott-Smith

Himself - Narrator

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Andreas Baader

Self

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Osama bin Laden

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Peter-Jürgen Boock

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Brigitte Kuhlmann

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Ulrike Meinhof

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Gudrun Ensslin

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Magdalena Kopp

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Seasons

Miniseries

4 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 2002

Episodes

1–4 of 4

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Ep 1

In the Name of Liberation: Freedom by Any Means

Jan 1, 2002

This program analyzes terrorism used in the name of national liberation through studies of covert wars for independence in British Palestine, British Malaya, French Algeria, apartheid South Africa, and Northern Ireland.

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Ep 2

In the Name of Revolution: Gun-Barrel Politics

This program examines radical political movements in Germany, Italy, Peru, and Colombia to see how Che’s theories have fared in practice.

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Ep 3

In the Name of God: Holy Word, Holy War

By detailing key incidents ranging from the Dawson’s Field hijackings to the Luxor massacre, this program charts the ever-widening holy war that is pitting Islamists against Zionists and the Arab world against the West.

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Ep 4

In the Name of the State: When Might Makes Right

This program profiles cases of Iranian-sponsored terrorism via the Hezbollah and the PLO as well as Argentina’s dirty war, when the government used terror tactics against its own people.