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Facts

Also Known As	Action Directe
Date	1979 - c. 1986
Areas Of Involvement	terrorism

Topics

Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Ku Klux Klan al-Qaeda Boko Haram al-Shabaab Kurdistan Workers’ Party Red Army Faction Tamil Tigers Abu Sayyaf Group Lashkar-e-Taiba