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Public agonizing over the role of covert activity does not, of course, constrain the Soviet Union. There is evidence linking the Soviets to terrorist groups such as Italy's Red Brigades and West Germany's Baader-Meinhof gang, as well as to elements of the antinuclear movement in Western Europe. America's Western allies, including such sturdy democracies as France and Britain, seem able to mount covert operations when necessary. "It would be illogical for us to discuss our covert operations in full view of the rest of the world," says a former French counter-intelligence chief...
There is circumstantial evidence linking the Soviet Union to West European terrorist groups such as the Red Brigades in Italy and the Baader-Meinhof gang in West Germany. When members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army went on a hunger strike in Northern Ireland's Maze Prison in the spring of 1981, for example, British intelligence agents noticed that senior KGB officials held a number of meetings with Provo leaders in Dublin. Says a top Western intelligence expert: "The Soviets back groups and people who are certifiably terrorist, but they do it with their fingers crossed and with their hands...
There are marked differences between right-and left-wing terrorists in West Germany. The left-wing Baader-Meinhof gang, composed mainly of middle-class dropouts, coolly singles out members of the Establishment for attack...
Ramstein, West Germany, Aug. 31. Two bombs were detonated in front of U.S. Air Force headquarters, causing extensive damage and injuring 20 people, 18 of them American soldiers. The Red Army Faction, once known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, claimed responsibility for the strike against "imperialism." Next day at Wiesbaden, several cars at an estate for U.S. servicemen were torched...
October 1977: Four terrorists hijacked a Lufthansa jet with 86 aboard after takeoff from Majorca, demanding ransom money and the release of leaders of the Baader-Meinhof gang from West German prisons. The terrorists made several refueling stops and finally landed at Mogadishu, Somalia, where West German commandos stormed the plane and rescued the hostages; three terrorists were killed...