Word: meinhoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know who is responsible, but I do know there is a group that said they had declared war on us," said General Kroesen. "I'm beginning to believe it." Specifically, the general was referring to the Red Army Faction, the terrorist group founded by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhoff, which flourished in the 1970s. Confirmation came the next day when the Frankfurt Rundschau, a left-of-center daily, received a three-page type written letter explaining in turgid jargon that Kroesen had been attacked "because he is one of the U.S. generals who effectively hold in their hands...