Word: sorn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...World Wars. Responsibility for the bombing was claimed by three extremist groups: Unemployment International, the Revolutionary Worker Group and a military wing of the Breton Liberation Front. French authorities took the Breton claim seriously. A telephone tip turned up a letter from the Breton Republican Army. Signed Youenn ar sorn (Little Salamander in the Breton language, which is related to Welsh), the letter said that the attack had been carried out because "the Breton people are oppressed; the land of Brittany is occupied by French military camps; the Breton language and culture are denied and destroyed by the imperialist French...
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