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Definition of Japanese red army
1. Noun. A terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists. "In 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel"
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Generic synonyms: Foreign Terrorist Organization, Fto, Terrorist Group, Terrorist Organization
Geographical relationships: Japan, Nihon, Nippon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese Red Army
Literary usage of Japanese red army
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Terrorist Group Profiles (1993)
"Background The japanese red army (JRA) terrorist group was formed in 1971 by Fusako
... While serving as liaison between the japanese red army Faction and ..."
2. Technology Against Terrorism: The Federal Effort (1992)
"... Abu Nidal Organization (Libya); Abu Ibrahim (15 May) Organization (Iraq).
k Asia: japanese red army (Japan); New People's Army (Philippines). ..."
3. When the Lights Go Out, and Never Come Back On: Nuclear Terrorism in America by Bruce Hoffman, United States Dept. of Energy, Rand Corporation (1987)
"The japanese red army has not conducted any terrorist op recent reports of
activities by Japnese Red Army members in Lei group organization or activity. ..."
4. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"State sponsorship Terrorist groups that have some of these characteristics include
the japanese red army, Red Army Faction, US white-supremacist groups ..."
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