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Robert talks to two of his friends, Bea and Elaine about the Golden Age of Terrorism which mostly included people getting free airplanes in exchange for threatening strangers with guns.
FOOTNOTES:
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/13/carlos-the-jackal-tells-french-court-he-is-a-professional-revolutionary
- https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2018/10/20/carlos-the-jackal-would-use-genocide-to-run-for-president/
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjd-vK1_rfrAhXKvZ4KHRAhCHc4ChAWMAN6BAgDEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwikileaks.org%2Fgifiles%2Fattach%2F33%2F33292_Carlos%2520the%2520Jackal.docx&usg=AOvVaw0VcCFqAXqsLrBYo6qGD-yJ
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/08/pictures-reveal-carlos-the-jackal-clandestine-life-prague-abu-daoud
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-munich-olympic-terror-masterminds-drunken-life-in-prague/
- https://www.npa.go.jp/archive/keibi/syouten/syouten271/english/0301.html
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/17/national/revealed-n-korea-hideout-of-red-army-faction-fugitives/#.X0XpkTVlAvg
- https://apjjf.org/-Takazawa-K--ji--Patricia-G--Steinhoff/5130/article.pdf
- https://unseenjapan.com/red-army-faction/
- https://www.amazon.com/Jackal-Complete-Legendary-Terrorist-Carlos/dp/1611450268#:~:text=Jackal%20is%20the%20definitive%20biography,ends%20during%20the%20cold%20war.
- https://www.wired.com/2013/06/love-and-terror-in-the-golden-age-of-hijacking/
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- https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2018/10/20/carlos-the-jackal-would-use-genocide-to-run-for-president/
- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjd-vK1_rfrAhXKvZ4KHRAhCHc4ChAWMAN6BAgDEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwikileaks.org%2Fgifiles%2Fattach%2F33%2F33292_Carlos%2520the%2520Jackal.docx&usg=AOvVaw0VcCFqAXqsLrBYo6qGD-yJ
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/08/pictures-reveal-carlos-the-jackal-clandestine-life-prague-abu-daoud
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/revealed-munich-olympic-terror-masterminds-drunken-life-in-prague/
- https://www.npa.go.jp/archive/keibi/syouten/syouten271/english/0301.html
- https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/05/17/national/revealed-n-korea-hideout-of-red-army-faction-fugitives/#.X0XpkTVlAvg
- https://apjjf.org/-Takazawa-K--ji--Patricia-G--Steinhoff/5130/article.pdf
- https://unseenjapan.com/red-army-faction/
- https://www.amazon.com/Jackal-Complete-Legendary-Terrorist-Carlos/dp/1611450268#:~:text=Jackal%20is%20the%20definitive%20biography,ends%20during%20the%20cold%20war.
- https://www.wired.com/2013/06/love-and-terror-in-the-golden-age-of-hijacking/
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