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Fatal Terrorist Attacks in Europe from 1970 to 2017 (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
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Northern Ireland: "Welcome to hell, lads!"

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

...i am just asking questions, but in these places, were the intended consequences reached?..I truly do not wish to be provocative, but because there are so few examples, did they achieve their said goals?..were the goals incremental through extraordinairy circumstance, or do these same conditions exist in places where this particular "terrorism" was invoke?..

god that's stupid, sorry

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    The Basque Country still belongs to Spain and Northern Ireland still belongs to the UK, so... no, I guess?

    I don't know enough about that cluster in the Balkans to even speculate on it.

    god that's stupid, sorry

    Asking if terrorism works isn't a stupid question. It's a very impolite question (from the perspective of people in power), and maybe even heartless, but not stupid.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago

    For the Northern Ireland one it's a particularly messy question to answer because the attacks were not all working towards the same goal. Pro-UK paramilitaries were a huge part of the Troubles, it wasn't just pro-independence paramilitaries vs the British army

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    It's not stupid at all. many do not reach their ultimate goal, except the revenge type attacks. But sometimes their deeds lead to unreasonably heightened security measures that negatively impact everyone in the region.

    Now conspiracy theorists sometimes state that some attacks may be false flag to get those uncomfortable security measures in place. But I think it's rather politicians using the incident to further unpopular measures and please the ppl who bribed them.

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