Revolutionary Cells (German group)

Revolutionary Cells
Revolutionary Cells
Dates of operation	1973–1995
Active regions	West Germany; West Berlin
Ideology	Anti-imperialism; Anti-Zionism; Autonomism; Marxism
Allies	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Uganda (1976) East Germany
Opponents	West Germany; Israel
Battles and wars	Numerous bombings and one hijacking

The Revolutionary Cells (German: Revolutionäre Zellen, abbreviated RZ) were a self-described "urban guerrilla" organisation that was active between 1973 and 1995.^[1] The West German Interior Ministry described it as one of West Germany's most dangerous leftist terrorist groups in the early 1980s.^[2] According to the office of the German Federal Prosecutor, the Revolutionary Cells claimed responsibility for 186 attacks,^[3] of which 40 were committed in West Berlin.^{[citation needed]}

The Revolutionary Cells are known for the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight in cooperation with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO) and diverting it to Uganda's Entebbe Airport, where the participating members were granted temporary asylum until they were killed by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during Operation Entebbe, a hostage rescue mission carried out at Entebbe Airport.^[4]^[5]

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^ Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. 2004.
^ The New York Times, "HOSTAGES FREED AS ISRAELIS RAID UGANDA AIRPORT; Commandos in 3 Planes Rescue 105", http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60816FA38591B728DDDAD0894DF405B868BF1D3
^ Blumenau, Bernhard (2014). The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 59–64. ISBN 978-1-137-39196-4.

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[3] Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. 2004.

[4] The New York Times, "HOSTAGES FREED AS ISRAELIS RAID UGANDA AIRPORT; Commandos in 3 Planes Rescue 105", http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60816FA38591B728DDDAD0894DF405B868BF1D3

[5] Blumenau, Bernhard (2014). The United Nations and Terrorism. Germany, Multilateralism, and Antiterrorism Efforts in the 1970s. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 59–64. ISBN 978-1-137-39196-4.

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