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Today's War on Terror is focused on anti-American (and often, anti-West/Russian/Indian) Islamist terrorism. Ironically, I'm pretty sure the '70s and '80s saw a lot of terrorism as well, but it took a backseat to the big worry, Soviet nukes. That and there was never an operation that was as deadly as 9/11. Ever since 2001, much foreign policy has been viewing terrorism as predominantly Muslim in nature, connected to familiar groups such as al-Qaeda.

So, what could have been a similar perception on terrorism in previous decades? Was there ever a fear of Palestinian nationalist terrorism in the '70s? Or could Irish nationalist violence had crossed over to the U.S.? Or maybe all of these groups- the IRA, the ETA, the FLNC, the PLO, have made good on their various ideological alliances and loose ties with each other, and actually tried to form an international network of convenience?
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