The RAF was a German terrorist organization that in its early stages was known as the Baader-Meinhof Group. the Baader-Meinhof Group was created sometime after the second world war and their goal was to change the fascist nature of the German government in the seventies and to get the German government to stand up against wars such as the ones that were going on involving Israel.
One of the main factors that caused conflicts leading to the creation of the Baader-Meinhof Group was the generational gaps between these students and young people and the government. The new generation was much more concerned with social and individual liberties such as womens rights and racism. One of the main contributing factors of the creation of the terrorist groups comes from this generational gap. The new generation of young adults grew up relating all mistakes and bad events to the third Reich or the Nazi's. These individuals soon realized that a lot of people who were very active in the former Nazi regime were still in power now ans that these people were still calling some of the shots in their country.
The second generation of RAF was formed after members of Socialist Patients Collective joined. The third generation of RAF existed in the 80's and 90's was just a continuation of the previous group. Each generation was more brutal and did less morally acceptable acts then the one before it. In 1998 there was a paper sent to Reuters news agency declaring the RAF dissolved.
The main differences between the RAF and current day terrorists is the level of brutality that is involved. Today's terrorists will do anything and everything in their power to harm their targets and their seems to be no question of morality or value placed in human life. This is in contrast to the RAF because the RAF did value human life, or at least the first generation did. Also the RAF never participated in suicide bombing which is a common occurance in terrorist attacks today.
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