achieve our goals. at least two people were killed and more than 30 injured. in lower manhattan, an explosion this afternoon left at least three dead. the explosion took 11 lives in the baggage claim area. terrorists felt they had to innovate, either in the direction of higher profile targets, or higher body counts. in birmingham, england, several bombs blew up in the center of the city tonight. at least 17 people are dead. at least 70 more are injured. the first bomb went off in a crowded area near the birmingham city center. minutes later, and less than a hundred yards away, a second bomb exploded in another pump. there have been 200 people inside, police said they were still searching for bodies in the rubble. terrorism only works when it shocks people. the mid-1970s, the i.r.a. attempts an entirely new tactic, to bring the conflict to the british mainland. the british home front has itself become a battlefield in the raging guerilla war over
expressing anger. international politics and domestic politics seemed to be decided by violence. and violence only begets violence. from the underground, that radical left wing group, the weathermen promises more attacks on the establishment around the entire country, starting next week. the medium for this message was a tape recording, reputedly by the weatherman rebel leader, bernadine donnor. sisters and brothers, we are not just attacking targets, we are bringing the giant to their knees. guard your children, guard your doors. at one minute before 1:00 this morning, the switchboard at the capitol received a phone call. a man s voice said a bomb would go off in the building in half an hour. at 1:30 in the morning, it did. credit for the bombing was claimed by the weather underground. in 1971, it appears that weather is really aiming even higher.
for terrorists who, in the last six months, have gunned down judges, journalists, business executives, politicians, and policemen. alder moro s body was found in downtown rome today. the italian political leader, one of the most respected men in the country, had been brutally murdered by his red brigades kidnappers. everyone now realizes that no one, even the most powerful, has immunity from these urban guerillas. political terror in ireland today claimed the first member of the british royal family to be assassinated in modern times. cousin of the queen was killed when a powerful bomb demolished his yacht, a grandson and a boat hand also died. the ira said this. the british army cannot defeat us, yet it continues with the oppression of our people. well, for this, says the ira, we will tear off their sentimental imperialist hearts.
and at that point, their idea was fewer bombs, higher profile targets. weather underground, bomb the capitol to bring joy, to bring joy to america. to bring a smile and a wink to all those who hate the american government. when the police killed young black people, we bombed the police headquarters. when washington escalated the war into cambodia, we bombed the capitol. a bomb exploded early this morning in the pentagon. it was trying to exact a small price for these policy decisions that were so unjust. much of the pentagon is a public area, with visitors and tourists roaming through the halls, but security was tighter today than yesterday. the 70s is a first great era of mass air travel. at this time, there was virtually no security at airports. you could literally walk through the terminal, sometimes even on
except the blast had been too powerful, destroying the $100,000 house and badly damaging the two neighboring homes, one belonging to actor dustin hoffman. and they found sticks of dynamite and the materials needed to make bomb. three bodies were found in the rubble. the new york cell of the weather underground were beginning to build bombs that were to be placed that night at an officer s dance at ft. dix, new jersey. however, something went badly and three ended up dead. the daughter of the building s owner and another girl fled right after the blast. i just went into survival mode. both to get out of the house and then to get away from the police. at that point, i was a combatant. the student protesters of the 60s have turned into more serious revolutionaries, using far more lethal weapons. the 60s, we were all about changing hearts and minds. the 70s was more just about