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The Terrorists

The main plot of the book involves Martin Beck leading a team of policemen to prevent a presumed terrorist attack on a highly unpopular American senator who is paying an official visit to Sweden.


Hans Holmér

The Chief of the Secret Police in Terroristerna (1975; "The Terrorists") by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, the final book in the Martin Beck mystery series, is modelled on Holmér; though the character remains nameless, references to his pronounced ears and the contempt in which he is held by many people on the political left(referring to the aftermath of the IB affair) give it away.


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Binary chemical weapon

In the 1995 movie Die Hard with a Vengeance, the terrorists use a timer and binary explosive bombs, where two inert fluids, one white and one red colored, are mixed by the bombs' mechanism creating a highly explosive mixture.

Bureau of Counterterrorism

This was in response to an interagency fight that broke out during an effort to apprehend the terrorists responsible for the hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship.

Carl Stiner

Among the many missions in which he was involved was the capture of the terrorists in the Achille Lauro hijacking, the Panama invasion and the capture of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, and all special operations activities during Operation Desert Storm.

Charleston Five

In October 2001, the case's prosecutor, South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon publicly compared the Charleston Five to the terrorists who had destroyed the twin towers and world trade center the month before.

EgyptAir Flight 321

The terrorists agreed to land in Luxor instead, after being persuaded that the aircraft needed to be refuelled.

Gad Tsobari

Although he was originally taken hostage by the Black September terrorists, Tsobari was able to escape with the help of his already-wounded coach, Moshe Weinberg, who attacked the terrorists and received fatal gunshot wounds in the process.

Kokavil

In 11 July 1990 Sri Lanka Army lost the Kokavil Army camp which guarded Rupavahini relay tower and Captain Saliya Upul Aladeniya sacrificed his life and been awarded the highest spirit in combat, the gallantry medal "Parama Weera Vibhushanaya" (PWV) for his fight against Tiger terrorists valiantly without reinforcements until his camp was destroyed by the terrorists.

Michael Brotherton

He was also a supporter of Ian Smith in Rhodesia and urged the government not to make a deal with the "terrorists" including Robert Mugabe.

Modern Combat: Sandstorm

They discover that the terrorists have an enormous base underground, the entrance to which is hidden within a metal freight container.

Salah Shehade

All those bleeding hearts who have the gall to use Mafioso methods of blackmail against fighters – I don't recall that they ever threatened to turn over one of the arch-terrorists, the terrorists who have killed many Israeli civilians, to The Hague.

Sofia Constantinas

When Aegeus was empowered by Bellerophon to try to locate and destroy Paradise Island (and use its Purple Healing Ray to restore Bellerophon's sight), the terrorists plotted to kidnap Steve Trevor and force him to divulge the location of Paradise Island.

Special Bulletin

Details about the terrorists slowly begin to emerge as the broadcast hosted by Susan Myles (Kathryn Walker) and veteran newscaster John Woodley (Ed Flanders) continues.

Star Runners

By the time the team arrives at the other compound, only four people remain: Ty, Asta, one of the terrorists and a woman from the original transport ship named Janessa (Aja Evans).

Surjan Singh Bhandari

Bhandari was critically wounded during the operation to flush out the terrorists from the Akshardham temple complex on September 24, 2002.

The Lost Children of Babylon

Some controversy occurs, since they condemn the terrorists, yet also George W. Bush and his administration for purportedly enabling the circumstances of 9/11.

Thoratec

On September 11, 2001, Tom Burnett (COO of Thoratec) and other passengers aboard overpowered the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93, forcing the terrorists to bank and crash into an open field, killing everyone on board.

Transformers: Exodus

The terrorists then attack a casino in the city of Altihex, where Sentinel Prime (the main political leader of Cybertron) is attending a show.

United 300

In between fighting, the terrorists' emperor Jerxes (wearing the same costume as Xerxes in 300) holds audience with Leonidas while sitting on his "throne" (the plane lavatory's toilet).