And thoughts about two terror trials

Norwegian mass murder goes to trial:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/alleged-norwegian-mass-murderer-portrays-himself-as-commander-in-court/article2235282/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=World&utm_content=2235282

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So, too, does the Jackel:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/08/carlos-the-jackel-on-trial-over-string-of-bomb-blasts-115875-23545561/

The inspiration for two films, Carlos the Jackel today seems a relic of a sideshow of the Cold War.

THE DAY OF THE JACKEL

THE JACKEL

And, obliquely, maybe a third:

NIGHT HAWKS

The Norwegian madman seems the more contemporary of the two, an example of a type that, in this post-War on Terror decade, posed the greatest terrorist threat to civilized societies.

This is the point of two of my books of the past decade:

NED MACADOO AND THE MOLLY MAGUIRES

and

AL QAEDA GOES TO COLLEGE