International Terrorism Since 1945

Season 1, Episode 18: The Mahdi Army

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The motives behind actions taken by the Mahdi Army, who rose to arms in Iraq after the deposition of Saddam Hussein, in reaction to the US Military banning a Shia newspaper

All Episodes - Season 1

Early Israeli Terrorism
Episode 1
Early Israeli Terrorism
 The Al-Qaeda Menace
Episode 2
The Al-Qaeda Menace
 The IRA
Episode 3
The IRA
 Fatah/Hamas
Episode 4
Fatah/Hamas
 PLO
Episode 5
PLO
 ETA, Spain
Episode 6
ETA, Spain
 The Red Brigades
Episode 7
The Red Brigades
 The Baader-Meinhof Gang
Episode 8
The Baader-Meinhof Gang
 EOKA
Episode 9
EOKA
 Nasser and Egyptian Terrorism
Episode 10
Nasser and Egyptian Terrorism
 Colonel Gaddafi and Libya
Episode 11
Colonel Gaddafi and Libya
 Algeria and the OAS
Episode 12
Algeria and the OAS
 The SLA and Patty Hearst
Episode 13
The SLA and Patty Hearst
 The Weathermen
Episode 14
The Weathermen
 The Oklahoma Bomber
Episode 15
The Oklahoma Bomber
 The Ku Klux Klan
Episode 16
The Ku Klux Klan
 Japanese Sarin Cult
Episode 17
Japanese Sarin Cult
 The Mahdi Army
Episode 18
The Mahdi Army
 Che Guevara
Episode 19
Che Guevara
 Fidel Castro
Episode 20
Fidel Castro
 Somali Warlords
Episode 21
Somali Warlords
 The Taliban
Episode 22
The Taliban
 The Tamil Tigers
Episode 23
The Tamil Tigers
 Chechen Extremism
Episode 24
Chechen Extremism
 The Moluccan Separatists
Episode 25
The Moluccan Separatists
 The Mau Mau
Episode 26
The Mau Mau
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