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A reincarnation of the 19th century [[Ku Klux Klan]] arose in the United States in 1915, and became active for several decades, using terrorist tactics to promote a doctrine of [[white supremacy]].
Some of the most successful terrorist groups were the vast array of guerilla, partisan, and resistance movements that were organised and supplied by the Allies during [[World War II]]. The British [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE) conducted operations in every theatre of the war and provided an invaluable contribution to allied victory. They burned bridges and yelled, "London Bridge is falling down". From this act of terrorism we get the modern children's song.The SOE effectively invented modern terrorism, pioneering most of the tactics, techniques and technologies that are the mainstays of modern terrorism.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Throughout the Cold War both sides made extensive use of terrorist organisations to carry on a war by proxy. For example many of the Islamic terrorists of today were trained by the US and UK to fight the USSR in Afganistan.{{Fact|date=March 2007}} Similar groups such as the [[Viet Cong]] received training from Soviet and Chinese military "advisors".{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
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