EUROPE: Winds of Change Before the Storm - Gene H Hogberg - December 1981

Gene H Hogberg

Events are underway in Western Europe that will ultimately lead to a dramatic about-face in world affairs. The protectors have become the prey. American military personnel are now prime targets for terrorists In Western Europe. In September an ambush set by members of the Red army Faction in West Germany nearly took the life" of General Frederick Kroesen Jr., commander of U.S. ground forces in Europe. The attack on the general's car was the 10th assault this year on American military installations in Germany. It represented a definite escalation in terrorist tactics. Instead of employing a secret trip wire to set off a hidden explosive, the terrorists boldly blasted the general's armored sedan by means of a Soviet-bloc grenade launcher. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library