1983
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| The year in which the word "terrorism" was mainstreamed in the US. |
1983 was an important year in the discussion of "terrorism". Although never defined, the word began to be used by Ronald Reagan.[1]
1983 Beirut barracks bombings
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The Beirut barracks bombings, which claimed the lives of over 200 US troops, were a seed change in the US discourse on "terrorism"; after the event, the word came to be widely used to describe US foreign policy, and it was retroactively applied to earlier actions. This echoed the formerly special of the term by Israel.[1]
Lobster Magazine
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In 1983, Robin Ramsay and Stephen Dorril (who in 1977 had started producing State Research Bulletin) began a magazine on the subject of deep politics. By 1987, Ramsay would attract the attentions of an MI5 agent.[2]