Vintage Extremism Series: TheTerror Squad (Combat 18) - Parts 1, 2 & 3 Documentary

A secret group of right-wing fanatics is waging a campaign of political terrorism in Britain, threatening its targets with assault, arson and murder. Several people have been badly injured in these unprovoked attacks and police are becoming concerned at the spread of violence. WORLD IN ACTION reveals the men behind the terror attacks and traces their cell structure back to the Ku Klux Klan in America. (Synopsis) `Combat 18' is a neo-Nazi terrorist organisation in this country which attacks Jews, blacks, the Anti-Nazi League, other groups, supporters and sympathisers. (the 1st and 8th letter of the alphabet are A and H: Adolf Hitler). It has links with the Ku Klux Klan and the Ulster Defence Assocn. Last year, the shadowy American Harold Covington stayed secretly in Britain to set up Combat 18, whose newsletter Redwatch uses his US PO Box no. He talks about terrorist killings he has set up as `stamping on rattlesnakes'. At the Freedom Press in East London, hooded men smashed its computer, type-setting and printing equipment. C18 has made arson attacks on the Morning Star offices and other businesses. Charlie Sargent, a `knife-merchant', is its organiser, and Eddie Whicker its leader. It obtains terrorist know-how from the UDA, banned in Ireland, legal in England, and Eddie Sargant regularly visits Belfast. An ex-member, and Tim Hepple, who infiltrated it, describe its methods. WORLD IN ACTION's evidence will be examined by a Home Office Select Committee. Speakers include Harold Covington; Dan Crompton, Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire; Michael Whine of the Jewish Board of Deputies; Tony McNally of Key Books which had an arson attack; Mary Rosser of the Morning Star; Kevin McNamara, Shadow NI Sec.; Sir Patrick Mayhew, NI Sec.; Mike O'Brien MP of the Home Affairs Select C'tee; Alison Loughlin and Martin Vasey who received C18 phone threats; and Ian Gregory and Paul Williams, violent attack victims. (NFA Catalogue)