I was just reading an item about an Alaska execution that discussed a Montenegrin man's links to the "notorious European terrorist organization 'Black Hand'" and was curious if modern Islamic terrorism in Europe has a historic parallel.
One aspect was that anarchist and socialist terrorism focuses on destroying the state and the current order of power. Therefore they mostly targeted heads of states, high military personnel or the nobility, as well as industry leaders etc. The ideology behind this being that the people were oppressed by the capitalist order. There were instances where terrorists did not go through with a plan, cause it would include the killing of innocent civilians.
For a modern day islamist the target is the west - very generally speaking. Or rather anyone not subscribing to their interpretation of faith. (which often includes other Muslims as well, who outnumber western casualties by far) This leads to these acts that try to get the most shock value possible, often trying to raise the civilian death count.
can you give examples of these socialist and anarchist terrorism?