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Most organizations that are accused of being a "terrorist organization" will deny using terrorism as a military tactic to achieve their goals, and there is no international consensus on the bureaucratic definition of terrorism. Therefore, this list is of organisations that are, or have been in the past, proscribed as "terrorist organizations" by other organizations, including the United Nations and national governments, where the proscription has a significant impact on the group's activities.^[1] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Few words are as politically or emotionally charged as terrorism. ... Although there are earlier related examples, the history of terrorism in the modern sense seems to have emerged around the mid 19th-century. ... International conventions on terrorism set out obligations of states in respect to defining international counter terrorist offences, prosecuting individuals suspected of such offences, extraditing such persons upon request, and providing mutual legal assistance upon request. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... Combatants Participants in Operations: United States United Kingdom Turkey South Korea Canada Israel Spain Portugal Pakistan Afghanistan Australia New Zealand Italy Netherlands Denmark France Germany Norway Slovakia Romania Philippines Poland Ukraine Georgia Jordan Saudi Arabia NATO New Iraqi Army and others Targets of Operations: al-Qaeda Taliban Baathist Iraq... The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism. ... The term Agro-terrorism is a controversial neologism used to describe threats by a terrorist act on the food chain. ... The heyday of anarchist terrorism was from the 1870s to the 1920s. ... Bioterrorism is terrorism using germ warfare, an intentional human release of a naturally-occurring or human-modified toxin or biological agent. ... Cyber-terrorism is the use of computers and information technology, particularly the Internet, to cause harm or severe disruption with the aim of advancing the attackers own political or religious goals. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Narcoterrorism is a term coined by former President Belaunde Terry of Peru in 1983 when describing terrorist-type attacks against his nations anti-narcotics police. ... Nationalist terrorism is a form of terrorism through which participants attempt to form an independent state against what they consider an occupying, imperial, or otherwise illegitimate state. ... Nuclear terrorism can be used to describe any of the following terrorist assaults: Use of nuclear weapons against a civilian target Use of a radiological weapon or dirty bomb against a civilian target An attack against a nuclear power plant Some believe that no such act has ever taken place. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Terrorism. ... Ethnic violence (also known as ethnic terrorism or ethnically-motivated terrorism) refers to violence that is dominantly motivated by causes and issues related to ethnicity. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Religious violence. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... State-sponsored terrorism (SST) is a political term used to refer to finance/bounties, equipment and intelligence material given across international boundaries to terrorist organizations and the families of deceased militants for the purpose of conducting or rewarding attacks on civilians. ... Hijackers inside flightdeck of TWA Flight 847 Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. ... Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ... Car bomb in Iraq, made from a number of concealed artillery shells in the back of a pickup truck. ... A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker or attackers intend to kill others and intend to die in the process (see suicide). ... A terrorist front organization is created to conceal activities or provide logistical or financial support to the illegal activities. ... For the role-playing game books, please see Lone Wolf. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Military tactics is the collective name for methods of engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. ... Few words are as politically or emotionally charged as terrorism. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ...

This listing does not include states or governmental organisations which are considered under state terrorism. This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...

Religious Terrorists

Religious terrorism is a form of religious violence. As with other forms of terrorism, there is no real consensus as to its definition. Groups are frequently classified as practitioners of religious terrorism for any one of the following reasons: Religious violence Throughout history, religious beliefs have provoked some believers into violence. ...

• The group itself is defined by religion rather than by other factors (such as ideology or ethnicity).
• Religion plays some part in defining or determining the objectives or methods of the group.
• The ultimate objective of the group is religiously defined.

Controversy concerning classification is often found because: An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ... This article or section should be merged with ethnic group Ethnicity is the cultural characteristics that connect a particular group or groups of people to each other. ...

• Religion and ethnicity frequently coincide. Ethnic conflict may thus appear as religious, or religious conflict may appear as ethnic.
• Religious groups, like other groups, frequently pursue political goals. In such cases it is often not clear which is uppermost, the political goal or the religious motivation.

Groups which have used principal religious motives for their terrorist acts and were deemed as such by supranational organizations and governments are listed here in alphabetical order by religion.

Christian

• Army of God
• Christian Gallery^[2]
• God's Army A terrorist group in Myanmar.
• Lord's Resistance Army Christian/Pagan/Muslim terrorist group that operates in northern Uganda, it seeks to overthrow the Ugandan government and create a country based on the ten commandments.
• Nagaland Rebels (1947-present) Active in predominantly Christian state in Hindu majority India. Involved in several bombings in 2004. Goal: Independence from India after annexing parts of neighboring Indian states and Burma if it has Christian majority.
• National Liberation Front of Tripura (1989-present) A group that seeks the independence of Tripura from India to create a Christian Tripura.
• KKK is a fraternal organizations in the United States that have advocated white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, anti-Catholicism, homophobia, and nativism.

The Army of God (AOG) is a name that has been and is used by multiple groups. ... Gods Army is an armed revolutionary group that opposes the military government of Myanmar and advocates a doctrine vaguely based on principles of Christianity. ... The Lords Resistance Army (LRA)[1], formed in 1987, is a rebel paramilitary group operating mainly in northern Uganda. ... Nagaland Rebels There are several separationist groups operating in Nagaland, in eastern India. ... The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was formed in December 1989 for the purpose of seceding from India in order to create an independent state of Tripura. ... KKK is an initialism (or a three-letter abbreviation) with these meanings: The Ku Klux Klan is one of several related white supremacy organizations. ...

Islamist

• Abu Sayyaf (1991-present; Islamist separatists; the Philippines)
  • Based in the southern islands of Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao.
  • Branched off of the Moro National Liberation Front.
  • Allegedly partnered with Jemaah Islamiyah and Al-Qaeda.
• Aden-Abyan Islamic Army (Yemen)
• Adolat - Uzbekistan
• Akramiya - Uzbekistan
• Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Late 1970s-present; Islamists; Egypt)
  • Seeks to establish Islamist state in Egypt. Usually targets secular establishments, government buildings, police, the military, minorities, tourists, and “morally offensive” buildings.
• Armed Islamic Group (1992-present; Islamists; Algeria)
  • Seeks to establish Islamist state in Algeria. Began operations in 1992 after the Algerian government ignored election results that gave victory to Islamist political parties.
• Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
• Ansar al-Islam (December 2001-present; Islamists; Iraq)
  • In Arabic, "Supporters of Islam."
  • Also known as "Partisans of Islam or Helpers of Islam."
• Al-Qaeda (1988-present; Islamists; Afghanistan, Pakistan, and worldwide)
  • In Arabic, "the foundation", "the base", or "the database" kept by intelligence services of anti-Soviet Afghani fighters.
  • Also known as Qa‘idat al-Jihad, Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, Islamic Salvation Foundation, and the Osama bin Laden Network.
  • Related: Alneda (former web site), As-Sahab (affiliated public relations organization),
  • Cells: Buffalo six, Hamburg cell,
• Asbat al-Ansar (early 1990s-present; Lebanese Sunni Islamists; southern Lebanon)
  • In Arabic, "the League of the Followers."
  • Acronym for "Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya," or Islamic Resistance Movement.
• Jama'at al-Tawhid wa'al-Jihad/Al-Qaeda in Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Sunni network, operating in Iraq
  • on U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
• Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement - al-Qaeda linked separatist group in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region aiming to establish an Islamic state. Banned by China, along with related groups East Turkestan Liberation Organization, World Uighur Youth Congress and East Turkistan Information Center^[3]
• Egyptian Islamic Jihad - Egypt (active since the late 1970s)
• Hamas - West Bank, Gaza Strip. Listed as a terrorist organization by Australia, Canada, the European Union, Israel, and the United States
• Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) - Pakistan and Kashmir
• Hizb-an-nusra - Uzbekistan
• Hizb ut-Tahrir - international (legal in Britain and Australia)
• Hezbollah - Lebanon; Listed as a terrorist organization by Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Israel, and the United States
• Hizbul Mujahideen - Pakistan and Kashmir
• Hofstad Network - Netherlands
• Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain - Defunct
• Islamic Movement of Central Asia - Central Asia (affiliated with Al Qaeda)
  • Islamic Movement of Tajikistan - Tajikistan
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - Uzbekistan
• Jaish-e-Mohammed - Pakistan
• Jaish Ansar al-Sunna - Iraq
• Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami
• Jemaah Islamiyah - Southeast Asia
• Jihad Rite - Australia (linked with Al Qaeda. Founded in 2001)
• Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - Pakistan
• Lashkar-e-Toiba - Pakistan
• Maktab al-Khadamat - Afghanistan - Defunct
• Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group - Morocco and Spain
• Moro Islamic Liberation Front - (Islamic separatists; the Philippines)
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad - Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip
• People Against Gangsterism and Drugs - South Africa
• Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat - Algeria
• Serkan and Mustafa - Turkey
• Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan - Pakistan
• Students Islamic Movement of India - India
• Takfir wal-Hijra - Egypt/Sudan/Algeria
• Kurdish-Hizbullah - Turkey

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) (Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف), or simply Abu Sayyaf, also known as Al Harakat Al Islamiyya, is an Islamist terrorist separatist group of based in and around the southern islands of the Philippines, primarily Jolo, Basilan, and Mindanao. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Basilan is an island province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Luzon and Visayas being the other two. ... Jemaah Islamiyah, sometimes rendered Jemaah Islamiah, is a militant Islamic terrorist organization dedicated to the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic theocracy in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and the south of Thailand and the Philippines. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... The Aden-Abyan Islamic Army is a terrorist group based in southern Yemen. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Akramiya is said to be an Islamic terrorist organization that operates in Uzbekistan. ... Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya (Arabic: ألجماعه الاسلاميه ) (Arabic for the Islamic Group; also transliterated Gamaat Islamiya, Jamaat al Islamiya, al-Jamāah al-Islāmiyah etc. ... The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic al-Jamaah al-Islamiyah al-Musallah) is a militant Islamist group with the declared aim of overthrowing the Algerian government and replacing it with an Islamic state. ... The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (كتائب شهداء الأقصى) are a Palestinian armed terrorist group closely linked to the Fatah party. ... Ansar al-Islam (Arabic: انصار الاسلام, Supporters or Partisans of Islam) is a Kurdish Sunni Islamist group, promoting a radical interpretation of Islam and holy war. ... The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... Alneda (meaning the call in Arabic) is a former al-Qaeda-run website, which was located at: [1]. It was shut down in 2002. ... The As-Sahab Foundation for Islamic Media Publication (Arabic: السحاب) (meaning The Cloud in Arabic and sometimes written Assahab) is the media production house of Al-Qaeda, used as propaganda for the organization. ... The Buffalo six (also known as the Lackawanna 6) is a group of Yemeni-American Al-Qaeda terrorists who were convicted of material support to Al-Qaeda, although as of January 2004 Jaber Elbaneh remains in Yemen custody. ... It was at this Marienstraße apartment where many of the September 11 conspirators met to plan their futures. ... Asbat al-Ansar (league of the successors) is an organization of Sunni Islamists based in southern Lebanon. ... Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... Al-Qaeda in Iraq members with Shosei Koda. ... Wikinews has news related to: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Arabic: ‎, ) (October 20, 1966 – June 7, 2006) led Al-Qaeda in Iraq until his death in June 2006. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... The U.S. State Departments list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations is a list of non-US organizations that are designated as terrorist by the United States Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). ... East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) is a militant Islamic Uighur group which seeks to separate East Turkestan - as independent state - from the Peoples Republic of China. ... For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... The East Turkistan Liberation Organization (Sharq azat Turkistan) is a Muslim armed separatist group operating in Xinjiang, China and Kyrgyzstan. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Hamas (Arabic: ‎; acronym: Arabic: ‎, or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement; the Arabic acronym means zeal) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist organization that currently (since January 2006) forms the majority party of the Palestinian National Authority. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) (previously Harakat al-Ansar), the HUM is an Islamic militant group based in Pakistan that operates primarily in Kashmir. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... Hizb ut-Tahrir (Arabic: حزب التحرير, meaning Party of Liberation) is an Islamist political party whose goal is to establish a pan-Islamic caliphate (Khilafah). ... Hezbollah[1] (Arabic: ‎ ,[2] meaning party of God) is a Shia Islamist militant and political organization based in Lebanon. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... The Hizbul Mujahideen (حزب المجاھدین) (created 1989) is a militant group active in Kashmir. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... The Hofstad Network (in Dutch: Hofstadnetwerk or Hofstadgroep) is a suspected Islamist terrorist cell of mostly young Dutch Muslims of mainly North African ancestry. ... The Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain was an Iranian based Shia terror group that advocated Islamic revolution in Bahrain against the Sunni ruling Al Khalifa family in the 1970s and 1980s. ... The Islamic Movement of Central Asia (IMCA) is an armed militia that wants to turn Central Asia into a theocracy. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... The Islamic Movement of Tajikistan was a paramilitary organization that intelligence analysts in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camp assert still exists and is linked to terrorism. ... The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) is a subset, militant organization, within the Islamic Movement of Central Asia, whose goal is to overthrow the secular government of Uzbekistan and replace it with an Islamic theocracy. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Mohammads Army. ... Jaish Ansar al-Sunna or Army of the Protectors of the Sunna (faith) (Arabic: جيش أنصار السنه ) , is an Islamist militant group in Iraq that fought the US-led occupation and US-backed interim government of Iyad Allawi, and continues to fight the new ruling government of Ibrahim al-Jaafari. ... Jamaat al-Jihad al-Islami (English: Community of Holy Warriors) also known as the Jamaat of Central Asian Mujahedins (JCAM), Jamoat Mujahedin, and Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) is an Islamic terrorist organization that operates in Uzbekistan. ... Jemaah Islamiyah, sometimes rendered Jemaah Islamiah, is a militant Islamic terrorist organization dedicated to the establishment of a fundamentalist Islamic theocracy in Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and the south of Thailand and the Philippines. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: لشكرِ طيبه laÅ¡kar-Ä• ṯaiyyiba, literally The Army of Pure, also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba or Lashkar-i-Toiba) is one of the largest and most active Islamic terrorist outfits in South Asia. ... The Maktab al-Khadamāt, also Maktab Khadamāt al-MujāhidÄ«n al-Arab (Arabic: مكتب الخدمات or مكتب خدمات المجاهدين العرب, MAK), also known as the Afghan Services Bureau, is reliably believed to have been founded in 1984 by Dr. Abdullah Azzam and Osama bin Laden to raise funds and recruit foreign mujahidin for... The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain, or GICM) is an extremist Islamic fundamentalist group operating in North Africa and suspected of having links with al-Qaida. ... In a show of force during peace negotiations with the Philippine government, members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front parade during a press conference June 4, 2005, on the island of Mindanao. ... The emblem of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) superimposed on the images of the Dome of the Rock, two fists and two rifles. ... People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD) was formed in 1996 as a community anticrime group fighting drugs and violence in the Cape Flats section of Cape Town, South Africa, but by early 1998 had also become antigovernment and anti-Western. ... The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (French Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat, also known as Group for Call and Combat) is an Algerian Islamist terrorist group which aims to overthrow the Algerian state and institute a fundamentalist Islamic republic. ... Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan was previously known as Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASS); this dubious acronym made them change their name. ... The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was formed in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh state, in April 1977. ... Takfir wal-Hijra (Arabic - Apostasy and Exile) was founded as an Egyptian terrorist group in the 1960s. ... (Turkish) Kurdish-Hizbullah is a Kurdish Islamic (Sunni) extremist organization that arose in the late 1980s in response to Kurdistan Workers Party atrocities against Muslims in southeastern Turkey, where Kurdish-Hizbullah seeks to establish an independent Islamic state. ...

Islamist fronts

• Al-Barakaat (Al-Qaida front)
• Al-Wafa Humanitarian Organization (Al-Qaida front)
• Benevolence International Foundation (Al-Qaida front)
• Global Relief Foundation (Al-Qaida front)
• Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (Hamas)
• Konsojaya Trading Company (Jemaah Islamiyah front)

the never represent ISLAM ... Al Wafa is an Islamic charity listed in Executive Order 13224 as an entity that supports terrorism. ... The Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) was a nonprofit charitable trust that is suspected to have supported international terrorists worldwide. ... The Global Relief Foundation, also known as Fondation Secours Mondial or FSM, was a terrorist front organization masquerading as a charity. ... The Holy Land Foundation is an Islamic charity in the United States and claims to be the largest in that country. ... The Konsojaya Trading Company was a shell company cofounded by Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, and his Chinese Malaysian wife, Noralwizah Lee Abdullah on June 1994. ...

Jewish

• Kahane Chai (designated as terrorist by Israel, the EU, and USA)

Kach was an extremist right-wing Israeli party led by Meir Kahane. ...

Sikh

• Babbar Khalsa
• Bhinderanwala Tiger Force of Khalistan
• International Sikh Youth Federation [3]
• Dashmesh Regiment
• Khalistan Commando Force
• Khalistan Liberation Force
• Khalistan Liberation Front
• Khalistan National Army
• Khalistan Zindabad Force [4]
• Saheed Khalsa Force

All of these groups demand a Khalistan (Land of the Pure) in the Indian state of Punjab and adjoining areas for Sikhs. Most have a variable amount of support from Sikhs abroad and have been in existence since the 1980s. Many have been weakened and have cut down on activities, yet they continue. The militancy in Punjab has claimed approximately 100,000 lives, according to estimates put forward by Amnesty International: this figure involves killings by both Sikh militants and the Indian forces. With the exception of the first two, the other groups have only been proscribed in India. Babbar Khalsa International logo Babbar Khalsa International logo variation The Babbar Khalsa (Punjabi: , ) is a militant group considered to be among the oldest and most prominent of Sikh organisations calling for the formation of an independent Sikh state. ... This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Khalistan Liberation Force was one of the leading Sikh freedom fighting organisations that was especially active in the Indian state of Punjab throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The Khalistan Zindabad Force is a Sikh militant outfit comprised mainly of Jammu based Sikhs that advocates the creation of an independent Sikh majority state called Khalistan by achieving the independence of the Punjab state in India and adjoining Punjabi-speaking areas of neighbouring Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan via... Punjab State A proposed flag for Khalistan Khālistān (Punjabi: ), meaning The Land of the Pure, was the name given to a proposed nation-state by self appointed President Jagjeet Singh Chauhan, encompassing the present Pakistani and Indian states of Punjab and all Punjabi-speaking areas contiguous to its... Punjab   (Punjabi: , Hindi: , IPA: ) (Also spelled Panjab) is a state in northwest India. ...

Other religious terrorists

• Aum Supreme Truth (Aum Shinrikyo) - Japan (homicidal religious cult)
• Lord's Resistance Army Christian/Pagan/Muslim terrorist group that operates in northern Uganda, it seeks to overthrow the Ugandan government and create a country based on the ten commandments.[5]

Aum Shinrikyo (also spelled Om Shin Rikyo) was a Buddhist religious group based in Japan. ... A small minority of religious groups have been known to engage in murder. ... The Lords Resistance Army (LRA)[1], formed in 1987, is a rebel paramilitary group operating mainly in northern Uganda. ...

Nationalistic Terrorist Organizations

Irish Nationalists (Northern Ireland)

• Irish National Liberation Army (1974-Present)
  • Splinter group:
    • Irish People's Liberation Organisation (1986-1992, defunct)
• Irish Republican Army (1922-1969)split into- 'Official IRA' and 'Provisional IRA'.
• Official IRA (defunct)
• Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) (1969–2002)^[4]
  • Supporters of the PIRA split from 'Official' Sinn Féin to form Provisional Sinn Féin. Provisional Sinn Féin was later known simply as Sinn Féin (while 'Official' Sinn Féin eventually became the Workers' Party).
  • Under ceasefire since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998
  • Ended armed campaign in September 2005.
  • Splinter groups:
    • Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) (1986-present)
      • Also known as the "Continuity Army Council" and "Óglaigh na hÉireann" (Gaelic for 'Volunteers of Ireland')
    • Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) (1997-present)*
      • Also known as the True IRA and Óglaigh na hÉireann (Gaelic for Volunteers of Ireland).
      • Does not recognize Good Friday Agreement.

The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) is an Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed on December 8, 1974. ... The Irish Peoples Liberation Organisation was an Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed in 1986 by disaffected and expelled members of the Irish National Liberation Army in the aftermath of the supergrass trials. ... Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the Irish Republican Army in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty. ... The term Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA refers to one of the two organisations - the other being the Provisional Irish Republican Army - that emerged from the split in the then Irish Republican Army in 1969-70. ... A Republican mural in Belfast depicting the hunger strikes of 1981. ... Official Sinn Féin (later renamed Sinn Féin the Workers Party) was a Stalinst political party which evolved from the split in Sinn Féin and the IRA that took place in 1970. ... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ... It has been suggested that Sinn Féin (Gardiner Place) be merged into this article or section. ... The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 by the British and Irish Governments and endorsed by most Northern Ireland political parties. ... The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) is an Irish Republican paramilitary organisation (which supporters recognise as the National Army of the 32-County Irish Republic) that split from the Provisional IRA in 1986. ... The Real Irish Republican Army, otherwise known as the Real IRA (RIRA), is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation founded before the signing of the 1998 Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement by former members of the Provisional IRA who opposed the latters 1997 cease-fire and acquiescence in the Agreement in...

Ulster Loyalists (Northern Ireland)

• Ulster Volunteer Force (original UVF 1912-1921, current UVF has existed since 1966)
  • Very closely linked with the Red Hand Commandos (1972-present).
  • Splinter group: Loyalist Volunteer Force
• Ulster Defence Association (1971-present)
  • Also called the "Ulster Freedom Fighters," or UFF.
  • On February 22, 2003, announced a "complete and utter cessation" of all acts of violence for one year. It said it will review its ceasefire every three months, although in February 2006, the Independent Monitoring Commission reported that the UDA continued its paramilitary activities, as well as involvement in organized crime, drug trafficking, counterfeiting, extortion, money laundering and robbery
  • Splinter group: Red Hand Defenders
• Red Hand Commandos {created in 1972) allied with the UVF
• Red Hand Defenders (1998-present) an affiliate organization with both the UDA and LVF who are allies. Opposes ceasefire.
• Loyalist Volunteer Force (1996-2005)
• Ulster Freedom Fighters (created in 1972) an affiliate of the UDA
• Ulster Resistance 1986-1990 Created by the Democratic Unionist Party, now defunct
• Red Branch Knights (1992)
• Orange Volunteers (1998-present)

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Indonesia

• Barisan Merah Putih; ultra nationalist group first recruited by KOPASSUS
• Laskar Jihad; Islamic ultra nationist group

Laskar Jihad, or Holy War Warriors, was formed in 2000 in Ambon, Moluccan Islands, Indonesia, by Jafar Umar Thalib, who studied in Pakistan and fought with the mujahidin in Afghanistan in the late 1980s. ...

Palestinian

Jewish (Historical)

Main article: Zionist political violence

• Irgun (1931-1948) - regarded as a terrorist group by the British authorities and mainstream Zionist organizations (not during most of World War II).
• Lehi (1940-1948) - regarded as a terrorist group by the British authorities.

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Etzel emblem Irgun (ארגון), shorthand for Irgun Tsvai Leumi (ארגון צבאי לאומי, also spelled Irgun Zvai Leumi), Hebrew for National Military Organization, was a clandestine militant Zionist group that operated in Palestine from 1931 to 1948. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Lehi emblem Lehi (IPA: , Hebrew acronym for Lohamei Herut Israel, Fighters for the Freedom of Israel, לחי - לוחמי חירות ישראל) was an armed underground Zionist faction in Palestine that had as its goal the eviction of the British from Palestine, to allow unrestricted immigration of Jews and the formation of a Jewish state. ...

Arab

Main article: Palestinian political violence

Main article: :Category:Palestinian militant groups

• Abu Nidal
• Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
• Black Hand (Palestine)
• Black September (group)
• Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
• Fatah Hawks
• Force 17
• Hamas - listed as a terrorist organization by Australia,^[5] Canada,^[6][7] the United Kingdom,^[8] the European Union,^[9] Israel, and the United States,^[10] and is banned in Jordan.^[11]
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
• Popular Resistance Committees
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement
• Palestine Liberation Front
• Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1964-present) - On December 14, 1988, the PLO officially renounced the use of terrorist tactics. In 1993 it became the PA (Palestinian Authority). Although it claims it does not support terrorism, documents show that the PA/PLO has actively supported and sponsored various terrorist groups in Israel.^[12][13] According to the NCIS, the PLO is "the richest of all terrorist organizations." (1993)^[14]
• The Holy Jihad Brigade
• Tanzim

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Tamil Nationalist

• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, aka Tamil Tigers)- Sri Lanka. One of the largest groups with an estimated 24,000 Tamil cadres who fight for separation from Sri Lanka. The group has carried out 240+ suicide bombings since the early 80s in the process which they describe as their freedom struggle. Members of the group were convicted for the suicide bomber assassinations of Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa (1988-1993) and former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi [6]. UNHCR has reported that this organisation recruits children by force.[7]

Tamil Tigers emblem The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, is a military and political organization that has waged a violent secessionist campaign against the Sri Lankan Government since the 1970s in order to secure independence for the Tamil portions of Sri Lanka. ... The Tamil people are an ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Rājiv Ratna Gāndhī (Devanāgarī: राजीव रत्न गान्धी, IPA: ) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the eldest son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the 9th Prime Minister of India (and the 3rd from the Gandhi family) from his mothers death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on December... Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (established December 14, 1950) protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement. ...

Other nationalist terrorists

• an gof - Cornwall - (inactive)
• Anuak Terrorist Militants Western Ethiopia and Eastern Sudan.
• East Turkestan Islamic Movement - Central Asia and China
• East Turkistan Liberation Organization (China)
• ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) - Spain and southern France (founded 1959)
• Scottish National Liberation Army (SNLA) - Scotland (defunct)
• Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood - Yugoslavia (disbanded)
• Front de Libération du Quebec - Canada (founded 1963)
  • Cells: Chenier Cell, Liberation Cell,
• Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK/KADEK/KONGRA-GEL) - Turkey
• Los Macheteros - Puerto Rico (founded 1976)
• National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (FLNC) - France
• People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK/MKO) - Iran
• African National Congress (historical) - South Africa
• Armed Islamic Group (GIA) - France, Algeria
• Algerian National Movement (MNA) - France, Algeria (disbanded)
• National Liberation Front (FLN) - France, Algeria
• Ogaden National Liberation Front
• Oromo Liberation Front - 1973
• Organisation armée secrète (OAS) - France, Algeria (disbanded)
• VMO (1950-1970 and 1971-1983) - Flanders

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The Chénier Cell was a Montreal-based cell of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ) terrorist group in Quebec whose members were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberies in the 1960s that led to what became known as the October Crisis. ... The Liberation Cell was a Montreal-based cell of the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ) terrorist group in Quebec whose members were responsible for a decade of bombings and armed robberies in the 1960s that led to what became known as the October Crisis. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Boricua Popular Army —or Ejército Popular Boricua in Spanish— is a clandestine political organization based on the island of Puerto Rico, with cells throughout the United States. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (Corsican: Fronte di Liberazione Naziunale di a Corsica, or FLNC) is a terrorist group that advocates an autonomous state on the island of Corsica, independent from France. ... MKO Logo The Peoples Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) (Persian: سازمان مجاهدين خلق ايران) is a militant organization that advocates overthrowing the government in the Islamic Republic of Iran and replacing it with its own leadership[1]. It is a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an umbrella coalition. ... The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party, and has been South Africas governing party supported by a tripartite alliance between itself, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) since the establishment of majority rule in May 1994. ... 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Anarchist

• Anti-State Justice
• Black Star
• The Angry Brigade
• New Revolutionary Alternative
• Squamish Five

Anti-State Justice (Greek: Antikratiki Dikaiosini) is an anarchist organization that has carried out violent attacks on political targets in Athens, Greece. ... Black Star is an anarchist terrorist group also known as Mavro Asteri. ... The Angry Brigade was a British libertarian communist urban guerilla group responsible for a long string of bomb attacks around Britain between 1970 and 1972. ... New Revolutionary Alternative (NRA) is an anarchist organization devoted to insurrectionary struggle in Russia. ... The Squamish Five (sometimes referred to as the Vancouver Five) were a group of self-styled urban guerrillas active in Canada during the early 1980s. ...

Leftist, Communist, Leninist, Trotskyst, Maoist and Marxist

• Action Directe - France
• African National Congress - South Africa (renounced violence)
• Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA, disbanded since 1986) - Lebanon, Armenia and the USA
• CCC - Belgium
• Chukaku-Ha - Japan
• Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - Nepal - currently taking part in disarmament and cooperation in a new interim government for Nepal
• Communist Party of India (Maoist) - India
• Ejército de Liberación Nacional - Colombia
• Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo - Argentina
• GRAPO - Spain
• Japanese Red Army (Sekigun) - Japan
• June 2 Movement - West Germany (disbanded)
• Khmer Rouge - Cambodia (disbanded)
• Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front - Chile
• Montoneros - Argentina
• Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria - Chile
• Naxals or Naxalites - India
• NPA or New People's Army - Philippines
• Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N) - Greece
• Pan-Africanist Congress - South Africa (renounced violence)
• People's War Group - India
• Red Army Faction (popularly known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang) - Germany (founded 1967, disbanded)
• Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse) - Italy (founded 1969)
• Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) - Colombia
• Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP & DHKP/C) - Turkey
• Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) - Peru (active since the late 1960s)
• Symbionese Liberation Army - USA (disbanded)
• Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) - Peru
• United Freedom Front - USA (founded in 1976, now disbanded)
• United Liberation Front of Assam - India
• Weathermen - USA (founded in 1969, now disbanded)
  • Spin-off: May 19th Communist Movement (active 1978-85)

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DHKP flag DHKC flag The Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Party/Front, (Turkish: Devrimci Halk KurtuluÅŸ Partisi/Cephesi or DHKP/C) is a militant Marxist-Leninist party in Turkey. ... Shining Path poster supporting an electoral boycott The Communist Party of Peru (Spanish: El Partido Comunista del Perú), more commonly known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), is a Maoist guerrilla organization in Peru. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American paramilitary group that considered itself to be a revolutionary vanguard army and was a proponent of radical ideology. ... The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement or Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) was an insurgent guerrilla movement active in Peru from 1984 to 1997. ... 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Ethnic terrorists (including neo-Nazis and white-supremacists)

• Army for the Liberation of Rwanda - Rwanda (Hutu emancipatory;genocidal)
• Aryan Nations - United States
• Boeremag - South Africa
• Combat 18 - United Kingdom
• Column 88 - United Kingdom
• CSA
• Creativity Movement - USA
• Ku Klux Klan - USA (founded in 1865 and revived several times since).
• Mouvement d'Action et Défense Masada - France (disbanded). This was a French neo-Nazi organization, disguised as a Zionist extremist group, which attacked Arab targets.
• National Socialist Movement - United Kingdom
• The Order - USA (disbanded)
• White Aryan Resistance - United States

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Anti-Communists

• Contras - Nicaragua
• Alianza Anticomunista Argentina - Argentina
• Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia - Colombia
• Ranvir Sena - India

The Contras (from the Spanish term La Contra, short for movement of the contrarrevolucionarios) were the armed opponents of Nicaraguas FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional) Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle (which ended the Somoza dynasty), and continuing throughout the... The Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (in Spanish, Alianza Anticomunista Argentina, usually known as Triple A and written AAA) was a far-right death squad active in Argentina during the mid-1970s, linked to the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla. ... The AUCs logo The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or AUC, in Spanish), were formed in April 1997 as an umbrella paramilitary federation seeking to consolidate many local and regional paramilitary groups in Colombia, each intending to protect different local economic, social and political... Ranvir Sena is an anti-communist political group based in Bihar, India. ...

Cuban exile groups

Further information: Opposition to Fidel Castro

All groups recognised by the International terrorism report from the United States Central Intelligence Agency.^[15] The principle aim of these groups is to forge political change in Cuba. Or Opposition to a Participatory Democracy (of Only Party) created by the Popular Socialist Revolution, named The Cuban Revolution The Opposition to Fidel Castros Cuban government is largely unofficial and illegal within Cuba due to the political system led by Fidel Castro being a one party state. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...

• Abdala
• Alpha 66
• Anti-Castro Commando
• Anti-Communist Commandos
• Brigade 2506
• Condor
• Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU - includes Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada Carriles)
• Cuba Action
• Cuba Action Commandos
• Cuban Anti-Communist League
• Cuban C-4
• Movement Cuban Liberation Front
• Cuban National Liberation Front (FLNC)
• Cuban Power (el Poder Cubano)
• Cuban Power
• Cuban Representation in Exile
• Cuban Revolutionary Directorate
• Cuban Revolutionary Organization
• Cuban Youth Group International
• Secret Revolutionary United Cells
• JCN (expansion unknown)
• Latin American Anti-Communist Army
• Movement of Cuban Justice Movement of the Seventh (M-7)
• National Integration Front (FIN; Cuban Nationalist Front)
• Omega 7
• Pedro Luis Boitel
• Command Pedro Ruiz Botero
• Commandos Pragmatistas
• Scorpion (el Alacran)
• Second Front of Escambray
• Secret Anti-Castro Cuban Army
• Secret Cuban Government
• Secret Hand Organization
• Secret Organization Zero
• Young Cubans
• Youths of the Star

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Ecologist

These groups are active on environmental issues, using sabotage (monkeywrenching) as their means of struggle. They have a commitment to property damage only, and not harming life (human or animal). Monkeywrenching is economic warfare by sabotage, often by illegal means, used to slow down or halt an undesired government-sanctioned activity. ...

• Animal Liberation Front (ALF) - operates worldwide. Property damage and animal release, related to animal rights issues. Listed as one of the top domestic threats by United States Department of Homeland Security, FBI and ATF.
• Earth Liberation Front (ELF) - Founded 1992; operates in US, Canada, and UK. Property destruction, related to environmental issues. Listed as one of the top domestic threats by United States Department of Homeland Security, FBI and ATF.
• Environmental Life Force - Disbanded in 1972. Used explosive and incendiary devices in defense of the environment.

Beagles removed by British ALF activists from a testing laboratory owned by the Boots Group. ... The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), commonly known as Homeland Security, is a Cabinet department of the Federal Government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the United States from terrorist attacks and responding to natural disasters. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) is a law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. ... The Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is the collective name for anonymous and autonomous groups that, according to the now defunct Earth Liberation Front Press Office (ELFPO), use direct action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the exploitation and destruction of the natural environment. ... The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), commonly known as Homeland Security, is a Cabinet department of the Federal Government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the United States from terrorist attacks and responding to natural disasters. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) is a law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. ... The Environmental Life Force (ELF) was the first radical environmental group to use explosive and incendiary devices in defense of the environment. ...

Others

Africa

• Interahamwe - Rwanda - Hutu nationalist, strongly anti Tutsi. Responsible for the 1994 Rwanda genocide
• Janjaweed - Sudan
• Mungiki - Kenya
• Revolutionary United Front - Sierra Leonean rebels

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Caribbean

• Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) - Haiti
• National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Haiti - Haiti
• Tonton Macoutes - Haiti

The Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) (in French: Front pour lAvancement et le Progrès Haïtien) was a paramilitary death squad organized with U.S. backing in Haiti in mid-1993 to terrorize the Haitian people by murder, public beatings, arson raids on poor... The NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY Front for the Liberation of Haiti is a rebel group in Haiti that presently controls most of the country. ... A Tonton Macoute brandishing his machete The Tonton Macoutes (singular Tonton Macoute referring to a member thereof; or Ton Ton Macoute) was a Haitian militia force under the control of François Duvalier (better known as Papa Doc). Created in 1959 and renamed officially in 1971 as the VSN (Volontaires...

France

• Action Directe (AD), an anti-NATO organization reponsible for the 1986 murder of Georges Besse.

Action Directe can mean: the 1970s and 1980s French guerrilla group Action Directe; the rock climb Action Directe. ... Georges Besse (born December 25, 1927 in Clermont-Ferrand, France, died November 17, 1986) was a French businessman who led several large state-controlled French companies during his lifetime. ...

Spain

• ETA Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, main terrorist organization in Spain responsible of the numerous bombings
• GAL Grupo Antiterrorista de Liberacion, terrorist organization of the government in the 1980s.
• GRAPO Grupo Antifacista Primero de Octubre, terrorist organization of extreme left
• FAG Fuerzas Armadas Guanches, terrorist organization of the Islas Canarias part of MPAIAC in the 1970s.
• Terra Lliure terrorist group of Catalonia in the 1980s. and 1990s.
• Kale borroka attacks in the Basque Country and Navarra

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United Kingdom

• Animal Rights Militia, a terrorist organization responsible for numerous letter bombs in Great Britain during the 1980s.

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United States

• Afro-American Liberation Army (AALA), a terrorist organization active in Los Angeles during the 1970s.
• Aliens of America, a terrorist organization active in Los Angeles during the 1970s.
• American Indian Movement (AIM), originally founded as a civil rights organization, the AIM was involved in the 1972 occupations of the Mayflower II, Mount Rushmore and the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C. as well as the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee during which members were involved in gun battles with federal agents.
• Americans for Justice, a terrorist organization active on the west coast during the 1970s.
• Bay Bombers, a radical terrorist organization active in San Francisco, California during the 1960s.
• Black Afro Militant Movement (BAMM), a militant terrorist organization
• Black Liberation Army (BLA), an offshoot faction of the Black Panther Party reportedly involved in murders of police officers in San Francisco and New York between 1971 and 1973.
• Black Muslims, a separatist involved in numerous shootouts with police and other violent activities including the "Zebra Killings" in which fourteen people were merdered in the San Francisco-area.
• Black Nation of Islam (BNI), a terrorist organization active during the 1970s and 80s.
• Black Revolutionary, a terrorist organization active in New York during the 1970s.
• Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a terrorist organization responsible for the 1973 murder of Oakland school superintendent Marcus Foster and, most notably, the 1974 kidnapping of Patricia Hearst.
• Weather Underground (WU), radical terrorist organization reponsible for nineteen bombings between 1969 and 1974, including the U.S. Capitol Building in 1971 and the Pentagon in 1974.

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See also

• Category:Terrorists for individual terrorists.
• Definitions of terrorism
• state terrorism
• Category:Designated terrorist organizations
• List of organizations
• List of guerrilla movements
• Foreign Terrorist Organizations designated by the United States Department of State
• United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2000 list designated by the Secretary of State
• Charities accused of ties to terrorism

The word terrorism has been defined in many different ways by many different sources, and is therefore a controversial term without a simple agreed meaning. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... This page is a list of lists of organizations and a list of otherwise unclassified organizations. ... This is a list of notable guerrilla movements. ... Foreign Terrorist Organizations are foreign organizations that are designated as terrorist by the United States Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended. ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States Government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... The Terrorism Act 2000 is a current United Kingdom Act of Parliament - An Act to make provision about terrorism; and to make temporary provision for Northern Ireland about the prosecution and punishment of certain offences, the preservation of peace and the maintenance of order. ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... During the war on terror the names of charities accused of ties to terrorism have been published. ...

References

2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Gazette, often called The Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is a major English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec. ... The Council of the European Union forms, along with the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union (EU). ...

External links

• MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base