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Abu Nidal Group
(ANG) |
Split from the PLO in 1974. |
Conducted terrorist strikes in
20 countries killing as many as 900. |
Unknown but once composed of
other Palestinian groups including Black
September. |
Once from Syria, Iraq, and Libya. |
|
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) |
Islamic Group found in the
Southern Philippines. |
Kidnappings and Extortion. |
Approximately 200 hardcore
terrorists
|
Analysts believe aid has come
from al-Qaeda and bin Laden |
|
Al-Fatah |
Chief since its inception is
Yasir Arafat, arm of the PLO. |
Have limited terrorist attacks
since the Declaration of Principles in 1993. |
Curently at approximately 6,000
to 8,000 members |
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and other
moderate Gulf States. |
| Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya |
Eygpt's largerst Islamic
terrorist group led by Shaykh Umar Abd al-Rahman, who is currently in prison in the U.S. and Ayman
al-Zawahari. |
Conducts attacks on Egyptian
security forces, Egypt's Coptic Christians, and foreigners, especially those murdered in
1997 at Luxor and an assassination attempt on Mubarak in 1995. |
Unknown but currently linked to al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Many of the best fighters have combat experience in
Afghan training camps. |
Cairo believes aid comes from
Teheran, bin Ladin, and the former Taliban regime in Kabul. |
|
Algerian Terrorism |
Islamic groups that began a
terrorist campaign following the termination of the 1991 Algerian election. Those groups
include: Armed Islamic Group (AIG), Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Movement for an Islamic
State (MIS), Army of the Prophet Muhammad, United Company of Jihad, Armed Islamic Movement
(AIM). |
Attack police and Algeria
security forces as well as those deemed enemies of Islam to include scholars, academics,
writers, and secularists. See the novel, Last
Summer of Reason Since 1992 over 1,500 people have
been killed in the violence. Some within the last few weeks. |
The strength is currently
uknown, but may run as high as a few thousand operating in rural and urban Algeria. |
Base of support may come from
Sudan and Iran. Algiers severed diplomatic ties with Teheran in 1993. |
| Armed Islamic Group (GIA) |
Goal is to topple the secular
Algerian government following the voiding of the 1991 election. |
Conducts attacks on journalists
and foreigners and those deemed enemies of Islam. |
Strength unknow, but could range
from a few hundred to a few thousands. Some members have been recruited into al-Qaeda. |
Iranian religious fanatics and
the Islamic government of Sudan have aided the GIA. |
| Armenian Secret Army for the
Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) Orly Group; 3rd October Group |
Marxist Leninist Group that
emerged in 1975 with the goal of forcing Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide in 1915 and pay reparations for those crimes. |
Conducts bombings and selected
assassinations of Turkish officials as well as bombings in Western Europe designed to
force European governments to free Armerians prisoners. |
Currently operates in Lebanon,
Western Europe, the United States, and the Middle East with only a few hundred active
actios and their fellow travelers. |
May receive aid from Syria,
especially before Assad's death and perhaps Libya and the PLFP
and its off-shoot the PLFP-GC |
| Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) Euzkkadi
Ta Askatasuna
Basque Homeland and Freedom |
Founded in 1959 with the
objective to create an independent Basque state under the Marxism. |
Assassinations and kidnappings
as well as bombings. Kidnappings are used to help to fund their activities via ranson
extracted from the victims families. The attacks involve shootings or bombings of
Spanish governement officials. |
By 2000 over 23 individuals were
killed or wounded by the ETA. The strength of ETA is currently unknown; however, ETA
has slowly moved away from Marxism to Basque nationalism. |
Funding comes from Cuba and
earlier Nicaragua and perhaps Libya. |
| Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) |
Marxist-Leninist founded in 1969
after it split with the PFLP. Believes only armed violence can achieve Palestinian goals.
The hardliners, better known as the "Rejectionists," opposes all accommodation
with Israel. |
Conducts small-scare border
raids as well as full-scale terrorist operations inside Israel. Opposed to any accords
reached with the Israeli government. |
Membership ranks approximately
500 in both organizations. |
In the past received aid and
comfort from Syria. |
| Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement |
Created in 1987 and an off-shoot
of the Muslim [Egyptian] Brotherhood. The group operates out of Gaza and the West Bank. |
This is not the same old PLO but
conducts mass attacks on the Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli civilians. Suicide
bombings is their calling card. |
There is a hardcore base and
their numbers continued to grow with thousands of supporters and fellow travelers. Hamas more and more violent and dangerous. |
Receive outside aid from Iran,
Saudi Arabia, Palestinian expiatriates in North America. |
| Hezballah Party of God. Islamic
Jihad, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization for the Oppressed of the Earth,
Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine |
Radical Shi'ia terrorist group
that was formed in Lebanon and one of the most violent. Responsible for the bombing of the
U.S. Marine Barracks and U.S. Embassy in Beirut and the kidnapping of American officials.
Also conducted attacks on Jewish business in South America. |
Suicide bombings and kidnappings
are their trademark. Militantly anti-Israeli and anti-Western. They emerged in the
political jungle of Lebanonese politics. |
Thousands of supporters and
hundreds of willing suicide bombers. |
Iran is their princile base of
support. Syria was also an important souce of military aid. |
| Irish Republican Army (IRA) |
Grew out of the situation
following the Easter Rising in 1916 and the subsequent
partition, and Civil War in Ireland. Revived
periodically throughout Irish history, but gained considerable steam during the Civil
Right struggle in the 1960s. Currently the IRA operates with Gerry Adams, the spokeperson of the Sinn Fein, serving as their mouthpiece. |
Bombings and assassinations of
Protestants, informers, and British Security Forces |
A few hundred; however untold
sympathizers in Northern Ireland. |
Libya, former Soviet Union and
Eastern Block, and American sympathizers. |
| Al-Jihad Islamic
Jihad, Egyptian Jihad,
Jihad Group
|
Egyptian terrorist group that
has been on the terrorist stage since the 1970s and a close ally of Osama bin Laden's
Al-Qaeda group |
Conducts attacks aginst high
Egypt officials by the use of car bombs and selective assassinations |
Strength is not available, but
perhaps in the hundreds, but considerable popular will with the Egyptian masses. Operates
in Cairo, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, Lebanon, and the UK |
Osama bin Laden Group, Iran, and
Islamic charitable organizations |
| The Party of Democratic Kampuchea
(The Khmer Rouge) |
The Khmer Rouge insurency
finally ended in 1999 following a series of defections by key Khmer Rouge political
figures |
Attacks on intellectuals and
other Cambodians who were linked to the Old Regime and is depicted in the film The Killing Fields and killed two million Cambodians between 1975-1979 |
Found in rural Cambodia and
numbered in the thousands |
Principal source of support came
from the PRC |
| Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) |
Another of the Marxist-Leninist
terrorist groups founded in the 1970s. The objective was to create an independent
Kurdistan |
Primary targets were Turkish
security forces in Turkey and Turkish diplomats in Western Europe |
Anticipated PKK strength is
numbered between 4,000 to 5,000 members |
While involved in active
operations, foreign support came from Iraq, Syria, and Iran. Fearing the Turks, after
signing an alliance with Israel, Syria expelled the PKK leader Ocalan in 1998 |
| The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) World Tamil Association, World
Tamil Movement, Federation of Associations of Canadian Tamils, The Ellalan Force, The
Sangillan Force |
Founded in 1976 and is the most
violent of all Tamil terror organizations in Sri Lanka. The Tamil guerrillas have adopted
terrorism as a weapon since 1983 |
Use of bombs and suicide attacks
on Sri Lankan officials |
Effective strength may number
nearly 10,000; however, may analysts know very little of this group |
Lobbying foreign governments and
the U.N. in behalf of Tamil independence. The bulk of funds come from Tamil communities in
the UK and North America |
| National Liberation Army (ELN) |
Marxist insurgent group that was
conceived in 1965 and influenced by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. The organization was led
by left wing Columbian intellectuals. |
Most typical acts of this
terrorist group include kidnappings, bombings, extortion, and guerrilla war against the
government. |
Unknown number of fellow
travelers and perhaps as many as 6,000 or so active terrorists. |
Minor aid from Fidel Castro's
Cuba. |
| Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) |
Broke away from the PFLP-GC in
the 1970s and then split with the pro-Syrian and pro-Libyan factions. Currently led by Abu Abbas and based in Iraq. |
Known for hand glider attacks on
Northern Israel as well as the attack on the Italian liner, Achille Lauro
have led to an outstanding warrant for Abbas's arrest by
U.S. authorities. |
The order of battle and current
strength of the PLF remains obscure. |
Received aid from Iraq. |
| Palestine Liberation Oraganization (PLO) |
The PLO suspend terrorist
operations against Israel following the Oslo Accords. PFLP has refused this move. |
Sporadic groups loosely
associated with the PLO continue attacks on Israel, including suicide attacks in Jerusalem
and other cities in Israel. |
Not Available |
Saudi Arabia and most nations of
the Middle East. |
| Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) |
Developed in the Gaza Strip in
the 1970s, while not attacking U.S. interests directly in the region, the PIJ did threaten
to attack the U.S. Embassy if it was moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. |
Since mid 2000 the PIJ conducted
Israel in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and those areas occupied by the IDF. |
Actual strenght of the PIJ is
unknown at this time. |
Receives aid from Iran and had
received logistical support from Asad's Syria, which may have changed with his death. |
| Red Army Faction (RAF) |
Small and well disciplined group
organized in the 1960s that took over following the arrest of the Baader-Meinhof gang and
is a blend of both Marx and Mao. |
Active in bombings, ambushes,
robberies, and kidnappings. |
Only a handful of members with a
few fellow travelers offering support. With the end of the Cold War, the group has hit
hard times. |
Self-supporting, but has
received aid from Middle Eastern terrorist organizations and the former East Germany
(DDR). |
| Red Brigades (BR) |
Formed in 1969 and operates in
Italy and throughout Western Europe. Goal is to create a revolututionary state through
violence. Has split into two other organizations in the 1980s. |
Active in kidnappings and
assassination; especially with the assassination of PM Aldo Moro in 1974 was one of their
main efforts. |
Perhaps as many as fifty active
members, which have been reduced further over time. |
Receive support from other
terrorist organizations in Western Europe and the Middle East. |
| Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Columbia (FARC) |
Created in 1964 as the militant
wing of the Columbia Communist Party and remains the largerst and most effective of
Columbia's insurgent groups. |
Highjackings, murders,
assassinations, bombings, and conducting a violent insurgency that still continues.
Recently attacked
the inauguration of the Columbian President on August 8,
2002. |
9,000 to 12,000 hardcore members
with untold numbers of supporters in rural Columbia. |
Some aid comes from Cuba, but
how much is open to debate following the collapse of the Soviet Union. |
| Revolutionary Organization 17
November (17 November) |
Radical left-wing terrorist
group named after the student protest movement in 1973 of the Greek militiary Junta. 17
November was born in 1975 and only recently have
been broken as Greece nears the next Olympic Summer Games. Many question why the Greek
government has waited so long to arrest the leadership, raising concerns between 17
November and the Greek Socialists. |
Assassinations and bombings of
American, NATO, and Greek officials starting in the 1980s. |
The OB and actual strength is
unknown, but the organization is centered in Athens. |
Foreign links have not been
established. |
| Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path, SL) |
Shining Path was the brain child
of Abimael Guzman, a former university professor, and was active since the late 1960s. By
the 1980s had become one of the most violent Maoist groups in the Western
Hemisphere. |
Car bombings and assassinations
as well as raids on villages driving rural population to the cities. |
100 to 200 armed militants
remain. |
Base of operations is rural Peru
and receives no external aid. |
