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Terrorist Groups

Terrorist Groups across the world, mostly designated by the US Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)

AFGHANISTAN

  • Harakat ul-Mujahideen (HUM)
  • al-Qa'ida (Bin Laden's outfit)
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
  • Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
  • Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)
ALGERIA
  • Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
COLUMBIA
  • National Liberation Army (ELN)
  • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
EGYPT
  • Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (the Islamic Group, IG)
  • al-Jihad
FRANCE
  • Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
GREECE
  • Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17 November)
  • Revolutionary People's Struggle (ELA)
INDIA
  • Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)
  • Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
  • Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
  • ULFA
  • NSCN
  • NLFT
  • UNLF
IRAN
  • Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)
IRAQ
  • Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
  • Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)
  • Palestine Liberation Front-Abu Abbas Faction
ISRAEL
  • HAMAS (Islamic Reksistance Movement)
  • Kach and Kahane Chai
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
NORTHERN IRELAND
  • Provisional Irish Republican Army
  • The Provos
  • Irish Republican Army
  • Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
  • Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)
  • Orange Volunteers (OV)
  • Real IRA a.ka. True IRA
  • Red Hand Defenders (RHD)
JAPAN
  • Aum Shinrikyo a.k.a Aum Supreme Truth (Aum)
  • Japanese Red Army (JRA) a.ka Anti Imperialst International Brigade (AIIB)
JORDAN
  • HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction

KYRGSTAN

  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
LEBANON
  • Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
  • Hizballah (Party of God)
  • Japanese Red Army (JRA)
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
  • Palestinian Liberation Organization
PAKISTAN
  • Harakat ul-Mujahideen (HUM)
  • Jaish-e-Mohammed
  • Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)
PALESTINE
  • HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)
  • Kach
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
  • Palestinian Liberation Organization
PERU
  • Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)
  • Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)
PHILLIPINES
  • Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
  • Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB)
  • New People's Army

RWANDA

  • Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR)
    a.k.a Interahamwe, Former Armed Forces (ex-FAR)
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SIERRA LEONE

  • Revolutionary United Front (RUF)

SOUTH AFRICA

  • People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD)

SPAIN

  • Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
  • First of October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO) Grupo de Resistencia Anti-Fascista remero de Octubre
SRI LANKA
  • Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
SUDAN
  • Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
SYRIA
  • Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)

TAJIKSTAN

  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
TURKEY
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
  • Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)

UZBEKISTAN

  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
VENEZUALA
  • National Liberation Army (ELN)

Indicative list, not claiming to be comprehensive. Primary Source: USA State Department, Patterns of GlobalTerrorism.

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