US Identifies 42 Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Post by Unknown at 3:27 AM on Friday, May 4, 2012
Annual terrorism report released April 30, 2008

Washington -- The U.S. State Department identifies 42 Foreign Terrorist Organizations in its 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism, released April 30.

Designation of a group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization results in the U.S. government blocking assets held in U.S. financial institutions, denying visas to terrorist group members and making it a crime for U.S. citizens or others within U.S. jurisdiction to provide the group with support or resources.

Following is the list of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, which is determined by the secretary of state:

  1. Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
  2. Abu Sayyaf Group
  3. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
  4. Ansar al-Sunnah
  5. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
  6. Asbat al-Ansar
  7. Aum Shinrikyo
  8. Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
  9. Communist Party of Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA)
  10. Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
  11. Gama'a al-Islamiyya (IG)
  12. HAMAS
  13. Harakat ul-Mujahadin (HUM)
  14. Hizballah
  15. Islamic Jihad Group (IJG)
  16. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
  17. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
  18. Jemaah Islamiya Organization (JI)
  19. Al-Jihad
  20. Kahane Chai (Kach)
  21. Kongra-Gel [formerly Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)]
  22. Lashkar e-Tayyiba
  23. Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)
  24. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
  25. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
  26. Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)
  27. Mujahadin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
  28. National Liberation Army (ELN)
  29. Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
  30. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
  31. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
  32. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
  33. Al-Qa’ida
  34. Al-Qa’ida in Iraq
  35. Al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) [formerly Salafist Group for Call and Combat GSPC)]
  36. Real IRA (RIRA)
  37. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
  38. Revolutionary Nuclei (RN)
  39. Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)
  40. Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
  41. Shining Path (SL)
  42. United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)

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