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Originally created by MILNET, and then updated from the excellent database at http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/tgp/tgpndx.htm and later incorporation of updates from the U.S. Department of State Annual Reports Patterns of Global Terrorism
Does not inlcude Domestic Terrorist Groups nor
multi-state Hispanic Gangs, many of
which have better than 50% membership of foreign nationals.
Al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI)
Area of Operation:Primarily in Somalia, with limited presence in Ethiopia and Kenya
Somalia’s largest militant Islamic organization rose to power in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Siad Barre regime. Aims to establish an Islamic regime in Somalia and force the secession of the Ogeden region of Ethiopia. Primarily insurgent-style attacks against Ethiopian forces and other Somali factions. The group is believed to be responsible for a series of bomb attacks in public places in Addis Ababa in 1996 and 1997 as well as the kidnapping of several relief workers in 1998. AIAI sponsors Islamic social programs, such as orphanages and schools, and provides pockets of security in Somalia.
Al Muhajiroun (AM)
Area of Operation: London, Middle East
Islamic extremists able to stay above ground in London England, skirting U.K. law. On October 11, 2001, called for the assassination of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, citing him as a co-conspirator with the U.S. against Muslims, and identified his official residence as well as British, American, and French military installations as military targets by radical Muslims.
Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN)
Area of Operation: Southern Thailand
A Southern separatist group. Its leader was captured in Pattani in April of 2000.
Burmese Dissidents
Area of Operations: Burma and Thailand
Unnamed leader, small membership. Took over a hospital in Ratchaburi province in Thailand in January of 2000. Five prodemocracy students armed with AK-47s and grenades seized the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok and held 32 hostages on 1 October, 1999. The hostages included 20 individuals applying for visas, one of whom was a US citizen. The terrorists demanded that the Burmese Government release all political prisoners in Burma and recognize the results of a national election held in 1990.
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA)
Area of Operation: Burma-Thailand Border
A violent and criminal religous based group wishing for a Buddhist cleric government, known for activities at the border between Thailand and Burma, including extortion, smuggling and illegal logging. On April 15, 2002, five were killed in Thailand when a grenade was tossed from a rickshaw. On January 31, 1997, 7000 men and women were left homeless from raids on refugee camps in Huay Kalok, Thailand.
Sri Lankian Eelam Organizations: - see Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE)
Indonesian Dissidents
Area of Operations: East Timor, Indonesia, Australia
Protestors, essentially armed East Timorese, who have reacted violently to deployment of military forces and have made attacks on Pro-independence supporters for East Timor, the eastern half of an island at the eastern most tip of the Indonesian chain. The dissident category also includes Ache, Sumarta island separtists wishing for a referendum on independence, clashing violently with authorities deployed to curb protests.
Also see the Free Papua Movement above.
Kalifatsstaat (Caliphate State) (CS)
Area of Operation: Turkey
Radically violent anti-Turkish government group intent on replacing the Turkish government with a radical Islamic government.
Karen National Union (KNU)
Area of Operation: Burma-Thailand border
A violent and criminal religous based group countering the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, known for activities at the border between Thailand and Burma, including extortion, smuggling and illegal logging. In 1997 the group was the Karen National Union and had announced plans to blow up a Thailand-Burma natural gas pipeline, at that time led by Gen. Bo Mya.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
Area of Operation: Pakistan
LeJ is a Pakistani Mulsim terrorist organization tied to attempts to kill Pakistani President, General Pervez Musharraf. Militant offshoot of the Sunni sectarian group Sipah-i- Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). The group focuses primarily on anti-Shia attacks and was banned by Pakistani President Musharraf in August 2001 as part of an effort to rein in sectarian violence. LeJ is active primarily in Punjab and Karachi. Some members travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan. After the collapse of the Taliban, LeJ members became active in aiding other terrorists with safehouses, false identities, and protection in Pakistani cities, including Karachi, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi.
Laskar Jihad (LJ)
LJ is a militant jihadist organization active in the Indonesian and Malaysia region, formed in January of 2000 by Jafar Umar Thalib a former Mujahideen fighter in Afghanistan. A rationale for the creation of the group was secretarian violence between Muslims and Christians prior to 2000. Some 9,000 were killed by the group and their supporters and some 3,000 men and women were forced into circumcision. The group practices the Whabbist interpretation of Islam and focused early on with attacks on Christian populations on the islands of Maluka (Moluccas) and Sulawesi. LJ is reported to have some 10,000 members, however, the range is reported widely as small as several thousand up to 7,000 with that figure probably being contributed to by linkage to the Kumpulan Militan/Mujahideen Malaysia (KMM) terrorist organization. LJ has training camps throughout Indonesia and possibly several in Malaysia. Several have been reported to have trained foreign (non-Indonesia) operatives from other terror groups including Al-Qaeda. Funding for LJ is thought to come from Saudi Arabia and Jordon, with poppy field revenues in Afghanistan reaching LJ as well. Earlier reports also marked some cash flow and arms from Libya, however it is not clear this has continued after 2001.
Mehdi Amry Militia (MAM)
Area of Operation: Najfa, Iraq
Radcial Shia group led by the son of a Shia cleric who was murdered by the Baathist regime at the orders of Saddam Hussein. The son's name is Muqtada al-Sadr. The extremists are incredibly violent and now targeting anyone cooperating with the new government and the Coalition. The methods for propoganda are remarkably similar (suspiciously so) to Hamas and Hezzbollah in and around Israel, putting pressure on the population by bombings, shootings and guerilla attacks that disrupt work and kills innocents directly or when retaliation from the government creates collateral damage. The power base of the group is in Najaf. (source Fox News, MSNBC Online, Associated Press) however the group has some followers in al-Sadr City section of Baghdad (named after his father). As the elections for the assembly began to be organized, the group swore off violence and began to transition to become a political party. It is expcted that al-Sadr will become a figure in one of the many Shia political parties and may in fact wind up in the government of Iraq.
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
Area of Operation: Southern Philippines
Islamic extremists/separtists who wish Philippines to be an Islamic Nation. Typically found in the Southern parts of Philippines (Mindaneo). Led by the former Governer Nur Misuari, have been involved in kidnapping and then using hostages to gain concessions from the Philippines Government. In November of 2001, they took a large number of captives and government troops closed in, a death of some 56, 5 of which were Philippines soldiers. The group used hostages to win free passage to a neighboring province. In December 13 were killed, in what looked like raids against both Abu Sayyaf and MNLF. On January 3, 2002, the group held 3 captives with the Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo hoping to find a way to gain their release. A splinter group split off in 1978, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) which has become the political and tactical rebel group in the Philippines. The MILF is a typical Islamic Jihadist group with possible links to Al-Qaeda and whose goals are to create an Islamic State of the Philippines, being run under the Sharra (strict adherence to the Jihadist/"Pure" Islamic law).
Mungiki Sect (MS)
Area of Operation: Kenya
A violent sect in Kenya, outlawed by the government. On March 6, 2002, two of their members were killed by vigilantes, and their response was an attack against random targets in Kariobangi North area of Nairobi, Kenya. More than 23 people were killed in bars, streets and homes. The violence was especially gruesome with many of the victims being hacked to death.
National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty (NMRPS)
Area of Operation: Pakistan.
Possibly hoax group in Pakistan-sent email to claim responsibility for the kidnapping of Washington Post journalist in Pakistan, January 27, 2002. The email accussed Daniel Pearl of being an agent of the CIA, which both CIA and Washington Post have denied. Police sources believe Pearl was kidnapped by Harkat ul-Mujahedeena well known terrorist group with established links to Al-Qaida
New Pattani United Liberation Organization (NPULO)
Area of Operation: Thailand, mostly southern Province of Narathiwat.
A Muslim separtist group led by Saarli Taloh-Meyaw, who was killed in February 2000. The group was responsible for 90% of terrorist in the southern Thailand province of Narathiwat. Thai authorities suspect that a bomb found and defused at the construction site of a new post office in the south on 15 April, 1999 was planted by members of NPULO to avenge government operations against the group.
Sipah-e-Sahaba (SES)
Area of Operation: India-Kashmir, Pakistan
Member of the International Islamic Front, a network of Islamic radical groups providing training and support to its members. Extremist Sunni Muslim organization thought to be behind hundreds of killings of shia Muslimis throughout the region bordering their homebase in Pakistan.
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR)
Area of Operation: Chechnya, Russia
Particularly violent Chechnyan terrorist group highly influnced by Wahhabist Islamic Jihadists. Received funding and support from al-Qaeda's bin Laden. Numerous highly violent attacks including the capture of 850 civilians in a Russian theater in Moscow.
Sudanese People's Democratic Front (SPDF)
Area of Operation: Sudan
A tribal organization known for its violent resistance to the Sudanese government, had signed an accord with the government to cease activities but became active after the government failed to honor pledges for an independence move for the southern part of the country. On January 16 of 2001 they group announced they would be joining forces with the Sudanese People's Liberation Front (SPLA).
Sudanese People's Liberation Front (SPLF)
Area of Operation: Sudan
One of the largest of the tribal based organizations in the Sudan, announced on January 16, 2002, that they would be combining forces with the Sudanese People's Democratic Front (SPDF) in order to reconcile their tribal differences and disputes.
United Wa State Army (UWSA)
Area of Operation: Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar guerillas who deal in drugs throughout Southeast Asia. The group signed a cease-fire with the Myanmar government and now enjoys virtual autonomy in eastern Myanmar. On April 27, 2002, Thai troops, supported by helicopter gunships, clashed with ethnic-Wa guerrillas from Myanmar after two of the fighters were captured inside Thailand. Ten Wa soldiers were killed in the fighting.
Added U.S. Navy Post Graduate School Data: May,
1996
Current MILNET Updated Version: 9/2004,
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