Terrorist groups
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Groups considered by many to be
terrorist
and the countries where they are/were active:
Abu Nidal Organization
- international (went by the name of
Black September
during the 1972 Olympics in Munich)
Abu Sayyaf
-
Philippines
African National Congress
-
South Africa
al-Qaeda
- international
Aum Supreme Truth
-
Japan
The Angry Brigade
-
United Kingdom
ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty)
-
Spain
Contras
?
-
Nicaragua
[Death Squads]
?
-
El Salvador
Earth Liberation Front
-
United States
Hamas
-
Palestine
/
Israel
Hizballah
-
Lebanon
Continuity Irish Republican Army
-
Ireland
,
United Kingdom
Provisional Irish Republican Army
-
Ireland
,
United Kingdom
[Irgun Gang]
?
- British mandate of Palestine
Islamic Jihad
-
Egypt
[Japanese Red Army]
?
-
Japan
Jewish Defense League
-
United States
(1969-1987; may have recently (2001) re-commenced terrorist activity)
Ku Klux Klan
-
United States
Khmer Rouge
-
Cambodia
[Kurdistan Workers Party]
?
(PKK) -
Turkey
[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]
?
-
Sri Lanka
[Loyalist Volunteer Force]
?
-
Ireland
,
United Kingdom
Montoneros
-
Argentina
[National Liberation Army]
?
- ELN in Columbia
?
[Orange Volunteers]
?
-
Ireland
,
United Kingdom
Palestine Liberation Organization
-
Palestine
,
Israel
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
-
South Africa
Red Army Faction
-
Germany
Red Brigades
-
Italy
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) - Columbia
?
[Revolutionary United Front]
?
-
Sierra Leone
Shining Path
-
Peru
[Stern Gang]
?
- British mandate of Palestine
Symbionese Liberation Army
-
United States
Weathermen
-
United States