foreign terrorist organization | | |
n. (group) | 1. foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals. |
| ~ act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. |
| ~ abu hafs al-masri brigades | a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda; claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey. |
| ~ abu sayyaf, bearer of the sword | a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping.; "In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives" |
| ~ aksa martyrs brigades, al-aksa martyrs brigades, martyrs of al-aqsa | a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002. |
| ~ abb, alex boncayao brigade, revolutionary proletarian army, rpa-abb | an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s. |
| ~ al-asifa, al-fatah, fatah | a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups.; "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s" |
| ~ al-gama'a al-islamiyya, islamic group | a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails.; "al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule" |
| ~ aiai, al-itihaad al-islamiya, al itihaad al islamiya, islamic unity | a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries. |
| ~ al-jihad, egyptian islamic jihad, vanguards of conquest, islamic jihad | an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells.; "the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981" |
| ~ al-ma'unah | a radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state. |
| ~ al-muhajiroun | a hard-line extremist Islamic group in Great Britain who support bin Laden and other terrorist groups. |
| ~ al nathir | a Palestinian terrorist organization formed in 2002 and linked to Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat. |
| ~ al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, al-qaida, qaeda, base | a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries. |
| ~ al-rashid trust | a terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international system; provides financial support for the Taliban and al-Qaeda and Jaish-i-Mohammed and assists Muslim militants around the world; established a network of madrasas and mosques in Afghanistan. |
| ~ al sunna wal jamma, followers of the phrophet | a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks. |
| ~ al-tawhid, al tawhid, divine unity | an Islamic terrorist cell that originated in Jordan but operates in Germany; goal is to attack Europe and Russia with chemical weapons. |
| ~ al-ummah | a terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998. |
| ~ ansar al-islam, ansar al islam, supporters of islam | a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein. |
| ~ armata corsa, corsican army | a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia.; "the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica" |
| ~ armed islamic group, gia | a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state.; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres" |
| ~ 3rd october organization, armenian secret army for the liberation of armenia, asala, orly group | a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia.; "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people" |
| ~ alir, army for the liberation of rwanda, far, former armed forces, interahamwe | a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again.; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists" |
| ~ asbat al-ansar, band of partisans | an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda. |
| ~ aum, aum shinrikyo, supreme truth | a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity.; "in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train" |
| ~ baader-meinhof gang, baader meinhof gang | a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977. |
| ~ basque fatherland and liberty, basque homeland and freedom, eta, euskadi ta askatasuna | a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees.; "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials" |
| ~ black september movement | a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed 11 Israeli athletes. |
| ~ chukaku-ha | an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing.; "Chukaku-Ha attacks tend to cause property damage rather than casualties" |
| ~ cira, continuity army council, continuity irish republican army | a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein. |
| ~ democratic front for the liberation of palestine, dflp, pdflp, popular democratic front for the liberation of palestine | a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change.; "in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren" |
| ~ east turkestan islamic movement, east turkistan islamic movement | a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression. |
| ~ abu nidal organization, ano, arab revolutionary brigades, black september, fatah-rc, fatah revolutionary council, revolutionary organization of socialist muslims | a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries.; "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group" |
| ~ fatah tanzim, tanzim | a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership. |
| ~ first of october antifascist resistance group, grapo | an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime.; "GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States" |
| ~ force 17 | formed in 1972 as a personal security force for Arafat and other PLO leaders; became one of PLO's elite units; has built an extensive infrastructure of terrorist cells and weapon depots in Europe while attacking Israeli targets. |
| ~ forces of umar al-mukhtar, umar al-mukhtar forces | a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights. |
| ~ hamas, islamic resistance movement | a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing. |
| ~ harakat ul-jihad-i-islami, harkat-ul-jihad-e-islami, huji | an extremist militant group in Pakistan occupied Kashmir that seeks an Islamic government and that has had close links and fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan. |
| ~ al faran, harkat-ul-mujahidin, harkat ul-ansar, harkat ul-mujahedeen, hua, movement of holy warriors, hum | an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan. |
| ~ hezbollah, hizballah, hizbollah, hizbullah, islamic jihad, islamic jihad for the liberation of palestine, lebanese hizballah, organization of the oppressed on earth, party of god, revolutionary justice organization | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon. |
| ~ freedom party, hizb ut-tahrir | the most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure' Islam and the creation of a worldwide Islamic state. |
| ~ international islamic front for jihad against jews and crusaders | a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh. |
| ~ catholic reaction force, inla, irish national liberation army, people's liberation army, people's republican army | a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland. |
| ~ ira, irish republican army, provisional ira, provisional irish republican army, provos | a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland. |
| ~ aden-abyan islamic army, islamic army of aden, islamic army of aden-abyan, iaa | Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen. |
| ~ ibda-c, islamic great eastern raiders-front | a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO. |
| ~ imu, islamic group of uzbekistan, islamic party of turkestan | a terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries. |
| ~ army of muhammad, jaish-e-muhammad, jaish-i-mohammed, jem | a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings. |
| ~ fuqra, jamaat ul-fuqra, tanzimul fuqra | an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics. |
| ~ anti-imperialist international brigade, japanese red army, jra | a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists.; "in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel" |
| ~ jayshullah | an indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999. |
| ~ islamic community, islamic group, jemaah islamiyah, ji, malaysia militant group, malaysian mujahidin group | a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia. |
| ~ jerusalem warriors | ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah; killed a United States Air Force sergeant in 1991. |
| ~ jund-ul-islam, soldiers of god | an Islamic extremist group of Kurds who oppose secular control with bombings and assassinations; believed to have ties with al-Qaeda. |
| ~ kach, kahane chai | a terrorist organization founded for Jewish defense; fights antisemitism and hopes to restore the biblical state of Israel. |
| ~ association of islamic groups and communities, caliphate state, kaplan group | a Turkish terrorist group of fundamentalist Muslims with ties to al-Qaeda that operates in Germany; seeks the violent overthrow of the Turkish government and the establishment of an Islamic nation modeled on Iran. |
| ~ communist party of kampuchea, khmer rouge, party of democratic kampuchea, kr | a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999. |
| ~ kkk, klan, ku klux klan | a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people. |
| ~ kurdistan labor pary, kurdistan workers party, partiya karkeran kurdistan, ppk | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Kurds trying to establish an independent Kurdish state in eastern Turkey. |
| ~ lashkar-e-jhangvi | a Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba. |
| ~ al qanoon, lashkar-e-omar | a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda. |
| ~ army of the pure, army of the righteous, lashkar-e-taiba, lashkar-e-tayyiba, lashkar-e-toiba, let | a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India.; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus" |
| ~ holy war warriors, laskar jihad | a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam. |
| ~ lautaro faction of the united popular action movement, lautaro popular rebel forces, lautaro youth movement | a violent terrorist group organized in the 1980s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government; leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths. |
| ~ liberation tigers of tamil eelam, ltte, tamil tigers, tigers, world tamil association, world tamil movement | a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel.; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war" |
| ~ al-jama'a al-islamiyyah al-muqatilah bi-libya, libyan fighting group, libyan islamic fighting group, libyan islamic group, fig | a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi. |
| ~ lord's resistance army | a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army. |
| ~ loyalist volunteer force | a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace. |
| ~ mak, maktab al-khidmat | a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda. |
| ~ manuel rodriquez patriotic front | a terrorist group formed in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party. |
| ~ moranzanist patriotic front | a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs. |
| ~ moro islamic liberation front | a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases. |
| ~ mujahedeen kompak | a militant Islamic militia that was formed in 2005 by hardliners who split from Jemaah Islamiyah. |
| ~ mek, mko, mujahidin-e khalq organization, people's mujahidin of iran | a terrorist organization formed in the 1960s by children of Iranian merchants; sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism; following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah. |
| ~ cnpz, nestor paz zamora commission, eln, national liberation army | a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s. |
| ~ eln, national liberation army | a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade.; "ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations" |
| ~ flnc, national liberation front of corsica | a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism. |
| ~ new people's army, npa | a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines. |
| ~ orange group, ov | a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland. |
| ~ harakat al-jihad al-islami al-filastini, palestine islamic jihad, palestinian islamic jihad, pij | a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas. |
| ~ jabat al-tahrir al-filistiniyyah, palestine liberation front, plf | a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border. |
| ~ palestinian hizballah | a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombings in Israel. |
| ~ pentagon gang | a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in order to continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion. |
| ~ pflp, popular front for the liberation of palestine | a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel. |
| ~ pflp-gc, popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe. |
| ~ popular struggle front, psf | a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border. |
| ~ 15 may organization | a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah. |
| ~ pagad, people against gangsterism and drugs | a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism. |
| ~ puka inti, red sun, sol rojo | a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings. |
| ~ iz al-din al-qassam battalions, qassam brigades, salah al-din battalions | the military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel. |
| ~ qibla | a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa. |
| ~ dissident irish republican army, real ira, real irish republican army, rira | a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement. |
| ~ red army faction, raf | a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998. |
| ~ brigate rosse, red brigades, br | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989. |
| ~ red hand defenders, rhd | a paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Republic; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder. |
| ~ farc, fuerzas armadas revolucionarios de colombia, revolutionary armed forces of colombia | a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers. |
| ~ 17 november, revolutionary organization 17 november | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980s. |
| ~ revolutionary people's liberation front, revolutionary people's liberation party | an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials. |
| ~ ela, revolutionary people's struggle | an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States. |
| ~ nipr, revolutionary proletarian initiative nuclei, revolutionary proletarian nucleus | a clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy's labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002. |
| ~ revolutionary united front, ruf | a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia. |
| ~ gspc, salafast group for call and combat, salafist group | an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa. |
| ~ sendero luminoso, shining path, sl | a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade.; "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths" |
| ~ sipah-e-sahaba | a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan. |
| ~ movement for revenge, tareekh e kasas | an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan. |
| ~ movimiento revolucionario tupac anaru, mrta, tupac amaru revolutionary movement | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia. |
| ~ egtk, tupac katari guerrilla army | a terrorist group that is the remnants of the original Bolivian insurgents trained by Che Guevara; attacks small unprotected targets such as power pylons or oil pipelines or government buildings. |
| ~ turkish hizballah | an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from Iran. |
| ~ uda, ulster defence association | the major Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland; responsible for bombing the homes of Catholics and for criminal racketeering and selling drugs. |
| ~ auc, autodefensas unidas de colombia, united self-defense force of colombia, united self-defense group of colombia | a terrorist organization in Colombia formed in 1997 as an umbrella for local and regional paramilitary groups; is financed by earnings from narcotics and serves to protect the economic interests of its members.; "the AUC conducted over 800 assassinations in one year" |
| ~ political movement | a group of people working together to achieve a political goal. |
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