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  Terrorist Watch
Terrorist Watch addresses the terrorist activities and the the methods used by al-Qaeda terrorist operatives in the U.S., with in-depth analysis of the relationships that exist between al-Qaeda and Middle Eastern terrorist groups and their Middle East nation-state benefactors.
Terrorists strike at innocent men, women and children specifically because they are outside of the theater of war, amplifying the horror of their actions and thus the resulting press derived from their horrendous acts.
The concept of a non-state terrorist group is somewhat of an oxymoron.
terroristwatch.tripod.com   (2273 words)

  
 Terrorist Groups Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It focuses on the groups that were designated foreign terrorist organizations on 8 October 1997 pursuant to the Antiterrorism and effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, but also includes other major groups that were active in 1998.
Terrorist groups whose activities were limited in scope in 1998 are not included
The term "noncombatant," which is referred to but not defined in 22 USC 2656f(d)(2), is interpreted to mean, in addition to civilians, military personnel (whether or not armed or on duty) who are not deployed in a war zone or a war-like setting.
library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/tgpmain.htm   (773 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Congressional Testimony
For example, extremist groups such as the Palestinian Hamas, the Irish Republican Army, the Egyptian Al-Gama Al-Islamiyya, and the Lebanese Hizballah have a presence in the United States whose members are primarily engaged in fund-raising, recruiting, and low-level intelligence gathering.
In addition to the activities of individuals and groups, two other factors, the growing interest in the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by terrorists and other groups and the potential use of the Internet and cyberspace to commit acts of terrorism, are factors that contribute to the current terrorist threat to the United States.
Terrorist groups are increasingly using new information technology and the Internet to formulate plans, recruit members, communicate between cells and members, raise funds, and spread propaganda.
www.fbi.gov /congress/congress01/freeh051001.htm   (3820 words)

  
 (K) Appendix B: Background Information on Terrorist Groups
The Salafi Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) splinter faction appears to have eclipsed the GIA since approximately 1998 and is currently assessed to be the most effective remaining armed group inside Algeria.
Terrorist group formed in 1969 as clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein, a legal political movement dedicated to removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland.
Terrorist group formed in 1996 as a faction of the mainstream loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) but did not emerge publicly until February 1997.
www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/2450.htm   (9179 words)

  
 ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: PALESTINIAN TERRORIST GROUPS
The group also attacked the Israeli Embassy in Argentina in 1992 and is a suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Israeli cultural center in Buenos Aires.
Abbas's group also was responsible for the attack in 1985 on the cruise ship Achille Lauro and the murder of US citizen Leon Klinghoffer.
The confusion stems from the fact that Hamas is simultaneously a terrorist organization and a mass social, political and religious movement.
www.angelfire.com /mi4/angelforisrael/israel/terroristgroups.html   (998 words)

  
 terrorist profiles - master file   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
No confirmed terrorist activity outside Israel and the occupied territories since September 1985, when it claimed responsibility for killing three Israelis in Cyprus, an incident that was followed by Israeli air raids on PLO bases in Tunisia.
Elements of the group were responsible for the kidnapping and continuing detention of most, if not all, US and other Western hostages in Lebanon.
The group splintered in 1987 into two factions, of which the dissident wing (FPMR/D) is now one of Chile's most active terrorist groups.
nsi.org /Library/Terrorism/profterr.txt   (5329 words)

  
 Background Information on Terrorist Groups
Terrorist groups whose activities were limited in scope in 2000 are not included.
The group split from the Moro National Liberation Front in 1991 under the leadership of Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani, who was killed in a clash with Philippine police on 18 December 1998.
The group uses assassinations and bombings, including car bombs, and it is known to favor kidnapping victims and slitting their throats.
www.thunderlake.com /foreign_terrorist_organizations.html   (9151 words)

  
 Terrorist Exclusion List Authorized by USA Patriot Act
The Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) was created by the USA Patriot Act of 2001, according to a State Department fact sheet released May 21 by the Office of Counterterrorism.
The secretary of state, in consultation with the attorney general, has the authority to identify terrorist groups whose members may be excluded from immigrating to the United States or who may be asked to leave the country.
The purpose of designating terrorist groups, according to the fact sheet, is to deter financial aid to them, heighten public awareness of them, alert other governments to U.S. concerns about them, and stigmatize and isolate them.
usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=May&x=20040521122346adynned5.379885e-02&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html   (839 words)

  
 Osama bin Ladin and the Egyptian Terrorist Groups
Among the group’s targets: the Chairman of Parliament (1990); the Ministry of Interior (1993).
In the eyes of the Jihad group, these countries are the vanguard of a worldwide campaign to destroy Islam and its believers, with the help of the current Egyptian government.
Yet another setback to bin Ladin was the public declaration of a unilateral cessation of terrorism against the Egyptian government by the exiled leaders of the Gama’a al-Islamiya, Egypt’s largest terrorist group.
www.ict.org.il /articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=81   (983 words)

  
 October 5, 2001
Redesignation after two years is a positive act and represents a determination by the Secretary of State that the organization has continued to engage in terrorist activity and still meets the criteria specified in law.
In October 1999, Secretary Albright re-certified 27 of these groups’ designations but allowed three organizations to drop from the list because their involvement in terrorist activity had ended and they no longer met the criteria for designation.
In the event of a challenge to a group’s FTO designation in federal court, the U.S. government relies upon the administrative record to defend the Secretary’s decision.
www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/rpt/fto/2001/index.cfm?docid=5258   (955 words)

  
 Terrorist Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
However, thanks to the responsibility of the Israeli government and the Jewish people these terrorist groups do not have the funding or moral support to actively attack other people (like the Muslim terror groups do) but they still have the ability to make some noise every now and then.
Hamas is considered a terrorist organizion by the U.S. the E.U. and Israel.
Responsible for terror attack against U.S.A. There are terrorist groups on both sides of this conflict.Both the Israeli government and the Palestinian government take full responcibilities if an extremist group under their name commits a terrorist act.
www.mideast84.com /terrorgroups.html   (556 words)

  
 Learn more about List of terrorist groups in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Groups considered by many to be terrorist and the countries where they are/were active:
Irgun - British mandate of Palestine (some dispute the definition of the Irgun as a terrorist group due to its avoidance of civilian casualties) - disbanded
Earth Liberation Front - USA (extremist environmentalist) - avoids harming people or animals, but is considered by the FBI to be a terrorist group
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_terrorist_groups.html   (358 words)

  
 Criminal Justice Resources: Terrorism Groups and Related Issues
The attached analysis, entitled Project Megiddo, is an FBI strategic assessment of the potential for domestic terrorism in the U.S. undertaken in anticipation of or response to the arrival of the new millenium.
Providing a wealth of information on terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders, the TKB features a suite of sophisticated analytical tools, available free of charge to researchers, policymakers, journalists, emergency response personnel, and the general public.
A million people could die if terrorists launch a biological attack that widely disperses smallpox, anthrax, ebola or other agents, according to a new study that analyzes the damage that could be caused by the use of weapons of mass destruction.
www.lib.msu.edu /harris23/crimjust/terror.htm   (4498 words)

  
 Specwar.net - Counter Terrorist Groups
Terrorists prey on our fears; the sudden death of a small group of people will strike fear into the hearts of a large group.
The shift to weapons of mass destruction has made it even more important that terrorist actions be stopped before they are carried out.
Terrorists find it easier and more productive to plant a big bomb and blow up an entire neighborhood rather than trying to pinpoint and surgically remove an enemy.
www.specwarnet.net /ct.htm   (430 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Muslim-rights voice indicted in jihad plot
A former spokesman for leading Islamic lobby groups opposed to U.S. counterterrorism efforts was among 11 men indicted for conspiring to train on American soil for a "violent jihad."
CAIR is a spin-off of the Islamic Association For Palestine, identified as a "front group" for Hamas, according to Steve Pomerantz, former chief of the FBI's counterterrorism section.
In addition, Cohen's law partner, Lynne Stewart, is awaiting trial on federal charges that she served as a courier for Omar Abdel Rahman, the "blind sheik" convicted of masterminding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33479   (815 words)

  
 Terrorism - Terrorist Organizations
GOALS: A radical leftist group, 17 November is described as Anti-Greek establishment, anti-United States, anti-Turkey, anti-NATO, and committed to the ouster of U.S. bases, removal of Turkish military presence from Cyprus, and severing of Greece's ties to NATO and the European Union (EU).
COMMENTS: Terrorist group formed as a faction of the mainstream loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the LVF did not emerge publicly until February 1997.
In prior years, the group has carried out numerous pipe bombings and arson attacks against "soft" civilian targets, such as homes, churches, and private businesses, to cause outrage in the republican community and to provoke IRA retaliation.
www.cdi.org /terrorism/terrorist-groups.cfm   (6613 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Colombia - Guerrilla and Terrorist Groups | Colombian Information Resource
In 1988 the Patriotic Union (Unión Patriótica--UP), which represented the political arm of the FARC, was the only group that continued to adhere to the terms of the agreement and had reintegrated itself into the political process (see Minor Third Parties, ch.
Right-wing terrorist groups became increasingly active during the Barco administration and repeatedly targeted for assassination UP members (including many public officials) and members of militarily active guerrilla organizations.
Most of these groups were small, obscure, and capable of carrying out operations in a given region within the country's departments.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/colombia/colombia156.html   (606 words)

  
 MILNET: Terrorist Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is a sad statement for life as we move into the last ten years of the twentieth century...one cannot keep track of all the terrorist organizations that seemingly spring up overnight.
Of all the terrorist groups, two have stood out as particularly vicious.
It is clear that were the British submit to total home rule for Ireland today, with any of the groups calling for such release governing, that the island one soon become the home of a strong socialist-anarchist government threatening England's border from across the slight bit of water between the two.
www.milnet.com /tgrps.htm   (568 words)

  
 The ADL and racist terrorist groups
Almost totally ignored in the reporting on the Los Angeles Jewish Center shooting, is the rapid growth in the membership of white racist terrorist groups in recent years.
Most people have the mistaken notion that the ADL (Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith) is simply a Jewish defense organization whose purpose is to protect Jews in the United States from discrimination and physical harm.
The ADL works closely with pro-abortion groups to make certain that no restrictions whatsoever are placed on abortion—for any purpose, at any time in the development of the baby in the womb, and including "partial-birth" abortion (infanticide).
www.jewsformorality.org /adl.htm   (271 words)

  
 The Joint Terrorism Task Force: Terrorist Groups
It soon becaine apparent that this group planned to strike out against the United States, and intended to commit these acts in the New York City area.
Investigation by the JTTF revealed that these individuals were making explosive devices and intended to use them on such targets as the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the United Nations headquarters building, and the federal building that houses the FBI New York Field Office.
On June 23, 1993, JTTF members raided the group's safe house and found its members making bombs they planned to use during simultaneous attacks on the four targets.
www.adl.org /learn/jttf/TGroups_jttf.asp   (318 words)

  
 The Counter-Terrorism Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Summary: The Bush administration has waged an aggressive war against terrorists abroad, but it has neglected to protect the homeland, even though Americans in the United States are the ones most vulnerable to future attacks.
This Public Announcement is being updated to remind U.S. citizens of the continuing threat of terrorist actions and anti-American violence against U.S. citizens and interests overseas.
The Department of State is deeply concerned about the continued threat of terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and interests abroad, as well as the potential for demonstrations and violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests overseas.
www.terrorism.net   (1369 words)

  
 Terrorism: Q & A | Iran
The State Department calls the Islamic Republic of Iran the world's "most active state sponsor of terrorism." Iran continues to provide funding, weapons, training, and sanctuary to numerous terrorist groups based in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Iran mostly backs Islamist groups, including the Lebanese Shiite militants of Hezbollah (which Iran helped found in the 1980s) and such Palestinian terrorist groups as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
U.S. officials say Iran supported and inspired the group behind the 1996 truck bombing of Khobar Towers, a U.S. military residence in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 U.S. servicemen.
www.terrorismanswers.com /sponsors/iran.html   (622 words)

  
 NewsNet5.com - News - Seminar Compares Terrorist Groups To Cults
Counselors, police, professors and sociologists came to the seminar to learn similarities between cults and terrorist groups from experts like court-certified cult expert David Clark and psychologist Paul Martin.
Martin said that leaders of terrorist groups gain mind control by demonizing the rest of the world and controlling or spinning incoming news and information.
The experts stressed that most cults do not advocate terrorism, but that terrorist groups use similar recruiting techniques as cults -- they're usually seeking the young and impressionable.
www.newsnet5.com /news/1032047/detail.html   (404 words)

  
 Terrorist Organizations
Sep 1993 Announces terrorist campaign against foreigners living in Algeria.
Leninist grouped to compel the Turkish Government to
groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic," and expelling
www.worldstatesmen.org /Terrorist.html   (3474 words)

  
 TERRORIST GROUPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
National groups operated within the boundaries of a
organization of terrorist groups is usually cellular, with
doers are deeply committed to the group’s cause.
www.tpub.com /content/combat/14316/css/14316_76.htm   (336 words)

  
 Terrorist Groups Profiles Index of Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Groups Listed in Country Reports on Terrorism, 2004.
Le Groupe Salafiste pour la Predication et le Combat
Groups Listed in Prior Editions of Patterns of Global Terrorism
library.nps.navy.mil /home/tgp/tgpndx.htm   (257 words)

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