Background on Terrorist Groups
Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
CONTENTS Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)Al-Aqsa Martyrs BrigadeAnsar al-Islam (AI)Armed Islamic Group (GIA)'Asbat al-AnsarAum Supreme Truth (Aum) Aum Shinrikyo, AlephBasque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)Communist Party of Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA)Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group, IG)HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)Harakat ul Mujahidin (HUM)Hizballah (Party of God)Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)Jemaah Islamiya (JI)Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad, EIJ)Kahane Chai (Kach)Kongra-Gel (KGK, formerly Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, KADEK)Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)Lashkar I Jhangvi (LJ)Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)National Liberation Army (ELN)—ColombiaPalestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ)Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command (PFLP-GC)Al-QaidaReal IRA (RIRA)Revolutionary Nuclei (RN)Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17 November)Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) 135Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia (AUC)Hamas military wing, Izza Deen al-QassamJana'at al-Tawhid wa'al JihadIslamic Army of IraqDecember 14, 2005
