Terrorist groups

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
• Front de la Liberation du Quebec - Canada
• 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

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