The Terrorist Lists

[George Wallace]

Besides al Qaeda, there are numerous other groups out there.  Some are separate entities and others are splinter groups.  Here are some of the resources to find out who they are and what they are up to:

Terrorist Group Profiles:    http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/tgpmain.htm

List of Terrorist Organizations:    http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/terrorist-groups.cfm

Terrorist Groups Profiles Index of Groups:    http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/tgpndx.htm

Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs):    http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/37191.htm

List of terrorist organisations:      http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-militant-organizations

Australian Government List of Terrorist Groups:    http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/agd/www/nationalsecurity.nsf/AllDocs/95FB057CA3DECF30CA256FAB001F7FBD?OpenDocument

Canadian Government List of Terrorist Groups:    http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp

CDI List of Terrorist Groups:    http://www.cdi.org/friendlyversion/printversion.cfm?documentID=384

UK Government List of Terrorist Groups:    http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/security/terrorism-and-the-law/terrorism-act/proscribed-groups

List of Militant Organizations:    http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/List_of_militant_organizations

Wikipedia List of Terrorist Groups:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_group
and also    http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/List_of_terrorist_groups

TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS  al-Qa'ida (Al-Qaeda):      http://www.terrorismfiles.org/organisations/al_qaida.html




There are numerous organizations out there.  There are numerous methods of researching their profiles.  Individually, they will show up in news articles.  Google is your friend when researching them.  You will find hundreds of pages of links on Google when you do start looking. 

All of this is just FYI or an eyeopener......whichever comes first.

 

[George Wallace]

Remember:  These agencies update their lists, so to publish them here would not be 'timely'.

 

[The Bread Guy]

OUTSTANDING list - well done!

I humbly offer two other resources I've found useful:

1)  The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Secrecy web page has good (albeit not frequently updated) profiles of terrorist groups:
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/index.html

2)  Several sites allow searches of the archives of US Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports.  The CRS feels they only work for Congress, (according to their web page:  "The Congressional Research Service is the public policy research arm of the United States Congress. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS works exclusively and directly for Members of Congress, their Committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan basis."), but congressmen will share reports with people who ask.  Yes, they write for US gov't reps, but I've found the material pretty comprehensive - for example:

"Fatah and Hamas: the New Palestinian Factional Reality"
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22395_20060303.pdf

"Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans"
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL33012.pdf

A couple of places to hunt....

Open CRS Network
http://www.opencrs.com/

CRS Search Page
http://2act.org/p/576.html

Enjoy!

 

[Centurian1985]

While I support the effort of spreading awareness on terrorist groups, I must make the following points.

1.  These sites do not identify ALL terrorist groups.  Some sites identify only those that the government recognize as terrorist groups for political or security reasons.  Most of these sites dont even mention groups that have been active or are currently active in North America. 

2.  The last listing I did while I was still in had over 2,000 known groups (historical and current from 1960 to present - many current groups evolved from historical groups so have to have to keep track of them all to realize who's who in the zoo!). When you include all alliases, factions, front orgs, political reps, youth movements, student activist elements and sub-unit names, the listing gets to over 5,000.  If you find any site with a listing of over 500 groups you'll know you are on the right track. 

3. Not all groups are recognized, nor are all reported.  Not all terrorist acts are reported.  In some countries, governments report terrorist acts as criminal acts so that they can say they have no problem with 'terrorist groups'.  In most countries, organizations will call selected criminal acts terrorism in order to appear to be 'part of the GWOT effort' or to sway public opinion.

Overall, you have to do a lot of cross-referencing to find out all the facts (and myths).

 

[Nolanz]

Well done very good links they helped me out alot ;D ;D ;D

 

[niner domestic]

In today's CBC, they have reported that the IRA has been stood down from a Terrorist threat.

Rest of story is here: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/04/ira.html

 

[Troop Suporter]

I'm a member of Free Republic.com, and members are constantly updating new threats from around the world on the thread we call the "Threat Matrix".

It can be seen <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1711848/posts">here</a>, and there is a new thread every month.

For next months thread, use keyword "Threat Matrix", or post here, or PM me.

Troop supporter.

 

[karl28]

British officials track almost 30 terror plots
10/11/2006 10:47:06 AM 

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Almost 30 terrorist plots involving more than 1,600 individuals are being tracked by British authorities, the head of Britain's MI5 spy agency said Friday.


CTV.ca News Staff

An armed officer stands guard outside the gates of the Houses of Parliament in London. (AP / Richard Lewis) 

Many of the suspects are homegrown British terrorist who are plotting suicide attacks and other mass-casualty bombings, said Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller.

Since the July 2005 London transit bomb attacks, MI5 has spoiled five major terrorist plots, reported Manningham-Buller.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair backed his spy chief's assessment and said the threat "will last a generation."

On Thursday, Manningham-Buller brought the same message to a small group of academics in London.

We are "aware of numerous plots to kill people and to damage our economy," she said. "What do I mean by numerous? Five Ten? No, it's nearer to 30 that we currently know of."

She said MI5 knows of about 200 cells, involving more than 1,600 people, which are "actively engaged in plotting or facilitating terrorist acts here and overseas."

The threat involves "resilient networks, some directed from al Qaeda in Pakistan, some more loosely inspired by it, planning attacks including mass casualty suicide attacks in the U.K."

The comments are the first public estimate to be made by the head of MI5.

"Britons aren't openly jittery but I think there is a subtle nervousness," CTV's London Bureau Chief Tom Kennedy said Friday.

Manningham-Buller said the radicalization, especially among young people, is a huge problem in the battle against terrorism.

"It is the youth who are being actively targeted, groomed, radicalized and set on a path that frighteningly quickly could end in their involvement in mass murder of their fellow U.K. citizens,'' she said. "Young teenagers are being groomed to be suicide bombers.''

On July 7, 2005, 52 people were killed when four suicide bombers attacked three subway trains and a bus in London. Three of the four bombers were born in Britain.

In August 2006, British officials foiled an alleged plot by a British terrorist cell to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners in mid-flight. More than a dozen British suspects are awaiting trial.

On Tuesday, Dhiren Barot, a British Muslim convert, was sentenced to life in prison for planning to blow up U.S. financial landmarks and London targets.

A spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain, Inayat Bunglawala, called the statistics "a very sober warning." However, he said that is was necessary that "British Muslims are seen as a partner in the fight against terrorism and not some sort of community in need of mass medication."

Bill Durodie, senior lecturer in risk and security at the U.K. Defence Academy, said releasing the statistics may exaggerate the terrorist threat facing Britain.

"It's easy to pull out alarmist headlines," said Durodie. "What we're seeing here on a whole are lone individuals (and) small groups."

With files from The Associated Press


I thought that I would post this her seemed like the right place for it  got the artical from the sympatico.ca page through there news section kind of eye opening 

 

[George Wallace]

Links to your article are always a good idea here, so that there is no legal problems that can arise from any copyrighted material.  In your case the link to the article on CTV would be:
http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20061110%2fbritain_terror_061110&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True

 

[zipperhead_cop]

Here is a link to another resourse.  I think the address pretty much sums it up.

http://www.terrorism.com/

 

[Sassy]

Here is a link to another resourse.  I think the address pretty much sums it up.

http://www.terrorism.com/

That is a great link, thanks.

 

[harry8422]

thanks for the info

 

[retiredgrunt45]

Germany arrests three in 'massive' terror plot

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070905%2fgermany_arrests_070905

Three suspected Islamic militants have been arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting "massive" attacks on local targets frequented by Americans.

Sudwestfunk television, citing unnamed security sources in Berlin, is reporting that the three men had planned to launch the attacks on Frankfurt's international airport and the Ramstein Air Base.

The base is used as a major U.S. and NATO military hub. It serves as a major conduit for U.S. troops moving in and out of Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said he could not confirm the locations in an interview on German television.

"I ask you to understand that I cannot say anything about the details. But I will say again, our security forces were very active here and in my view did very good work,'' Jung said.

In a later interview, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that officials did not "know exactly what the targets of the attacks were.''

German Federal Prosecutor Monika Harms offered up more details, saying the suspects had looked at institutions and establishments used by Americans in Germany -- including discos, pubs and airports.

"We were able to succeed in recognizing and preventing the most serious and massive bombings," Harms told reporters Wednesday.

Harms said the suspects -- two Germans and a Turkish national -- had trained in Pakistan at camps run by the Islamic Jihad Union, a group based in Central Asia.

The trio had formed a German cell of the group in 2006 and managed to obtain about 700 kilograms of hydrogen peroxide, officials allege.

The hydrogen peroxide, which was being stored in a hideout, had the potential to be mixed with other additives to produce a bomb with the explosive power of about 550 kilograms of TNT.

"This would have enabled them to make bombs with more explosive power than the ones used in the London and Madrid (transit) bombings," Joerg Ziercke, the head of Germany's Federal Crime Office, said at a joint press conference with Harms.

Authorities were first alerted to the three suspects in late 2006 because they had been seen observing a U.S. military facility in Hanau, near Frankfurt.

The three men were in a German federal court in Karlsruhe Wednesday for a closed proceeding.

The two German suspects, aged 22 and 28, are converts to Islam. The third suspect is a 29-year-old Turkish man.

Ziercke said the three men were distinguished by their "profound hatred of U.S. citizens."

Prosecutors in Karlsruhe said the arrests occurred Tuesday afternoon following searches across the country.

On Tuesday, Denmark authorities said they had arrested eight suspects believed to have links to al Qaeda. Officials said the eight had been planning a bomb plot.

With files from The Associated Press

 

[CougarKing]

Whoa- a Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist in custody in Singapore escaped through the bathroom after he told those guarding him he needed to relieve himself! 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/singapore.manhunt/index.html

Singapore: Terror suspect fled toilet

(CNN, 28 Feb '08) -- A suspected terror leader has fled from a detention center in Singapore after asking to use the toilet, Home Affairs Minister Wonk Kan Sen has admitted.

"This should never have happened," Wong told lawmakers on Thursday. "I am sorry that it had."

Thousands of security forces fanned out across Singapore in an island-wide hunt for the suspect who is accused of plotting to crash a plane into the country's airport.

Mas Selamat Kastari, suspected leader of the Islamist militant group Jemaah Islamiyah's Singapore arm, escaped from the detention center on Wednesday afternoon.

"Mas Selamat was the leader of the Singapore (Jemaah Islamiyah) network. He walks with a limp and is presently at large," the Home Affairs Ministry in a statement according to The Associated Press.

Police set up roadblocks across the country, checking cars and choking traffic, local media reported. Paramilitary forces in trucks were deployed on city streets.

Jemaah Islamiyah is thought to have links to al Qaeda and is suspected of being behind the 2002 nightclub bombings in the Indonesian island of Bali that killed more than 200 mostly Western tourists.

Singapore is a strong U.S. ally and one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links.

Mas Selamet fled the southeast Asian country in 2001 after authorities cracked down on Jemaah Islamiyah and arrested dozens of its members.

To retaliate, Mas Selamet plotted to hijack a plane and crash it into Singapore's main airport, Changi, the Home Affairs Ministry said. The plot was never carried out.

He is also suspected of being behind plans to attacks the U.S. Embassy and a government building.

Indonesian authorities arrested Mas Selamet on immigration violation charges in 2003. Three years later, he was deported to Singapore, the Home Affairs ministry said.

He was being held under Singapore's Internal Security Act, which allows authorities to indefinitely detain someone without trial.

 

[OldSolduer]

CougarDaddy:
This would be funny if it weren't so disturbing. Almost like the scene from the Holy Grail where two nimrod guards are to see that "Herbert" doesn't leave the room.

 

[jacksparrow]

In today's CBC, they have reported that the IRA has been stood down from a Terrorist threat.

Rest of story is here: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/10/04/ira.html

Really...As someone that lived through the whole bombing 70s,80s and 90s bombing in London, I won't be so quick to say they aren't a threat still

 

[twistedcables]

Hope they figure out how to cross-reference the info on terror group members and passenger no-fly lists - if they have not already.

 

[dapaterson]

The listing of an entity is a very public means of identifying a group or individual as being associated with terrorism. The definition of an entity includes a person, group, trust, partnership or fund, or an unincorporated association or organization. The Anti-Terrorism Act provides measures for the Government of Canada to create a list of entities.

It is not a crime to be listed. However, one of the consequences of being listed is that the entity's property can be the subject of seizure/restraint and/or forfeiture. In addition, institutions such as banks, brokerages, etc are subject to reporting requirements with respect to an entity's property and must not allow those entities to access the property nor may these institutions deal or otherwise dispose of the property. It is an offence to knowingly participate in or contribute to, directly or indirectly, any activity of a terrorist group. This participation is only an offence if its purpose is to enhance the ability of any terrorist group to facilitate or carry out a terrorist activity.

http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-eng.aspx

Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Al Jihad (AJ)
Al Qaida
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade (AAMB)
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (AGAI)
Al-Ittihad Al-Islam (AIAI)
Ansar al-Islam (AI)
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Asbat Al-Ansar ("The League of Partisans")
Aum Shinrikyo
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)
Babbar Khalsa (BK)
Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA)
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Hamas (Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya) ("Islamic Resistance Movement")
Harakat ul-Mudjahidin (HuM)
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)
Hizballah
International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
Islamic Army of Aden (IAA)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI)
Kahane Chai (KACH)
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK)
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
Sendero Luminoso (SL)
Vanguards of Conquest (VOC)
World Tamil Movement (WTM)

 

[Infanteer]

Interesting - except for a few notable exceptions, does anyone else notice a trend?

Not making a political statement, but this may indicate cultural approaches to war and conflict (on both the "group" side and our side for declaring so)

 

[Greymatters]

Interesting - except for a few notable exceptions, does anyone else notice a trend? 

Uh... they are all foreign? 

The trend is pretty obvious but still only reflects current political concerns.  There are groups out there that never made the list because they have a minimal presence in Canada, or are just too small to be of concern, or nobody has made enough of a stink about to get them added to the list...