The 28 groups on the U.S. Department of State's designated foreign terrorist organization list.(Illustration)

 
THE 28 GROUPS ON THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S 
DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST 
 
NAME/ORGANIZATION               PRIMARY AREA(S) 
                                OF OPERATION 
 
ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO)    Middle East, Asia, 
Palestinian nationalist         Europe 
 
ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG)          Philippines 
Islamic extremist 
 
AL-QAEDA *                      Worldwide 
Islamic extremist 
 
ARMED ISLAMIC GROUP (GIA)       Algeria, France 
Islamic extremist 
 
AUM SHINRIKYO                   Japan, Russia 
(AUM SUPREME TRUTH) 
Cult 
 
EUZKADI TA ASKATASUNA (ETA)     Spain 
(BASQUE FATHERLAND & LIBERTY) 
Marxist-Leninist separatist 
 
AL-GAM,~A AL-ISLAMIYYA (IG) *   Egypt 
(ISLAMIC GROUP) 
 
HAMAS *                         Israel, Occupied 
Islamic extremist               Territories, Jordan 
 
HARAKAT UL-MUJAHEDIN (HUM)      Kashmir (northern 
Islamic extremist               India), Afghanistan, 
                                based in Pakistan 
 
HIZBALLAH *                     Lebanon 
Islamic (Shi'a) extremist, 
closely linked to Iranian 
Government 
 
JAPANESE RED ARMY               Current base 
Communist                       possibly Lebanon 
 
[EGYPTIAN] AL-JIHAD (EIJ)       Egypt 
Islamic extremist 
 
KACH *                          Israel, West Bank 
Jewish extremist 
 
KAHANE CHAI *                   Israel, West Bank 
Jewish extremist 
 
KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY        Turkey, Europe 
(PKK) 
Separatist (Marxist-Leninist) 
 
LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL      Sri Lanka 
EELAM (LTI-E) 
Separatist insurgent 
 
MUJAHEDIN-E-KHALQ               Worldwide 
ORGANIZATION (MEK or MKO) *     operation 
Marxist-Islamic, Iranian 
dissident 
 
NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY        Colombia 
Communist 
 
PALESTINE ISLAMIC               Middle East 
JIHAD-SHIQAQI FACTION (PIJ) 
Islamic extremist 
 
POPULAR LIBERATION FRONT-ABU    Middle East, now 
ABBAS FACTION                   based in Iraq 
Palestinian nationalist 
 
POPULAR FRONT FOR               Israel, Occupied 
THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE     Territories, Syria, 
(PFLP)                          Lebanon 
Palestinian nationalist 
 
POPULAR FRONT FOR THE           Israel, Occupied 
LIBERATION OF PALESTINE -       Territories 
GENERAL COMMAND (PFLP-GC)       Lebanon, Egypt 
Palestinian nationalist 
 
REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES      Colombia 
OF COLOMBIA (FARC) 
Communist 
 
REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION      Greece 
17 NOVEMBER (17 NOVEMBER) 
Communist 
 
REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S          Turkey 
LIBERATION PARTY/FRONT 
(DHKP/C) 
Communist 
 
REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE'S          Greece 
STRUGGLE (ELA) 
Communist 
 
SHINING PATH                    Peru 
(SENDERO LUMINOSO) 
Xenophobic revolutionary 
 
TUPAC AMARU REVOLUTIONARY       Peru 
MOVEMENT 
 
NAME/ORGANIZATION               PRIMARY GOAL(S) 
 
ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION (ANO)    Anti-Israel, opposes moderate Arab 
Palestinian nationalist         regimes, seeks independent Palestinian 
                                state, rejects Middle East Peace 
                                Process 
 
ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG)          Seeks Iranian-style Islamic state on 
Islamic extremist               one of Philippines' southern islands 
 
AL-QAEDA *                      Anti-"non-lslamic" regimes, strongly 
Islamic extremist               anti-Western seeks to "reestablish the 
                                Muslim State" throughout the Persian 
                                Gulf; suspected in the 1998 U.S. 
                                Embassy bombings in East Africa (group 
                                added to the FTO list in 1999) 
 
ARMED ISLAMIC GROUP (GIA)       Anti-foreign, anti-Algerian 
Islamic extremist               Government, seeks to establish Islamic 
                                state, frequently massacres civilians 
 
AUM SHINRIKYO                   Seeks to bring about Apocalypse; 
(AUM SUPREME TRUTH)             responsible for 1995 sarin gas attack 
Cult                            on Tokyo subway, resulting in 12 dead 
                                and over 5,000 injured 
 
EUZKADI TA ASKATASUNA (ETA)     Anti-Spanish Government, anti-French 
(BASQUE FATHERLAND & LIBERTY)   Government, seeks independent Basque 
Marxist-Leninist separatist     state in northern Spain and southern 
                                France 
 
AL-GAM,~A AL-ISLAMIYYA (IG) *   Anti-Egyptian Government, seeks to 
(ISLAMIC GROUP)                 establish Islamic state; responsible 
                                for 1997 attack on tourists at Luxor, 
                                Egypt 
 
HAMAS *                         Anti-Israel, seeks to establish 
Islamic extremist               Palestinian Islamic state; tactics 
                                include large-scale suicide bombings 
 
HARAKAT UL-MUJAHEDIN (HUM)      Anti-Indian; seeks Islamic rule in 
Islamic extremist               Kashmir and throughout the world 
 
HIZBALLAH *                     Seeks to establish Islamic theocracy 
Islamic (Shi'a) extremist,      in Lebanon and to reduce non-Islamic 
closely linked to Iranian       influences in the Middle East; 
Government                      responsible for suicide truck bombings 
                                of U.S. Embassy and Marine barracks 
                                (1983) ...