| has gloss | (noun) a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
terrorist group, FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist organization |
| lexicalization | eng: foreign terrorist organization |
| lexicalization | eng: FTO |
| lexicalization | eng: terrorist group |
| lexicalization | eng: terrorist organization |
| subclass of | (noun) a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
political movement |
| Note: 69 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group that has worked with Al Qaeda; claimed responsibility for attacks in Iraq and Turkey
Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades |
| has instance | (noun) a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002
Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Martyrs of al-Aqsa, al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
al-Qa'ida, Qaeda, al-Qaida, Base, al-Qaeda |
| has instance | (noun) a resurgent Islamic fundamentalist organization based in Nigeria that is thought to be planning terrorist attacks
Followers of the Phrophet, al Sunna Wal Jamma |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group formed in India in 1992; is believed to be responsible for bombings in southern India in 1998
al-Ummah |
| has instance | (noun) a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
Supporters of Islam, Ansar al-Islam, Ansar al Islam |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; "in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train"
Aum Shinrikyo, Supreme Truth, Aum |
| has instance | (noun) a radical left-wing revolutionary terrorist group active in Germany from 1968 until 1977
Baader Meinhof Gang, Baader-Meinhof Gang |
| has instance | (noun) an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing; "Chukaku-Ha attacks tend to cause property damage rather than casualties"
Chukaku-Ha |
| has instance | (noun) a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change; "in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren"
DFLP, PDFLP, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
Fatah Tanzim, Tanzim |
| has instance | (noun) an armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime; "GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States"
GRAPO, First of October Antifascist Resistance Group |
| has instance | (noun) a little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights
Umar al-Mukhtar Forces, Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar |
| has instance | (noun) a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon; seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement |
| has instance | (noun) an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan
Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors |
| has instance | (noun) a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
IRA, Provos, Provisional IRA, Irish Republican Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army |
| has instance | (noun) a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
IBDA-C, Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings
Army of Muhammad, JEM, Jaish-i-Mohammed, Jaish-e-Muhammad |
| has instance | (noun) an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics
Fuqra, Tanzimul Fuqra, Jamaat ul-Fuqra |
| has instance | (noun) an indigenous Islamic terrorist group in Azerbaijan that attempted to bomb the United States embassy in 1999
Jayshullah |
| has instance | (noun) a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in 1993 and trained by al-Qaeda; supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia
Islamic Community, JI, Jemaah Islamiyah, Islamic Group, Malaysia Militant Group, Malaysian Mujahidin Group |
| has instance | (noun) a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus"
Lashkar-e-Taiba, LET, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace
Loyalist Volunteer Force |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
Maktab al-Khidmat, MAK |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs
Moranzanist Patriotic Front |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases
Moro Islamic Liberation Front |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s
ELN, National Liberation Army, Nestor Paz Zamora Commission, CNPZ |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
National Liberation Front of Corsica, FLNC |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland
Orange Group, OV |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah, PLF, Palestine Liberation Front |
| has instance | (noun) a little known Palestinian group comprised of members of Hamas and Tanzim with suspected ties to the Lebanese Hizballah; responsible for suicide bombings in Israel
Palestinian Hizballah |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
PFLP, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
| has instance | (noun) a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings
Red Sun, Puka Inti, Sol Rojo |
| has instance | (noun) a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC |
| has instance | (noun) an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials
Revolutionary People's Liberation Front, Revolutionary People's Liberation Party |
| has instance | (noun) an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States
Revolutionary People's Struggle, ELA |
| has instance | (noun) a terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade; "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths"
SL, Sendero Luminoso, Shining Path |
| has instance | (noun) a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan
Sipah-e-Sahaba |
| has instance | (noun) an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002; believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan
Tareekh e Kasas, Movement for Revenge |
| has instance | (noun) an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from Iran
Turkish Hizballah |