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Extremist Group Profiles

Abdulaziz al-Muqrin Brigades
Other names: Lions of the Peninsula Brigades
Abu Bakr al-Seddiq Battalions
Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Other names: Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC), Arab Revolutionary Brigades (ARB), Black September (Organization - BSO), Black June Organization (BJO), and Revolutionary Org........
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Other names: Al Harakat Al Islamiyya (AHAI)
African National Congress (ANC)
Other names: South African Native National Congress, Umkhonto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), MK
Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB)
Other names: Afrikaner Weerstandsbewiging Boer Task Force Wen Kommando (Victory Commando)
Afrikaner Volksfront (AV)
Other names: Afrikaner People's Front
Ahmed Abu Reesh Brigades
Other names: Abu Rish Brigades, Martyr Ahmed Abu al Reesh Brigades
Ahyaul Turaz al-Islami
Akhil Bharat Nepali Ekta Samaj
Other names: ABNES
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
Al Arabiya
Al Assirat al Moustaquim
Other names: The Righteous Path
Al Badr
Other names: al-Badhr, Al Badr Mujahidin
Al Barq
Other names: Jammu and Kashmir Freedom Force Kashmir Freedom Force
Al Gama'a al Islamiyya (Islamic Group, IG)
Other names: Jamaat al-Islamiyya
Al Haramein Brigades
Other names: al Haramain Brigades
Al Ittihad al Islami (AIAI)
Other names: Islamic Union, al-Ittihad al-Islamiya, Ittihad Al Islamiya
Al Jama'a al Islamiyyah al Muqatilah bi Libya
Other names: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Fighting Islamic Group, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group
Al Jehad Force
Other names: combines Muslim Janbaz Force and Kashmir Jehad Force
Al Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)
Other names: Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Jihad Group, Islamic Jihad, Society of Struggle
Al Mansooran
Al Mujahid Force
Al Muqrin Brigade
Al Mustafa Liberation Fighters
Al Nasreen
Al Qa'nun
Al Qaeda in Lebanon
Other names: The al-Qaeda organization in Lebanon/Tanzim al-Qaeda fi Lubnan; The Supporters of al-Qaeda in Lebanon / Ansar Tanzim al-Qaeda fi Lubnan; The Base [al-Qaeda] of ........
Al Sadr Militia
Al Umar Mujahideen
Other names: AuM Al-Umar-Mujahideen
Al-Fahed Al-Aswad (Black Panthers)
Al-Fatah
Other names: Victory
Al-Ghurabaa
Al-Jamaa wal Sunnah
Al-Muhajiroun
al-Nahdha
Other names: Ennahadha Islamic Liberation Party Islamic Tendency Movement (MTI) Rennaissance
Al-Qaeda
Other names: al Qaida, al Qadr, "The Base", Group for the Preservation of the Holy Sites, International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, Islamic Army for ........
Al-Qaeda in Aceh
Other names: Tandzim Al-Qoidah Indonesia Serambi Makkah, AQA
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Other names:

al-Qa’ida of Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula, Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al-Arab, al-Qa’ida Organization in the Arabian........

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi branch)
Other names:

Qaedat al-Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Holy Places Qaedat al-Jihad in the Land of the Haramain [Two Holy Places] The Fall........

Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers
Other names: Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)or (AQIZ) Al-Tawhid Tawhid wal-Jihad Jama'a Tawhid wal-Jihad (the Society of Tawhid and Jihad) Qaedat al-Jihad fi balad ar-Rafidayn (........
Al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY)
Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Other names: Formerly known as: Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) Al-Qaeda in the Islamic North Africa Al-Qaeda Organization in North Africa
Al-Shabaab
Other names: Young Mujahideen Movement
 Harakat al-Shabaab
al-Mujahideen
 Mujahideen Youth Movement
Al-Takfir Wal-Hijra
Al-Umma
Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB)
Alfaro Lives, Damn It! (AVC)
Other names: Alfaro Vive, Carajo!, AVC
All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSF)
Other names: National Liberation Union for Justice in Burma (NLUJB)
All Tripura Tiger Forces
Allah Tigers
Allianca Libertadora Nacional (ALN)
Other names: Action for National Liberation, A
Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism
Other names: ARPCT
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
American Independence Group
Other names: AIG
Anarchic Attack Groups
Other names: Anarchists Attack Team
Anatolian Federated Islamic State
Andres Castro United Front (FUAC)
Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
Other names: ALF
Animal Rights Militia
Other names: ARM, Justice Department
Animal Rights Militia
Other names: ARM, Justice Department
Ansar al Islam
Ansar al Sunna
Other names: Ansar al-Sunna, (
Ansar al-Mahdi
Other names: Ansar Ahmad Al-Yamani, Supporters of Ahmed Al-Yamani
Ansar Al-Zawahri
Anti-Abortion Extremists
Other names: Army of God
Anti-Imperialist Territorial Nuclei (NTA)
Other names: NULL
Anti-State Justice
Other names: Antikratiki Dikeosini
Arab Commando Cell
Other names: Arab Revolutionary Cell Arab Fedayeen Cell
Arab Liberation Front
Arab Organization of 15 May
Arab Revolutionary Council
Arellano Felix Organization
Other names: AFO, Tijuana Cartel
Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA)
Other names: The armed wing of MPLA was FAPLA (Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola).
Armed Forces of Liberia
Other names: National Democratic Party of Liberia (political arm)
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC)
Other names: Since alliance with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), some attacks are attributed to RUF/AFRC.
Armed French Islamic Front
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Armed Revolutionary Left
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR)
Other names: Interahamwe, Former Armed Forces (ex-FAR)
Army of Ansar al-Sunna
Other names: ansar al sunna
Army of Islam
Other names: Jaish al-Islam; Jaysh al-Islam
Army of the Mujahedin
Aryan Brotherhood (AB)
Aryan Nations
Other names: Church of Jesus Christ Christian
Aryan Republican Army
Asbat al Ansar
Other names: Osbat al-Ansar The League of Ansar [Supporters] The Partisans' League Jama'at al-Noor (an offshoot group of Asbat al-Ansar)
Asif Raza Commandoes
Aum Shinrikyo
Other names: Aum Shinrikyo (means "teaching the supreme truth" on the "powers of destruction and creation in the universe.") Aleph (
Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC)
Other names: AUC, United Self-Defense Forces Group of Colombia
Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA)
Other names: Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)
AZF