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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GihanFX" data-source="post: 3165820" data-attributes="member: 69972">Al-QaedaMain article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" target="_blank">Al-Qaeda</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" target="_blank">Al-Qaeda</a> is a worldwide pan-Islamic terrorist network headed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" target="_blank">Osama bin Laden</a> and is most famous for orchestrating the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" target="_blank">September 11, 2001 attacks</a> against the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. It now operates in more than 60 countries. Its stated aim is the use of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad" target="_blank">jihad</a> to defend Islam against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism" target="_blank">Zionism</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" target="_blank">Christianity</a>, the secular West, and Muslim governments such as Saudi Arabia, which it sees as insufficiently Islamic and too closely tied to America.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-12" target="_blank">[13]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-13" target="_blank">[14]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[15]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[16]</a>Formed by bin Laden and Muhammad Atef in the aftermath of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Afghanistan" target="_blank">Soviet invasion of Afghanistan</a> in the late 1980s, Al Qaeda called for the use of violence against civilians and military of the United States and any countries that are allied with it.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[17]</a> Since its formation Al Qaeda has committed a number of terrorist acts in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" target="_blank">Africa</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" target="_blank">Middle East</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank">Europe</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia" target="_blank">Asia</a>. Although once supported by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a> organization in Afghanistan, the U.S. and British governments never considered the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a> to have been a terrorist organization Hezbollah (Turkish)Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Hezbollah" target="_blank">Turkish Hezbollah</a>Unrelated to the more famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia" target="_blank">Shia</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> of Lebanon, this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni" target="_blank">Sunni</a> terrorist group<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-21" target="_blank">[22]</a> has been credited with the assassination of Diyarbakir police chief Gaffar Okkan, and the November 2003 bombings of two synagogues, the British consulate in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul" target="_blank">Istanbul</a> and HSBC bank headquarters, killing 58 and wounding several hundred Fatah al-IslamMain article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah_al-Islam" target="_blank">Fatah al-Islam</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah_al-Islam" target="_blank">Fatah al-Islam</a> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist" target="_blank">Islamist</a> group operating out of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahr_al-Bared" target="_blank">Nahr al-Bared</a> refugee camp in northern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>. It was formed in November 2006 by fighters who broke off from the pro-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syrian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah_al-Intifada" target="_blank">Fatah al-Intifada</a>, itself a splinter group of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah" target="_blank">Fatah</a>, and is led by a Palestinian fugitive militant named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaker_al-Abssi" target="_blank">Shaker al-Abssi</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-IHT_20070315-26" target="_blank">[27]</a> The group's members have been described as militant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihadist" target="_blank">jihadists</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-Figaro_20070416-27" target="_blank">[28]</a> and the group itself has been described as a terrorist movement that draws inspiration from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" target="_blank">al-Qaeda</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-IHT_20070315-26" target="_blank">[27]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-Figaro_20070416-27" target="_blank">[28]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-Reuters_20070519-28" target="_blank">[29]</a> Its stated goal is to reform the Palestinian refugee camps under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia" target="_blank">Islamic sharia law</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-Reuters_FactBox-29" target="_blank">[30]</a> and its primary targets are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-IHT_20070315-26" target="_blank">[27]</a> Lebanese authorities have accused the organization of being involved in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_13" target="_blank">February 13</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" target="_blank">2007</a> bombing of two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minibus" target="_blank">minibuses</a> that killed three people, and injured more than 20 others, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ain_Alaq&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Ain Alaq</a>, Lebanon,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-Reuters_20070519-28" target="_blank">[29]</a> and identified four of its members as having confessed to the bombing Hezbollah<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Hezbollah.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Hezbollah.svg/180px-Flag_of_Hezbollah.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Hezbollah.svg" target="_blank"><img src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Flag of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a>Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27a_Islam" target="_blank">Shi'a</a> militia, political party, and social services provider based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>. Six governments<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-30" target="_blank">[31]</a> consider it, or a part of it, to be a terrorist group<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-31" target="_blank">[32]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-32" target="_blank">[33]</a> responsible for blowing up the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1983_U.S._Embassy_bombing" target="_blank">American embassy</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-33" target="_blank">[34]</a> and later its annex, as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing" target="_blank">barracks of American and French peacekeeping troops</a> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_hostage_crisis" target="_blank">dozens of kidnappings of foreigners in Beirut</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-autogenerated1-34" target="_blank">[35]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-autogenerated2-35" target="_blank">[36]</a> It is also accused of being the recipient of massive aid from its Persian Shia Neighbor Iran,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-36" target="_blank">[37]</a> and of serving "Iranian foreign policy calculations and interests,"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-autogenerated1-34" target="_blank">[35]</a>or serving as a "subcontractor of Iranian initiatives"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-autogenerated2-35" target="_blank">[36]</a> Hezbollah denies any involvement or dependence on Iran.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-37" target="_blank">[38]</a>In the Arab and Muslim worlds, on the other hand, Hezbollah is regarded as a legitimate and successful resistance movement that drove both Western powers and Israel out of Lebanon.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-38" target="_blank">[39]</a> In 2005, the Lebanese Prime Minister said of Hezbollah, it "is not a militia. It's a resistance."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-cnn-2005-05-07-39" target="_blank">[40]</a>Hezbollah's simultaneous suicide attacks on US and French barracks in Beirut and the withdrawal of American peacekeeping troops shortly thereafter the bombings prompted is thought to have "made a profound impression on bin Laden."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-40" target="_blank">[</a> HamasMain article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a>, ("zeal" in Arabic and an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya), began support for attacks on military and civilian targets in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> at the beginning of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intifada" target="_blank">Intifada</a> in 1987. As the Muslim Brotherhood organization for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a> its leadership was made up of "intellectuals from the devout middle class,... respectable religious clerics, doctors, chemists, engineers, and teachers.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-41" target="_blank">[42]</a>The 1988 charter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a> calls for the destruction of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-42" target="_blank">[43]</a>, and it still states its goal to be the elimination of Israel<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-43" target="_blank">[44]</a>. Its "military wing" has claimed responsibility for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#Militancy_and_terrorism" target="_blank">numerous attacks</a> in Israel. Hamas has also been accused of sabotaging the Israeli-Palestine peace process by launching attacks on civilians during Israeli elections to anger Israeli voters and facilitate the election of harder-line Israeli candidates. For example, "a series of spectacular suicide attacks by Palestinians that killed 63 Israelis and led directly to the election victory of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> and his Likud party on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_29" target="_blank">May 29</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" target="_blank">1996</a>."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-44" target="_blank">[45]</a>Hamas justifies these attacks as necessary in fighting the Israeli <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupied_territories" target="_blank">occupation of Palestinian territory</a>, and as responses to Israeli attacks on Palestinian targets. The wider movement also serves as a charity organization and provides services to Palestinians.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-45" target="_blank">[46]</a>Hamas has been designated as a terrorist group by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights" target="_blank">United Nations Commission on Human Rights</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" target="_blank">Human Rights Watch</a>. Opponents of this view claim that Israel is not a legitimate state because of the conditions of its establishment after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank">World War II</a>.<a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/" target="_blank">http://www.elakiri.com/forum/</a>Islamic JihadMain article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine" target="_blank">Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine</a>Islamic Jihad is a militant Palestinian group Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus" target="_blank">Damascus</a>, and dedicated to waging jihad to eliminate the state of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>. It was formed by Egyptian Fathi Shaqaqi in the Gaza Strip following the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" target="_blank">Iranian Revolution</a> which inspired its members. From 1983 onward, it engaged in "a succession of violent, high-profile attacks" on Israeli targets. The intifada which "it eventually sparked" was quickly taken over by much larger the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLO" target="_blank">PLO</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism#cite_note-46" target="_blank">[47]</a> Beginning in September 2000, it started a campaign of suicide bombing attacks against Israelis. It is currently led by Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Abdullah Ramadan.The PIJ's armed wing, the Al-Quds brigades, has claimed responsibility for numerous militant attacks in Israel, including suicide bombings and the group has been designated as a terrorist group by the several countries in the West. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism</a></blockquote>

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