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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aye_sha90" data-source="post: 1232334" data-attributes="member: 11913">NAME: Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)DATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: Broke away from the PFLP-GC in mid-1970s.GOALS: Creation of a Palestinian state.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: The Abu Abbas-led faction was responsible for the attack in 1985 on the cruise ship Achille Lauro and the murder of U.S. citizen Leon Klinghoffer.STRENGTH: Unknown.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Based in Tunisia until Achille Lauro attack, it is now based in Iraq.AFFILIATIONS: Receives support mainly from Iraq. Has received support from Libya in the past.COMMENTS: After its initial break with the PFLP-GC, split again into pro-PLO, pro-Syrian, and pro-Libyan factions. Pro-PLO faction is led by Muhammad Abbas (Abu Abbas), who became member of PLO Executive Committee in 1984 but left it in 1991. A warrant for Abu Abbas's arrest is outstanding in Italy. A Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) listed as "active" during 2000. ISRAELNAME: Kach and Kahane ChaiDATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: Both organizations were declared to be terrorist organizations in March 1994 by the Israeli Cabinet under the 1948 Terrorism Law.GOALS: Stated goal is to restore the biblical state of Israel.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.STRENGTH: Unknown.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Israel and West Bank settlements, particularly Qiryat Arba' in Hebron.AFFILIATIONS: Receives support from sympathizers in the United States and Europe.COMMENTS: Kach was founded by radical Israeli-American rabbi Meir Kahane, while its offshoot Kahane Chai,(which means "Kahane Lives") was founded by Meir Kahane's son Binyamin following his father's assassination in the United States. They have threatened to attack Arabs, Palestinians, and Israeli government officials. A Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) listed as "active" during 2000. JAPANNAME: Aum Supreme Truth (Aum) a.k.a. Aum Shinrikyo, AlephDATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: 1987.GOALS: To take over Japan and then the world.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.STRENGTH: The Aum's current membership is estimated at 1,500 to 2,000 persons. At the time of the 1995 Tokyo subway attack, the group claimed to have 9,000 members in Japan and up to 40,000 worldwide.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: The Aum's principal membership is located only in Japan, but a residual branch comprising an unknown number of followers has surfaced in Russia.AFFILIATIONS: None.COMMENTS: A cult established by Shoko Asahara, the Aum is responsible for the March 20, 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on several Tokyo subway trains that killed 12 persons and injured up to 6,000. In 2000, Fumihiro Joyu took control of the Aum following his three-year jail sentence for perjury. Joyu was previously the group's spokesman and Russia Branch leader. Under Joyu's leadership the Aum changed its name to Aleph and claims to have rejected the violent and apocalyptic teachings of its founde r. A Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) listed as "active" during 2000. NAME: Chukaku-Ha (Nucleus or Middle Core Faction)DATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: 1957.GOALS: Protest Japan's imperial system, Western imperialism, and events such as the Gulf War and the expansion of Tokyo's Narita Airport.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.STRENGTH: 3,500.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Japan.AFFILIATIONS: None.COMMENTS: Largest domestic militant group; has small covert action wing called Kansai Revolutionary Army. NAME: Japanese Red Army (JRA) a.k.a. Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB)DATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: Around 1970.GOALS: To overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to help foment world revolution.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: In 1972 the JRA attempted a takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. In April 1988, JRA operative Yu Kikumura was arrested with explosives on the New Jersey Turnpike, apparently planning an attack to coincide with the bombing of a USO club in Naples, a suspected JRA operation that killed five, including a U.S. servicewoman.STRENGTH: About six hard-core members; undetermined number of sympathizers.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: The JRA has carried out a series of attacks around the world. Location unknown, but possibly traveling in Asia or Syrian-controlled areas of Lebanon.AFFILIATIONS: Unknown. Has history of close relations with Palestinian terrorist groups based and operating outside Japan. May control or at least have ties to Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB); also may have links to Antiwar Democratic Front — an overt leftist political organization — inside Japan.COMMENTS: The JRA is a break away from the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction. A Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in 2000, it was removed from the FTO list on October 5, 2001.  LEBANONNAME: ‘Asbat al-Ansar (The Partisans’ League)DATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: Early 1990s.GOALS: Overthrow the Lebanese government and thwart anti-Islamic influences in Lebanon.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.STRENGTH: About 300 fighters.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Primary base of operations is the ‘Ayn al-Hilwah Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon.AFFILIATIONS: Overseas Sunni extremist networks and Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda.COMMENTS: A Lebanon-based group composed mainly of Palestinians, Asbat al-Ansar adheres to an extremist interpretation of Islam and justifies the use of violence against civilian targets.  The group raised its profile in 2000 with a rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Russian Embassy in Beirut.  It was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on March 27, 2002.NAME: Hezbollah (Party of God) a.k.a. Islamic Jihad, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, and Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of PalestineDATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: Unknown.GOALS: Increasing its political power in Lebanon, and opposing Israel and the Middle East peace negotiations.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: Known or suspected to have been involved in numerous anti-U.S. terrorist attacks, including the suicide truck bombing of the U.S. embassy and U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in October 1983, and the U.S. embassy annex in Beirut in September 1984.STRENGTH: Several thousand supporters and a few hundred terrorist operatives.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Operates in the Bekaa Valley, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and southern Lebanon. Has established cells in Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Asia.AFFILIATIONS: Receives substantial amounts of financial, training, weapons, explosives, political, diplomatic, and organizational aid from Iran and Syria.COMMENTS: A radical Shia organization founded in Lebanon. A Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) listed as "active" during 2000. NORTHERN IRELANDNAME: Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) a.k.a. Continuity Army CouncilDATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: 1994.GOALS: The reunification of Ireland and to forcing British troops from Northern Ireland.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.STRENGTH: Fewer than 50 hard-core activists.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Northern Ireland, Irish Republic.AFFILIATIONS: Suspected of receiving funds and arms from sympathizers in the United States. May have acquired arms and materiel from the Balkans in cooperation with the Real IRA.COMMENTS: A radical terrorist splinter group formed as the clandestine armed wing of the political organization Republican Sinn Fein (RSF). RSF formed after the Irish Republican Army announced a cease-fire in September 1994. Targets include British military and Northern Ireland security targets and Northern Ireland Loyalist paramilitary groups. Also has launched bomb attacks against civilian targets in Northern Ireland. Does not have an established presence or capability to launch attacks on the U.K. mainland. NOT a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), but listed as "active" during 2000. NAME: Irish Republican Army (IRA) a.k.a. Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), the ProvosDATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: 1969.GOALS: Removing British forces from Northern Ireland and unifying Ireland.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.STRENGTH: Several hundred members, plus several thousand sympathizers.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Great Britain, Europe.AFFILIATIONS: Has, in the past, received aid from a variety of groups and countries and considerable training and arms from Libya and the PLO. Is suspected of receiving funds, arms, and other terrorist-related materiel from sympathizers in the United States. Similarities in operations suggest links to the ETA.COMMENTS: Terrorist group formed as the clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein, a legal political movement. Has a Marxist orientation. Organized into small, tightly knit cells under the leadership of the Army Council. Despite of some members to the dissident splinter groups, its numbers have remained steady. The IRA has been observing a cease-fire since July 1997 and previously observed a cease-fire from September 1994 to February 1996. NOT a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), but listed as "active" during 2000. NAME: Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)DATE STARTED/FIRST ACTIVE: 1996.GOALS: Prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists in Northern Ireland by attacking Catholic politicians, civilians, and Protestant politicians who endorse the Northern Ireland peace process.MAIN ANTI-U.S. ACTIVITIES TO DATE: None.STRENGTH: Approximately 150.OPERATIONAL LOCATIONS: Ireland, Northern Ireland.AFFILIATIONS: None.COMMENTS: Terrorist group formed as a faction of the mainstream loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), the LVF did not emerge publicly until February 1997. Composed largely of UVF hardliners. Has been observing a cease-fire since May 1998. The LVF decommissioned a small but significant amount of weapons in December 1998, but it has not repeated this gesture, and in fact threatened in 2000 to resume killing Catholics. In 2000, the LVF also engaged in a brief but violent feud with other loyalists in which several individuals were killed. NOT a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) but listed as "active" during 2000.</blockquote>

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