Islamic+Extremist+Groups

http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1018/csmimg/extremistGroups.pdf

Major Islamic extremist groups   AL QAEDA AFGHANISTAN  Activity Level: Extremely high. Established: Late 1980s. Objective: Expel Westerners and non-Muslims  from Muslim-inhabited lands. Attack US interests  and citizens and US allies. Strength: Several hundred to several thousand.  AL-JIHAD <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">EGYPT <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Moderate. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Early 1970s. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Overthrow the Egyptian government and <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> replace it with an Islamic state. Attack US interests. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Unknown. Probably several hundred <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> members. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> GAMAA ISLAMIYA (Islamic Group) <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">EGYPT <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Moderate. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Early 1970s. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Overthrow the Egyptian government and <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> replace it with an Islamic state. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Probably several thousand. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">State Dept. lists as terrorist organization <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">US suspects ties with bin Laden <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> UZBEKISTAN/TAJIKISTAN/KYRGYSTAN/AFGHANISTAN <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Moderate. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Not known. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Establish an Islamic state in Uzbekistan. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Militants probably number in the thousands. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> HIZBULLAH <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">LEBANON <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">High. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">1982. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Increase its political power in Lebanon, destroy <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Israel <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">, and oppose the Middle East peace negotiations. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Militants probably number in the hundreds. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> Several thousand supporters. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> ARMED ISLAMIC GROUP <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">ALGERIA <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Moderate. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">1992. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Overthrow the secular Algerian regime <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> and replace it with an Islamic state. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Several hundred to several thousand. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;">PALESTINE <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> ISLAMIC JIHAD <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES/VARIOUS COUNTRIES <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Very high. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">1970s. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Create Islamic Palestinian state. Destroy Israel. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Not known. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> HAMAS <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES/VARIOUS COUNTRIES <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Very high. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Late 1987. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Create Islamic Palestinian state. Destroy Israel. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Unknown number of core members. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> Tens of thousands of supporters. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> ABU SAYYAF GROUP <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> PHILIPPINES/MALAYSIA <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Moderate. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">1991. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Promote Independent Islamic state. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">200 core fighters. Thousands of supporters. <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;"> HARAKAT UL-MUJAHIDIN <span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;"> PAKISTAN/KASHMIR/AFGHANISTAN <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Activity Level: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">High. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Established: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Not known. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Objective: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">End Indian control of parts of Kashmir. <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Demi;">Strength: <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicITCbyBT-Book;">Militants possibly number in the thousands. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed; mso-bidi-font-family: FranklinGothicBT-RomanCondensed;">