Foreign Terrorist Organizations Banned in the United States: 2002

The following 36 foreign terrorist organizations are banned in the United States. The U.S. government has imposed harsh legal penalties for anyone who is affiliated with such entities, including a ban on residing in the United States and a freeze on bank accounts:

Afghanistan: al-Qaida

Algeria:  Armed Islamic Group (GIA)

               Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)

Colombia: National Liberation Army (ELN)

                 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

                 United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia (AUC)

Egypt: al-Gama al-Islamiyya (IG)

            al-Jihad

Greece: Revolutionary Nuclei

              Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17 November)

Indonesia:  Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

Iran: Mujaahedin-e Khalq Organaization (MEK or MKO)

Ireland:  Real IRA (RIRA)

Japan: Aum Shinrikyo/Aum Supreme Truth (Aum)

Middle East: Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)

                     Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

                    'Asbat al-Ansar

                     Hamas/Islamic Resistance Movement

                     Hizbollah/Party of God

                    Kahane Chai

                    Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

                    Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

                    Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

                    Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)

Pakistan: Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)

                 Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)

                 Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT)

                 Lashkar I Jhangvi (LJ)

Peru: Sendero Luminoso/Shining Path (SL)

Philippines: Abu Sayyaf Groups (ASG)

                    Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army

Spain: Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna/Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)

Sri Lanka: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Turkey:  Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

               Revolutionary Peoples' Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)

Uzbekistan: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
 
 

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