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While members of some such groups believe such militias are approved or endorsed by law, particularly by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, they are in no way public authorities or organized military or National Guard units of the country or their state. They are private citizens, in voluntary association, and self-funded.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified 334 militia groups at their peak in 2011. It identified 276 in 2015, up from 202 in 2014. [1] In 2016, the SPLC identified a total of 165 armed militia groups within the United States. [2] [3]
By the mid-1990s, such groups were active in all 50 US states, with membership estimated at between 20,000 and 60,000. [4] The movement is most closely associated with the American right-wing . Most modern organizations calling themselves militias are illegal private paramilitary organizations laws that require official sanctioning of a state ...
Red Hand Commando (RHC): Ulster loyalist paramilitary group, linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force; Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF): Ulster loyalist group, split from the UVF's Mid-Ulster Brigade. Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) (1974–): Split from the Official IRA in opposition to the OIRA's 1972 ceasefire. Mainly in Northern Ireland
The United States has at various times in recent history provided support to terrorist and paramilitary organizations around the world. It has also provided assistance to numerous authoritarian regimes that have used state terrorism as a tool of repression.
The plan for the invasion of Afghanistan was developed by the CIA, the first time in United States history that such a large-scale military operation was planned by the CIA. [116] SAD, U.S. Army Special Forces, and the Northern Alliance combined to overthrow the Taliban in Afghanistan with minimal loss of U.S. lives. They did this without the ...
The Red Shirts or Redshirts of the Southern United States were white supremacist [1] [2] [3] paramilitary terrorist groups that were active in the late 19th century in the last years of, and after the end of, the Reconstruction era of the United States.
Pages in category "Right-wing militia organizations in the United States" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .