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Among the countries that publish a list of designated terrorist organizations, some have a clear established procedure for listing and delisting, and some are opaque. The Berghof Foundation argues that opaque delisting conditions reduce the incentive for the organization to abandon terrorism, while fuelling radicalism. [377]
Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) is a designation for non-United States-based organizations deemed by the United States secretary of state, in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA), to be involved in what US authorities define as terrorist activities. Most of the organizations on the list are ...
The European Union has two lists of designated terrorist organisations that provide for different sanctions for the two groups. [1] The first list is copied from the United Nations and relates to EU external terrorist organisations, and the second is an autonomous list and relates to EU internal terrorist organisations. [2]
In 1979, the first such list was published by the State Department, designating Iraq, Libya, South Yemen, and Syria as terrorist states. [ 3 ] As of 2024 [update], the list consists of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria. [ 4 ] The countries that were once on the list but have since been removed are: Iraq, Libya, South Yemen (dissolved in 1990 ...
FBI Counterterrorism Division. Federal Air Marshal Service. DHS Homeland Security Investigations & Special Reaction Teams. Intelligence Support Activity(ISA) USCG Deployable Specialized Forces. [1] Vietnam. Asia Intelligence Bureau. Bureau of Secret Intelligence.
There is a long history of terrorism in Europe. This has often been linked to nationalist and separatist movements (separating countries), while other acts have been related to politics (including anarchism, far-right and far-left extremism), religious extremism, or organized crime. Terrorism in the European sections of the intercontinental ...
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. [ 1 ] The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel). [ 2 ]
Islamic terrorism (also known as Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism or Jihadi terrorism) refers to terrorist acts carried out by fundamentalist militant Islamists and Islamic extremists. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Since at least the 1990s, Islamist terrorist incidents have occurred around the world and targeted both Muslims and non-Muslims. [ 4 ]