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Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations

      1. Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
      2. Abu Sayyaf Group
      3. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
      4. Ansar al-Islam
      5. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
      6. Asbat al-Ansar
      7. Aum Shinrikyo
      8. Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
      9. Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army (CPP/NPA) 
      10. Continuity Irish Republican Army 
      11. Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)
      12. HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)
      13. Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
      14. Hizballah (Party of God)
      15. Islamic Jihad Group
      16. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
      17. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) (Army of Mohammed)
      18. Jemaah Islamiya organization (JI)
      19. al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)
      20. Kahane Chai (Kach)
      21. Kongra-Gel (KGK, formerly Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, KADEK)
      22. Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous)
      23. Lashkar i Jhangvi
      24. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
      25. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
      26. Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)
      27. Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
      28. National Liberation Army (ELN)
      29. Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
      30. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
      31. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLF) 
      32. PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)
      33. al-Qa’ida
      34. Real IRA
      35. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
      36. Revolutionary Nuclei (formerly ELA)
      37. Revolutionary Organization 17 November
      38. Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) 
      39. Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
      40. Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)
      41. Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (QJBR) (al-Qaida in Iraq) (formerly Jama’at al-Tawhid wa’al-Jihad, JTJ, al-Zarqawi Network)
      42. United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)

* Section 212(a)(3/4/4a) of the “Immigration and Nationality Act” (INA) defines “terrorist as: Any alien who-
(I) has engaged in a terrorist activity,(II) a consular officer, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security knows, or has reasonable ground to believe, is engaged in or is likely to engage after entry in any terrorist activity (as defined in clause (iv));(III) has, under circumstances indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily harm, incited terrorist activity;(IV) is a representative (as defined in clause (v)) of–(V) is a member of a terrorist organization described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (vi);(VI) is a member of a terrorist organization described in clause (vi)(III), unless the alien can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the alien did not know, and should not reasonably have known, that the organization was a terrorist organization;(VII) endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization;(VIII) has received military-type training (as defined in section 2339D(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code) from or on behalf of any organization that, at the time the training was received, was a terrorist organization (as defined in clause (vi)); or 4/ (iii) TERRORIST ACTIVITY DEFINED.-As used in this Act, the term “terrorist activity” means any activity which is unlawful under the laws of the place where it is committed (or which, if 4/ it had been committed in the United States, would be unlawful under the laws of the United States or any State) and which involves any of the following:4/ firearm, or other weapon or dangerous device (other than for mere personal monetary gain), with intent to endanger, directly or indirectly, the safety of one or more individuals or to cause substantial damage to property.(iv) 4/ 4b/ ENGAGE IN TERRORIST ACTIVITY DEFINED- As used in this chapter, the term “engage in terrorist activity” means, in an individual capacity or as a member of an organization-(VI) to commit an act that the actor knows, or reasonably should know, affords material support, including a safe house, transportation, communications, funds, transfer of funds or other material financial benefit, false documentation or identification, weapons (including chemical, biological, or radiological weapons), explosives, or training–5/ (v) REPRESENTATIVE DEFINED.-As used in this paragraph, the term “representative” includes an officer, official, or spokesman of an organization, and any person who directs, counsels, commands, or induces an organization or its members to engage in terrorist activity.(vi) 5a/ 4c TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DEFINED- As used in this section, the term ‘terrorist organization’ means an organization—(I) designated under section 219 ;(III) that is a group of two or more individuals, whether organized or not, which engages in, or has a subgroup which engages in, the activities described in subclauses (I) through (VI) of clause (iv). 

(aa) a terrorist organization (as defined in clause (vi)); or

(bb) a political, social, or other group that endorses or espouses terrorist activity; 

(I) The highjacking or sabotage of any conveyance (including an aircraft, vessel, or vehicle).

(II) The seizing or detaining, and threatening to kill, injure, or continue to detain, another individual in order to compel a third person (including a governmental organization) to do or abstain from doing any act as an explicit or implicit condition for the release of the individual seized or detained.

(III) A violent attack upon an internationally protected person (as defined in section 1116(b)(4) of title 18, United States Code) or upon the liberty of such a person.

(IV) An assassination.

(V) The use of any-

(aa) biological agent, chemical agent, or nuclear weapon or device, or

(bb) explosive,

(VI) A threat, attempt, or conspiracy to do any of the foregoing.  

(I) to commit or to incite to commit, under circumstances indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily injury, a terrorist activity;

(II) to prepare or plan a terrorist activity;

(III) to gather information on potential targets for terrorist activity;

(IV) to solicit funds or other things of value for–

(aa) a terrorist activity;

(bb) a terrorist organization described in clause (vi)(I) or (vi)(II); or

(cc) a terrorist organization described in clause (vi)(III), unless the solicitor can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that he did not know, and should not reasonably have known, that the organization was a terrorist organization;

(V) to solicit any individual–

(aa) to engage in conduct otherwise described in this subsection;

(bb) for membership in a terrorist organization described in clause (vi)(I) or (vi)(II); or

(cc) for membership in a terrorist organization described in clause (vi)(III) unless the solicitor can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that he did not know, and should not reasonably have known, that the organization was a terrorist organization; or  

(aa) for the commission of a terrorist activity;

(bb) to any individual who the actor knows, or reasonably should know, has committed or plans to commit a terrorist activity;

(cc) to a terrorist organization described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (vi) or to any member of such an organization; or

(dd) to a terrorist organization described in clause (vi)(III), or to any member of such an organization, unless the actor can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the actor did not know, and should not reasonably have known, that the organization was a terrorist organization.  

(II) otherwise designated, upon publication in the Federal Register, by the Secretary of State in consultation with or upon the request of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as a terrorist organization, after finding that the organization engages in the activities described in subclauses (I) through (VI) of clause (iv)…

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