The Secretary of State designates Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO’s), in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury. These designations are undertaken pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. FTO designations are valid for two years, after which they must be redesignated or they automatically expire. Redesignation after two years is a positive act and represents a determination by the Secretary of State that the organization has continued to engage in terrorist activity and still meets the criteria specified in law.

(as of October 5, 2001)

1. Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)

2. Abu Sayyaf Group

3. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)

4. Aum Shinrikyo

5. Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)

6. Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)

7. HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)

8. Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)

9. Hizballah (Party of God)

10. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)

11. al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)

12. Kahane Chai (Kach)

13. Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

14. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

15. Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)

16. National Liberation Army (ELN)

17. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)

18. Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

19. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

20. PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)

21. al-Qa’ida

22. Real IRA

23. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

24. Revolutionary Nuclei (formerly ELA)

25. Revolutionary Organization 17 November

26. Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army/Front (DHKP/C)

27. Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)

28. United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)