United States State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

The U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations ( " list of foreign terrorist organizations / terrorist organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States') leading from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States as foreign terrorist organizations or associations classified organizations.

The " Foreign Terrorist Organizations " ( FTOs Abbr; "Foreign terrorist organizations / associations " ) are foreign associations / organizations from the Secretary of State pursuant to § 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( INA Abbr; " Immigration and Nationality Act " ) are designated, as amended. FTO designations play a critical role in the U.S. fight against terrorism ( state.gov " in our fight against terrorism ") and according to U.S. considers an effective means to curb support for terrorist activities and pressure on groups, to get out of the terrorism business. "

Most of the organizations in the list are Islamist extremist groups, the others are mainly communist groups, followed by nationalist / separatist groups.

List

(after state.gov - accessed on July 4, 2013)

Guided on the list of terrorist associations / organizations

Date (month / day / year) / Name / Abbr

No longer run on the list of terrorist associations / organizations

Of removal (month / day / year) / name / original date of the entry

Quote ( Noam Chomsky )

" The Secretary of State designates foreign terrorist organizations ( Foreign Terrorist Organizations, FTOs ) in consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Finance. These identifications made ​​in accordance with the Act on the Immigration and Citizenship and its complement by the law to counter-terrorism and the death penalty in 1996. " ( Noam Chomsky, The Attack)