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Other Peoples’ Wars -- Chapter TwoMujahedin-e Khalq Organization (aka The National Liberation Army of Iran, the People’sMujahidin of Iran, National Council of Resistance, and Muslim Iranian Student’s Society):Formed in the 1960s as an unusual fusion of Islam and Marxism, surviving members of thegroup are concentrated in Iraq. It has members and supporters around the Western world,including inside Canada.National Liberation Front (ELN): A Colombian Marxist group that has recently grounded itsarms to take up an overt political presence inside the country. Canadian support, if any,remains unknown. The group is banned in Canada.New People’s Army (NPA): A Communist insurgency in the Philippines, it has dwindled quitemarkedly through the 1990s, and is now little heard from. It is not known if they have anyactive supporters in Canada.Party of Democratic Kampuchea: These are the die-hard members of the Khmer Rougeand, with some 2 million deaths on their account, are unlikely to ever surrender. It would beextremely surprising to learn of any active members outside of Cambodia.The Red Brigades: This Italian Marxist Group first appeared in the late 1960s, only to vanishalmost entirely in the early 1990s. A handful of terrorists staged a comeback for the group withtwo assassinations in 1999, and the group is active once more. It is doubtful if they have anysupporters or members in Canada.Revolutionary Organization 17 November: This violent group of Greek Marxists has made anumber of attacks – often with sophisticated weaponry – against Greek, NATO, and Americantargets over the years. Its two key leaders were arrested in December 2002, along with asizeable arsenal. It is doubtful if they have a Canadian presence.Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army (Dev Sol): Urban Turkish Marxists, this group hasstaged several attacks on Turkish police, military, US, and NATO targets since 1978. In 1996it also signaled a new willingness to attack business leaders. It is doubtful that they have aCanadian presence.Revolutionary Proletarian Army: A Communist group in the Philippines that is surviving theconditions that are plaguing the NPA, it is a minor group and unlikely to have any presence inCanada.Sendero Luminoso: A Peruvian Maoist group that conducted an intensive and brutalinsurgency throughout the 1980s, many of its leaders were arrested, and many members tookadvantage of an amnesty program in the 1990s. The remaining elements of the group remainactive (primarily in coca leaf producing areas) where they support the drug trade. A fewsupporters are in Canada. 6Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement: A Marxist-Leninist Peruvian Group, it had lostmuch of its strength and influence before it made a surprising assault during December 1996 on6 See www.csrp.org, the website of the Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru (Shining Path). The sitewas among those recommended by Canadian Dimension (January 2002 edition pg. 45)28
Other Peoples’ Wars -- Chapter Twothe Japanese embassy in Lima – precipitating a hostage situation that lasted for several monthsbefore the site was stormed. Since then, the group’s presence has been negligible. Anypresence by the group in Canada is doubtful.Al Qaeda Affiliated Islamic Fundamentalist GroupsAbu Sayaf Group: Most active in the Philippines, but with the potential to act elsewhere inSoutheast Asia, the group is an outgrowth of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. It is unlikelythat they have any Canadian presence, but are banned here anyway.Al-Badar, another of the plethora of al Qaeda affiliates, the group operates inside Pakistanand might have some presence in Canada.Al-Gana’at Al Islamiyya is an Egyptian group that first appeared in the 1970s. While itprimarily seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government, it has a global presence. The group isbanned in Canada (which suggests they may have some supporters here).Al-Ithhihad Al-Islami operates from within Somalia, and has some connections to the AideedClan. They may have a presence inside Canada and have been banned here.Al Qaeda is banned in Canada. It has members inside Canada and has killed Canadiancitizens in both the Bali Nightclub bombing and the September 11 th Attacks. Operating as anetwork of networks, the group is the most widespread and dangerous one in the world today. 7Ansar al-Islam: This group transplanted itself to northern Iraq where it is reported tocooperate with Hussein’s regime, it is also reported to have the greatest degree of training inproducing chemical and biological weaponry. Members were also involved in the February2003 production of the biotoxin ricin in Britain. Two of the group’s leaders are Canadian andhave lived in Toronto. 8Armed Islamic Group (GIA): Appearing in 1992, the group has engaged in an exceptionallyviolent conflict with the Algerian government, but has also operated in France. It has supportersthroughout the Algerian expatriate community, including inside Canada. The group has beenbanned by the Canadian government.Asbat al-Ansar: Banned in Canada, the group originally operated from Lebanon for the mostpart, and may have some supporters in Canada.Bayat al-Iman Group of Jordan; Although an al Qaeda affiliate, it appears doubtful that thegroup has any presence inside Canada.Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party: Although affiliated with al Qaeda, the group operatesalmost entirely inside China on behalf of the oppressed Uighur Muslim communities in thewestern part of the country. It is extremely unlikely to have any presence in Canada.7 For more on the unique nature of Al Qaeda, see Joe Turlej; “The Threat Matrix: Conceptualizing al Qaedaand its Role in the Wider Islamist Threat Environment:, Mackenzie Briefing Note #20, The MackenzieInstitute, January 2003.8 ‘We find more bodies every day”, Toronto Star, 4 April 2003, Pg. A10.29
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