S. naval, usa. Terrorist Group Profiles: Index of Groups
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Loyalist Volunteer ForceFrom: Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2000. United States Department of State, April 2001. Comments on the content of the material should be sent to the U.S. Department of State 
Description Terrorist group formed in 1996 as a faction of the mainstream loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) but did not emerge publicly until February 1997. Composed largely of UVF hardliners who have sought to prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists in Northern Ireland by attacking Catholic politicians, civilians, and Protestant politicians who endorse the Northern Ireland peace process. Has been observing a cease-fire since 15 May 1998. The LVF decommissioned a small but significant amount of weapons in December 1998, but it has not repeated this gesture and in fact threatened in 2000 to resume killing Catholics. Activities Bombings, kidnappings, and close-quarter shooting attacks. LVF bombs often have contained Powergel commercial explosives, typical of many loyalist groups. LVF attacks have been particularly vicious: the group has murdered numerous Catholic civilians with no political or terrorist affiliations, including an 18-year-old Catholic girl in July 1997 because she had a Protestant boyfriend. The terrorists also have conducted successful attacks against Irish targets in Irish border towns. In 2000, the LVF also engaged in a brief but violent feud with other loyalists in which several individuals were killed. Strength Approximately 150 activists. Location/Area of Operation Northern Ireland, Ireland. External Aid None. 56. Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front (FPMR)From: Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1998. United States Department of State, April 1999. Comments on the content of the material should be sent to the U.S. Department of State
DescriptionFounded in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party and named for the hero of Chile's war of independence against Spain. Splintered into two factions in the late 1980s, and one faction became a political party in 1991. The dissident wing FPMR/D is Chile's only remaining active terrorist group. ActivitiesFPMR/D attacks civilians and international targets, including US businesses and Mormon churches. In 1993, FPMR/D bombed two McDonald's restaurants and attempted to bomb a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. Successful government counterterrorist operations have undercut the organization significantly. Four FPMR/D members escaped from prison using a helicopter in December 1996. One of them, Patricio Ortiz Montenegro, fled to Switzerland where he requested political asylum. Chile requested Ortiz's extradition, but the Swiss Government--fearing Chile would not safeguard Ortiz's physical and psychological well-being--denied the request. Chilean authorities continued to pursue the whereabouts of the three others who escaped with Ortiz. StrengthNow believed to have between 50 and 100 members. Location/Area of OperationChile. External AidNone. 57. Morazanist Patriotic Front (FPM)From: Patterns of Global Terrorism. United States Department of State Publication 10321 Comments on the content of the material should be sent to the U.S. Department of State
DescriptionA radical, leftist terrorist group that first appeared in the late 1980s. Attacks made in protest of US intervention in Honduran economic and political affairs. ActivitiesAttacks on US, mainly military, personnel in Honduras. Claimed responsibility for attack on a bus in March 1990 that wounded seven US servicemen. Claimed bombing of Peace Corps office in December 1988, bus bombing that wounded three US servicemen in February 1989, attack on US convoy in April 1989, and grenade attack that wounded seven US soldiers in La Ceiba in July 1989. StrengthUnknown, probably relatively small. Location/Area of OperationHonduras External AidHad ties to former Government of Nicaragua and possibly Cuba. 58. National Liberation Army (ELN) - Boliviaincludes Nestor Paz Zamora Commission (CNPZ)From: Patterns of Global Terrorism. United States Department of State Publication 10321 Comments on the content of the material should be sent to the U.S. Department of State
DescriptionELN claims to be resuscitation of group established by Che Guevara in 1960s. Includes numerous small factions of indigenous subversive groups, including CNPZ, which is largely inactive today. ActivitiesELN and CNPZ have attacked US interests in past years but [more recently has focused exclusively on Bolivian domestic targets ]. StrengthUnknown; probably fewer than 100. Location/Area of OperationBolivia. External AidNone 59. Orange Volunteers (OV)From: Patterns of Global Terrorism, 2000. United States Department of State, April 2001. Comments on the content of the material should be sent to the U.S. Department of State
Description Extremist Protestant terrorist group comprised largely of disgruntled Loyalist hardliners who split from groups observing the cease-fire. OV seeks to prevent a political settlement with Irish nationalists by attacking Catholic civilian interests in Northern Ireland. Activities The OV declared a cease-fire in September 2000, but the group maintains ability to conduct bombings, arson, beatings, and possibly robberies. Strength Up to 20 hard-core members, some of whom are experienced in terrorist tactics and bombmaking. Location/Area of Operations Northern Ireland. External Aid None. 60. |