List of designated terrorist groups

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Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist.[1] The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations. Such designations have often had a significant effect on the groups' activities.

Many organizations that have been designated as terrorist have denied using terrorism as a military tactic to achieve their goals, and there is no international consensus on the legal definition of terrorism.[2][3]

This listing does not include unaffiliated individuals accused of terrorism, which is considered lone wolf terrorism. This list also excludes groups which might be widely considered terrorist, but who are not officially designated according to the criteria specified above.

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  2. ^ Williamson, Myra (2009). Terrorism, War and International Law: The Legality of the Use of Force Against Afghanistan in 2001. Ashgate. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7546-7403-0. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ^ Schmid, Alex P. (2011). "The Definition of Terrorism". In Alex P. Schmid (ed.). The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research. Taylor & Francis. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-136-81040-4. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2016.