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Terrorists

For each individual, give the most well-known terror organization they were part of.
A "terror organization" is, or has been, recognized as such by one or more countries, or international bodies.
Be as specific as possible in situations where a group is part of a larger organization.
For political parties and governments, only recognizers of the entire entity are provided.
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Last updated: June 8, 2024
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Al-Qaeda
UN, EU, US + 33
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Islamic State
UN, EU, US + 28
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi
Ansar Allah
US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Yemen
Abdullah Öcalan
Kurdistan Workers Party
EU, NATO, US, Turkey, Iran + 18
George Habash
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
EU, US, Canada, Japan
Shoko Asahara
Aum Shinrikyo
Canada, Russia, Kazakhstan
Ahmed Yassin
Hamas
EU, US, Japan, Israel, OAS + 6
Abubakar Shekau
Boko Haram
UN, US, Russia + 12
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Tamil Tigers
EU, US, India, Sri Lanka + 3
Josu Urrutikoetxea
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
EU, US, UK, Canada, New Zealand
Hasan Nasrallah
Hezbollah
US, Arab League, GCC, Israel + 12
Martin McGuinness
Provisional Irish Republican Army
UK
Ahmad Diriye
Al-Shabaab
USA, UK, UAE + 8
Abimael Guzman
Shining Path
EU, US, Peru + 4
Mullah Omar
Taliban
Russia, Canada, UAE, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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6 Comments
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Level 61
Jun 8, 2024
Maybe accept just "IRA" instead of needing to specify Provisional, as that's what most people (outside of Jetpunk) know it as
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Level 75
Jun 8, 2024
The IRA offshoots are tricky because they all have varying levels of recognition as "terrorist groups", and I didn't want to overstep.

But yeah, seeing how low correctness is for that clue, it makes sense to change it.

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Level 78
Jun 8, 2024
George Habash was not a terrorist. He was a freedom fighter.
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Level 89
Jun 10, 2024
No he wasn't. He opposed the two-state solution which would have given the Palestinians their freedom (probably because as a Palestinian Christian, he knew he would've been treated poorly under a Palestine that would have been majority-Muslim.).
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Level 68
Jun 10, 2024
I am not familiar with this guy, but pretty much every terrorist refers to himself as a freedom fighter.
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Level 75
Jun 10, 2024
It's possible to be both. With this quiz, the definition of "terrorist" is entirely descriptive, not prescriptive. The determination is based simply on formal (inter)national recognition as such.

Is this a perfect definition? No. Russia designates Meta as an extremist organization, yet nobody sane would accuse Mark Zuckerberg of terror. There are also plenty of groups that commit terror which have never been formally recognized as such. Yet this is the least controversial metric, and (IMO) makes the quiz more fun.

As long as those several countries recognize the PFLP as a terror organization, Habash stays in this quiz.