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Publié par | Fil_Politique |
Publié le | 22 juin 2015 |
Nombre de lectures | 9 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 2 Mo |
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Country Reports on
Terrorism 2014
June 2015
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United States Department of State Publication
Bureau of Counterterrorism
Released June 2015
Country Reports on Terrorism 2014 is submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States
Code, Section 2656f (the “Act”), which requires the Department of State to provide to Congress
a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the
criteria of the Act.
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COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM 2014
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Strategic Assessment
Chapter 2. Country Reports
Africa
Overview
Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership
The Partnership for East African Regional Counterterrorism
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Somalia
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
East Asia and Pacific
Overview
China (Hong Kong and Macau)
Indonesia
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Europe
Overview
Albania
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bulgaria
Cyprus
Denmark
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Macedonia
The Netherlands
Norway
Russia
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
Middle East and North Africa
Overview
Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, and Jerusalem
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
South and Central Asia
Overview
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
India
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
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Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Western Hemisphere
Overview
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Mexico
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Venezuela
Chapter 3. State Sponsors of Terrorism
Cuba
Iran
Sudan
Syria
Chapter 4. The Global Challenge of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear
(CBRN) Terrorism
Chapter 5. Terrorist Safe Havens (Update to 7120 Report)
Terrorist Safe Havens
Countering Terrorism on the Economic Front
Multilateral Efforts to Counter Terrorism; International Conventions and Protocols
Long-Term Programs and Initiatives Designed to Counter Terrorist Safe Havens
-Countering Violent Extremism
-Capacity Building
-Regional Strategic Initiative
Support for Pakistan
Counterterrorism Coordination with Saudi Arabia
Broadcasting Board of Governors Initiatives: Outreach to Foreign Muslim Audiences
Chapter 6. Terrorist Organizations
Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB)
Ansar al-Dine (AAD)
Ansar al-Islam (AAI)
Ansar al-Shari’a in Benghazi (AAS-B)
Ansar al-Shari’a in Darnah (AAS-D)
Ansar al-Shari’a in Tunisia (AAS-T)
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM)
Army of Islam (AOI)
Asbat al-Ansar (AAA)
Aum Shinrikyo (AUM)
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Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
Boko Haram (BH)
Communist Party of Philippines/New People’s Army (CPP/NPA)
Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
Gama’a al-Islamiyya (IG)
Hamas
Haqqani Network (HQN)
Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami (HUJI)
Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
Harakat ul-Mujahideen (HUM)
Hizballah
Indian Mujahedeen (IM)
Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru)
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT)
Jemaah Islamiya (JI)
Jundallah
Kahane Chai
Kata’ib Hizballah (KH)
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
Lashkar e-Tayyiba
Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC)
Al-Mulathamun Battalion (AMB)
National Liberation Army (ELN)
Palestine Islamic Jihad – Shaqaqi Faction (PIJ)
Palestine Liberation Front – Abu Abbas Faction (PLF)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
Al-Nusrah Front (ANF)
Al-Qa’ida (AQ)
Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
Al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Real IRA (RIRA)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)
Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
Revolutionary Struggle (RS)
Al-Shabaab (AS)
Shining Path (SL)
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
Chapter 7. Legislative Requirements and Key Terms
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Annexes:
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism:
Annex of Statistical Information
Terrorism Deaths, Injuries, and Kidnappings of Private U.S. Citizens Overseas in
2014
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CHAPTER 1
STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT
Major trends in global terrorism in 2014 included the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’s
(ISIL’s) unprecedented seizure of territory in Iraq and Syria, the continued flow of foreign
terrorist fighters worldwide to join ISIL, and the rise of lone offender violent extremists in the
West. Despite the fragmentation of al-Qa’ida and its affiliates, weak or failed governance
continued to provide an enabling environment for the emergence of extremist radicalism and
violence, notably in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, and Iraq. Continuing a trend noted in last
year’s report, terrorist groups employed more aggressive tactics in their attacks. In ISIL’s case,
this included brutal repression of communities under its control and the use of ruthless methods
of violence such as beheadings and crucifixions intended to terrify opponents. Boko Haram –
operating in the Lake Chad Basin region of northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and southeast
Niger – shared with ISIL a penchant for the use of brutal tactics, which included stonings,
indiscriminate mass casualty attacks, and kidnapping children for enslavement. ISIL targeted
religious minorities such as Christians and Yazidis in particular, but also Shia Muslims and
Sunni tribesmen who defied its rule. The 2014 calendar year also witnessed a powerful regional
and international mobilization to counter ISIL that halted the group’s initial advances in Iraq.
The adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2178 in September constituted a significant
step forward in international efforts to cooperate in preventing the flow of foreign terrorist
fighters to and from conflict zones.
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The ongoing civil war in Syria was a significant factor in driving worldwide terrorism events in
2014. The rate of foreign terrorist fighter travel to Syria – totaling more than 16,000 foreign
terrorist fighters from more than 90 countries as of late December – exceeded the rate of foreign
terrorist fighters who traveled to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, or Somalia at any point
in the last 20 years. Many of the foreign terrorist fighters joined ISIL, which, through
intimidation and exploitation of political grievances, a weak security environment in Iraq, and
the conflict in Syria, secured sufficient support to conduct complex military operations in an
effort to seize contiguous territory in western Iraq and eastern Syria for a self-declared Islamic
caliphate. ISIL routinely and indiscriminately targeted defenseless civilians, including religious
pilgrims, while engaging in violent repression of local inhabitants.
ISIL showed a particular capability in the use of media and online products to address a wide
spectrum of potential audiences: local Sunni Arab populations, potential recruits, and
governments of coalition members and other populations around the world, including
Englishspeaking audiences. ISIL has been adroit at using the most popular social and new media
platforms (YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter) to disseminate its messages broadly, with
nearinstantaneous reposting and the generation of follow-on links and translations into additional
languages following ISIL’s initial publication of online propaganda. Content included brutal
images, such as hostage beheadings and boasts of slave markets of Yazidi girls and women. In
2014, ISIL expanded its messaging tactics to include content that purported to show an idealized
version of life under its rule and progress in building the institutions of an