Country Reports on Terrorism 2009 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.

COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM 2009

Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1. Strategic Assessment

Chapter 2. Country Reports

Africa Overview
Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership
The African Union
Angola
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cote D’Ivoire
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Somalia
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

East Asia and Pacific Overview
Australia
Burma
Cambodia
China
o Hong Kong
o Macau
Indonesia
Japan
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Laos
Malaysia
Micronesia, Federated States of
Mongolia
New Zealand
Palau
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand

Europe Overview
Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
o Northern Ireland

Middle East and North Africa Overview
Algeria
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Israel, West Bank, and Gaza
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

South and Central Asia Overview
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
India
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Western Hemisphere Overview
Tri-Border Area
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela

Chapter 3. State Sponsors of Terrorism Overview
Cuba
Iran
Sudan
Syria

Chapter 4. The Global Challenge of WMD Terrorism

Chapter 5. Terrorist Safe Havens
Terrorist Safe Havens
Strategies, Tactics, Tools for Disrupting or Eliminating Safe Havens
International Conventions and Protocols Matrix

Chapter 6. Terrorist Organizations
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB)
Al-Shabaab (AS)
Ansar al-Islam
Armed Islamic Group (GIA)
Asbat al-Ansar
Aum Shinrikyo (AUM)
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
Communist Party of Philippines/New People’s Army (CPP/NPA)
Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
Gama’a al-Islamiyya (IG)
HAMAS
Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
Harakat ul-Mujahideen (HUM)
Hizballah
Islamic Jihad Union (IJU)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)
Jemaah Islamiya (JI)
Kahane Chai
Kata’ib Hizballah (KH)
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LT)
Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)
Mujahadin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
National Liberation Army (ELN)
Palestine Liberation Front – Abu Abbas Faction (PLF)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad – Shaqaqi Faction (PIJ)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)
Al-Qa’ida (AQ)
Al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI)
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)
Shining Path (SL)
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)

Chapter 7. Legislative Requirements and Key Terms

NCTC Statistical Annex

Supplement on Terrorism Deaths, Injuries, Kidnappings of Private U.S. Citizens