List of guerrilla movements
From Wikinfo
This is a list of important guerrilla movements. It gives their English name, common acronym, and main country of operation. Many groups have been left off (see external link for list of more groups), and some may be better classified as terrorists than guerrillas.
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North America
- Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front or FMLN El Salvador
- Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity or URNG
- Zapatista Army of National Liberation, Zapatistas or EZLN -Chiapas, Mexico
- Sandinista - Nicaragua
South America
- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC - Colombia
- Shining Path - Peru
- Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement or MRTA - Peru
Europe
- National Liberation Army - Albania
- Basque Fatherland and Liberty or ETA - Spain
- EOKA - Cyprus
- Kosovo Liberation Army - Kosovo or Yugoslavia
- Kosovo Republic Armed Forces or FARK - Kosovo or Yugoslavia
- National Liberation Army - Yugoslavia
- Provisional IRA - island of Ireland
- Irish National Liberation Army - island of Ireland
- Ulster Defence Association - Northern Ireland
- Red Hand Defenders - Northern Ireland
- Continuity IRA - island of Ireland
- Real IRA - island of Ireland
Historic
- Metsavaennad "forest brethren" - Estonia (World War II)
- World War II Resistance movements in various countries, sponsored by the United Kingdom government
- 'Old' IRA - Ireland (prior to the establishment of an independent state of Ireland)
Africa
- African National Congress (ANC) - South Africa
- Mau Mau - Kenya
- National Union for the Total Independence of Angola or UNITA - Angola
- Eritrean Liberation Front or ELF - Eritrea
- Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy or LURD - Liberia
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Sakiet el Hamra and Rio de Oro or Polisario - Western Sahara or Morocco
- Mozambican National Resistance or RENAMO - Mozambique
- South-West Africa People's Organization or SWAPO - Namibia
Asia
- Northern Alliance - Afghanistan
- Taliban -- Afghanistan
- Khmer Rouge - Cambodia
- Mujahedin - (generic grouping) Afghanistan, Middle East
- Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN) East-Timor
- Pathet Lao - Laos
- Moro Islamic Liberation Front - Philippines
- New People's Army - Philippines
- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Sri Lanka
Historic
Middle East
See also:
External links
- Complete List of Terrorist and Insurgency Groups Worldwide (about 371 in all)
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "List_of_guerrilla_movements" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_guerrilla_movements, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
