Terrorist, Insurgent & Militant Group Logo Recognition Guide

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TRISA Handbook No. 29
Terrorist, Insurgent & Militant Group Logo

Recognition Guide
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Purpose
To inform deploying units, trainers and scenario writers of the current logos used by
insurgents, terrorists, paramilitary and other militant groups worldwide.
To assist units in identifying groups by their logos found in videos, magazines,

newspapers, graffiti and other types of media.
This presentation has been developed from unclassified sources and is intended for
use as a training assistance product for Department of the Army organizations
preparing to deploy. This briefing should not be considered a finished intelligence
product, nor used in such a manner.
US Army Training And Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

Intelligence Support Activity (TRISA)
700 Scott Avenue, Building 53
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027
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Introduction
This handbook is designed to specifically provide trainers, leaders and

soldiers a “hip pocket” reference to identify all the known logos used by
insurgents, terrorists, paramilitary and other militant groups worldwide.
Due to the wide variety of spellings and differences in transliteration

between analysts; only the most common spellings will be used for these
groups. One alternate spelling may be provides as needed for clarification.
Key: This is a work in progress and will be updated as often as possible; all
recommendations, additions and corrections are welcome.
Points of contact: Please forward all comments, questions or suggestions to -

-TRISA, Threats, 700 Scott Ave, Bldg 53, FT Leavenworth, KS 66027, 913-684-
7929/20 (DSN 552-7929/20):
vincent.mclean@leavenworth.army.mil justin.lawlor@us.army.mil
penny.mellies@leavenworth.army.mil
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Global
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Al-Qaeda
G2
(aka. Al-Qaida, Qaeda al-Jihad)
Jihad Flag of al-Qaeda

(Sunni Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Jihad to Build Global
Caliphate)
Mujahideen on Horseback
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Muslim Brotherhood
G2
(Variants; Sunni Jihadists, Mixed Doctrine; Strives for Global Caliphate)
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TRISA
MS-13
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(Salvadorian, Latino Gang; Well Represented in Most US and

Latin American Prisons and Poor Latino Neighborhoods; Multi-Product/Human Trafficking; Also 18 Faction)
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Mexican Mafia
G2
(aka. “La Eme” (M); La Familia, the Black Hand; M is 13th Letter of the Alphabet; also refers to 13th Street Gang Faction)
Surenos (aka. Southerners)
Mexican Mafia is Well

Mexican Mafia (aka. La Eme) Represented in Most US and
Latin American Prisons and
Poor Latino Neighborhoods;
a Dominant and Violent
Gang; Multi-Product and
Human Trafficking
Mexican Mafia (aka. La Eme)
Mexican Mafia (aka. Black Hand)
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Hezbollah
G2
(aka. Hizbollah, Hezballah)
Lebanese Hezbollah
(Shia Mixed Doctrine; Striving to Seize the Holy Lands;
Armed Force as well as a Political and Social organization;
Global Outreach)
Hezbollah Latin America
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HAMAS
Political Wing
Salah Abdul
Karim Yassine
24 Sep01
Latin America Cell
Military Wing Al-Qassam Brigades
(Sunni, Mainstream Islamists, Nationalist-Separatists;

Striving to Seize the Holy Lands; Armed Force as well as a
Political and Social organization; Global Outreach)
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Russian Mafia Tattoos
Russian Mafia; Ethnic Russian Orthodox Christian; a Dominant, Violent Group; Well Represented in the
Trafficking of Weapons, Humans and Drugs; Global Outreach, Especially in Asia, Europe and North America.
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Chinese Triads
三合會 Triad Society
大圈幫 Big Circle Boys
四海幫 Four Seas
青帮
(Ethnic Chinese; Mixed Religious
Green Gang Adherents; a Dominant and Violent
Gang; Multi-Product and Human
Trafficking)
竹聯幫 Bamboo Union Gang
和合桃 Wo Hop To
新義安 Sun Yee On
Tattoo Examples
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Media Wings
Hezbollah Central Press Office
Global Islamic Media Front (AQ)
Ummat Studios (Taliban)
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Media Wings
Okab Media (Fajr Media Branch)
Labaik Media (Taliban)
Manba al-Jihad Media (Haqqani Network)
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Media Wings
Jihad Media Battalion (AQ)
Islamic Media Center (AQ)
Jihad Press (Supports Many Groups)
Al-Furqan Media (AQ)
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Media Wings
Cyber Jihad Brigade

(HAMAS-Qassam Brigades)
As-Sahab Media (AQ)
Al-Fajr Media
(AQ, Taliban and Other Groups)
Al-Mujahideen Information Media Group

(Supports Many Groups)
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Media Wings
Unit 731 Media (Pro-AQ)
Al-Boraq Media (AQ, Iraqi Sunni Groups)
Hezbollah TV
Hezbollah Radio
Al-Esraa Media (Supports Many Groups)
Al-Ansar Media
(Ansar al-Islami, AQ, Many Other Groups)
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Media Wings
Nuruddin Media (Chechnya)
Dagestan IMAMTV Media 2008
Al-Hesbah Forums (AQ, Sunni Groups)
Al-Ekhlass Forums (AQ, Sunni Groups)
Jihadist Advocacy Forum (AQ, Sunni Groups)
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Media Wings
Al-Huda Forums (m-alhuda.com; AQ, Sunni Groups)
Jihad Information Center (AQ)
Al-Fluga Forums (AQ, Sunni Groups)
Kavkaz TV (Chechen, Dagestan Rebels and AQ)
Chechen Informational Center
Badr at-Tawheed Media
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Middle East
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Iraq
G2
(AQI & Allies; Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadists)
Former al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
Islamic State of Iraq

(aka. AQI, ISI, Mutaybeen Alliance)
Former Mujahideen Shura Council (AQI)
Victorious Army Group

(Jaish al-Taeifa al-Mansoura , AQI Ally)
Army of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaah (AQI Ally)
Shield of Islam Brigade (AQI Ally)
Ansar al-Islam
(AI, aka Ansar al-Sunnah Army, AQI Ally;
Alternate Logo Right)
Army of Mustafa (AQI Ally)
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Iraq
G2
(AQI & Allies; Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadists)
Hassan al-Basri Brigades (AQI)
Mujahideen Loyal to ISI (AQI)
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Iraq
G2
(Reform and Jihad Front; Sunni, Western, Central and Northern Iraq)
Reform and Jihad Front
Mujahideen Army
(Jaish al-Mujahideen; Main Group; Mainstream Islamist,
Nationalist)
Mujahideen Army in Iraq

(Jaish al-Mujahideen fi al-Iraq; Splinter; Mainstream
Islamist, Nationalist)
Islamic Army in Iraq

(Jaish al-islami fil al-Iraq; Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Ansar al-Sunnah Sharia Committee (Salafi-Jihadist)
JAAMI (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
HAMAS in Iraq (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
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Iraq
G2
(Front for Jihad and Change; Sunni, Western, Central and Northern Iraq)
Front for Jihad and Change
1920 Revolution Brigades (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist;

Newer Logo, Remnant; old logo right)
Islamic Movement of Iraqi Mujahideen

(Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jaish al-Musilmeen (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jaish al-Tabeen (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Saraya Dawa Wal Ribat (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jaish al-Rashideen (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jaish al-Mohammad al-Fatih (Mainstream Islamist,

Nationalist)
Jund al-Rahman Brigades (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Empowerment Brigades
(Kataeb al-Tamkeen; Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
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Iraq
G2
(Other Unaligned Sunni Groups; Western, Central and Northern Iraq)
Iraq Jihad Union/Factions

(Asaeb al-Iraq al-Jihadiya; Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jaish abu Bakr al-Siddiq (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Saad bin Abi Waqqas Brigades

Madina and Munawara Brigades

Jaish al-Naqshabandia (Sufi)
Al-Qassas Brigade (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Liberation Army of Iraq (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jaish Ibad al-Rahman

(Army of the Servants; Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
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Iraq
G2
(Other Unaligned Sunni Groups; Western, Central and Northern Iraq)
Jaish al-Mujahideen al-Murabiteen

PKK (aka. Kongra Gel, Sunni Kurd; Marxist/Hybrid)
Freedom Hawks Kurdistan (aka. TAK; a PKK Splinter)
Conquering Army
(Jaish al-Fatiheen; Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jund Millat al-Ibrahim (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Jaish Mujahideen of Fallujah

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Iraq
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(Other Unaligned Sunni Groups; Western and Central Iraq)
Command of Battle in Iraq (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
Islamic Huda Brigades of Samarrah

Mujahideen Brigades of Western Region

Imam al-Hussein Brigades (Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist)
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Iraq
G2
(Shia Groups; Central and Southern Iraq; Iranian Supported)
Asaeb ahul al-Haq
Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq
Jaish al-Mahdi
Abu al-Abbas Brigades
Badr Organization (Remodeled SCIRI Logo)
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Iran
G2
(Shia)
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
Baloch Warna (Anti-Persian; Separatists)
Mujahideen e-Kalihk (MEK)
Jundullah (Baloch; Anti-Persian; Separatists)
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Israel-Palestine
Fatah Movement
(Sectarian Palestinian, Nationalist-Separatist)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad

(Sunni Al-Quds Brigade = Military Wing; Mainstream
Islamist, Nationalist-Separatist)
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

(Fatah Ally; Sectarian Palestinian Nationalists)
Popular Resistance Committees

(Military Wing = Al-Nasser-Salahaddin Brigades; Mainstream
Islamist, Nationalist-Separatist)
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Israel-Palestine
Jund Ansar Allah (AQ; Safafi-Wahhabi JIhadist)
Jund-Allah (Sunni Safafi-JIhadist)
Jundallah in Palestine (Sunni Safafi-JIhadist)
Abu Nidal Organization (Sunni)
Kahane Chai (KACH; Radical Israeli)
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Israel-Palestine
HAMAS (Logo Left)
(Military Wing = al-Qassam Brigades-Logo Right;
Mainstream Islamists; Nationalist-Separatist)
Hezbollah (Shia)
Tawheed & Jihad Legions in Palestine (Sunni, Pro-AQ)
Jaish al-Islam (Sunni, Pro-AQ)
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Israel-Palestine
Islamic Renewal Organization in Sinai - Palestine
(Sunni, Pro-AQ)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

(Mainstream Islamist; Nationalist-Separatist)
Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine Liberation Front

Jaish al-Ummah in Palestine (Sunni, Pro-AQ)
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Lebanon-Syria
Hezbollah (Shia)
Fatah al-Islam (Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadists; Pro-AQ)
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (Shia; IRGC)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad

(Al-Quds Brigade = Military Wing; Mainstream Islamist,
Nationalist-Separatist)
Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine General Command

(GC Right, PFLP Left; PFLP Abu Ali Mustafa Battalions
Lower Logo; Mainstream Islamist, Nationalist-Separatist)
HAMAS
(Military Wing = al-Qassam Brigades ; Mainstream Islamist,
Nationalist-Separatist)
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Lebanon-Syria
Asbat al-Ansar
(Sunni, Band of Partisans; Pro-AQ)
Jund al-Sham
(Sunni, Army of the Levant; Pro-AQ)
Takfir Wa Al-Hijra
(Sunni, Excommunication & Self-Exile Group; Pro-AQ)
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Yemen
Al-Qaeda in Yemen Merged with AQ Arabian Peninsula

(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Joint Photo and Logo to
Right)
Sub-elements:
= al-Tawheed Battalions of Yemeni Islamic Jihad
= Yemen Soldiers Brigades
Ansar al-Haq
(Shia; aka. Holthis Freedom Fighters; aka. Houthi Followers)
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Saudi Arabia
Al-Qaeda in Yemen Merged with AQ Arabian Peninsula

(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Joint Photo and Logo to
Right)
Al-Qaeda SA‟s Magazine

(Sawt al-Jihad; Voice of Jihad)
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Africa
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Horn of Africa
Al-Qaeda in the Horn of Africa
(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist)
Muslim Brotherhood
(Sunni Jihadists, Mixed Doctrine)
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Formerly GSPC; Left Logo)
Al-Shabaab with Flag

(aka. Youth Mujahideen Movement; Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist;
Pro-AQ)
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Horn of Africa
Ogaden Islamic Union (Nationalists-Separatist)
Islamic Courts Union with Flag

(Sunni, Hybrid; Pro-AQ)
Somali Pirates (Criminals)
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North Africa
Al-Gama‟a al-Islamiya
(Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Muslim Brotherhood (Sunni Jihadist, Mixed Doctrine)

(Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Formerly GSPC; Left Logo)
Egyptian Islamic Jihad

(Salafi-Jihadist, Now Joined with AQ)
Armed Islamic Front

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North Africa
Oromo Liberation Front of Ethiopia (Separatists)
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Central Africa
Not Popular Army for the Restoration of the Republic and
Available Democracy (APRD)
United Front for Change

(FUC; aka Democratic Change –FUCD; Radical Change-
FUCR)
Union of Resistance Forces (Photo Leader/Flags;

Umbrella Group of Eight Different Rebel Groups)
Lords Resistance Army of Uganda (LRA)
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta

(Red and White Flags; MEND)
Not
Union of Democratic Forces for the Rally (UFDR)
Available
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South Africa
Not
Available Forces of Sheikh Abdul Qader Fadlallah Mamour (Photo)
Not
Muslims Against Global Oppression
Available
(MAGO; Photo; Some Assert MAGO = PAGAD)
Qibla and People Against Gangsterism and Drugs

(PAGAD; Some Assert MAGO = PAGAD)
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G2
Asia
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Afghanistan
Taliban Afghanistan Logo (Sunni Deobandi, Pro-AQ)
Taliban Flag
Taliban Flag
Hizb-i-Gulbuddin (Sunni, Pro-AQ)
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Pakistan
Islamic Jihad Union (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Islamic Party of Turkmenistan

(Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Formerly IMU; Pro-AQ)
Harakat un-Mohammade (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Laskar e-Tayyba (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Jaish e-Mohammad (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
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Pakistan
LeJ – Sipah (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Jamaat ud-Dawa (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
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South-Central Asia
Islamic Jihad Union (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Islamic Party of Turkmenistan

Chechen Wolfs
(Sunni, Hybrid with Salafi-Jihadist Tendencies; Shared
Same Symbols -- Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance
Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs; aka. Islamic
Brigade of Shaheeds; Basayev Founded; Pro-AQ)
Black Widows Brigade (Sunni, Hybrid, Pro-AQ)
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G2
South-Central Asia
Al-Ansaar Foreign Mujahideen Brigade, Eastern Front
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment

(Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, aka. SPIR; IPON; Pro-AQ)
Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade

(Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Founded by Khattab; Pro-AQ)
Unidentified Logo
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G2
South-Central Asia
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia

(ASALA)
Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus with Flag

(Sunni, Hybrid with Salafi-Jihadist Tendencies, Pro-AQ)
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South-Central Asia
Lashkar-e-Tayyba (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Harakat-u-Mujahideen (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Jaish-e-Mujahideen (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
Lashkar-e-Janghvi
(Military Wing Sipah-e-Sahaba; Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-
AQ)
Jemaa-Islamiyah (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-AQ)
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G2
Japan
Yakuza (Japanese)
Yahuza Enforcer with Tattoos
Aleph
(aka. Aum Shinrikyo; Supreme Truth)
Yamaguchi-gumi Clan
Sumiyoshi-rengo Clan
Inagawa-kaï Clan
Tao Yuai Jigyo Kummiai Clan
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TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
East Asia
East Turkestan Independence Movement

(Uyghur Separatists; Pro-AQ)
East Turkestan Liberation Movement

(Sunni, Jihadist-Separatist; aka. Organization)
Related
East Turkestan Islamic Movement (Sunni, Jihadist-
Separatist; aka. Islamic Party of Allah; Shahada Flags)
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G2
South-East Asia
Jemaah Islamiya (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist,
Pro-AQ)
Abu-Sayyaf (Sunni, Salafi-Jihadist, Pro-

AQ)
United Liberation Front of Asom
Pattani United Liberation Organization
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

(Nationalists-Separatist; LTTE)
New People‟s Army (NPA)
UNCLASSIFIED 55
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Australia
UNCLASSIFIED 56
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Australia-New Zealand
Al-Qaeda (Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist, Possible Support

Cell to Bali Bombing)

(Nationalist-Separatist; LTTE; Possible Support Cell; Pro-
AQ)
UNCLASSIFIED 57
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Europe
UNCLASSIFIED 58
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
United Kingdom
Al-Qaeda (Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist)
Animal Liberation Front
UNCLASSIFIED 59
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Germany
Red Army Faction
Al-Qaeda
(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Hamburg Cell; pre-9-11)
UNCLASSIFIED 60
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Netherlands
Dutch al-Qaeda (Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist)
UNCLASSIFIED 61
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Belgium
Cells of Communist Combatants
UNCLASSIFIED 62
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Denmark
Al-Qaeda (Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Support Cell)
UNCLASSIFIED 63
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
France
Direct Action Group

(Action Directe Group)
PKK
(Marxist/Nationalist-Separatist;Possible Support Cell; aka.
Kongra Gel, Sunni Kurd)

(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Formerly GSPC; Left Logo)
UNCLASSIFIED 64
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Greece
17 Nov
17 November (aka. ELA)
Revolutionary Struggle
(Published Proclamation Left; Epanastatikos Agonas ;Allied

with 17 Nov; aka. Green Anarchists; Revolutionary
Organization 17 November - Founding Group)
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TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Spain-Portugal
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (Separatists)
Antifascist Resistance Groups October First; Grupos de

Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre; Military Wing
of Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted) –PCE(R) Flag
Left
Al-Qaeda
(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Train Bombing Cell)
UNCLASSIFIED 66
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Italy
Red Brigades (Marxists; Defunct)
Anti-Imperialist Territorial Nuclei (Marxists; NTA)
Revolutionary Proletarian [Initiative] Nucleus

(Marxists; Nucleo Proletario Rivoluzionario - NPR;)
Red Brigades/Communist Combatant Party

(aka. New Red Brigade; BR/PCC; Brigate Rosse/Partitio
Comunista Combattente)
Informal Anarchist Federation

(Federazione Anarchia Informale - FAI)
UNCLASSIFIED 67
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Ireland
Irish Republican Army (IRA; Nationalist-Separatist)
Al-Qaeda
(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Support Cell Reported in
Open Source)
UNCLASSIFIED 68
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Turkey
Revolutionary People‟s Liberation Party (Marxist; DHKP)
Revolutionary People‟s Liberation Front (Marxist; DHKC)
PKK
(Marxist/Nationalist-Separatist; aka.
Kongra Gel, Sunni Kurd; Pro-AQ)
UNCLASSIFIED 69
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Balkans
Kosovo Liberation Army (Nationalist)
Albanian National Army

(Nationalist-Separatist; aka. Front for Albanian National
Unity)
Lazar (Czar) Guards (Nationalists)
Al-Qaeda in the Balkans (Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist)
Al Waqf-Al Islami
(Sunni, Mixed Doctrine; Saudi Foundation for Madrassas)
UNCLASSIFIED 70
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Sweden
Jihad in Sweden (Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Pro-AQ)
UNCLASSIFIED 71
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
US & Canada
UNCLASSIFIED 72
TRISA-Threats TRISA
United States
G2
(White Supremists)
Aryan Brotherhood
Aryan Nation
Connecticut White Wolves
Hammerskin Nation
Kentucky State Militia
Keystone State Skinheads
UNCLASSIFIED 73
TRISA-Threats TRISA
United States
G2
(White Supremists)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
National Alliance
National Socialist Party

(aka. Movement)
National Socialist Party
Volksfront White Supremists
UNCLASSIFIED 74
TRISA-Threats TRISA
United States
G2
(White Supremists & Extremists)
White Aryan Resistance
Creativity Movement
Combat 18
Army of God (Anti-Abortionist Extremist Group)
UNCLASSIFIED 75
TRISA-Threats TRISA
United States
G2
(Environmental Terrorists)
Animal Liberation Front
Earth First
Earth First
Earth Liberation Front
UNCLASSIFIED 76
TRISA-Threats TRISA
United States
G2
(Terrorists/Extremists)
Animal Rights Militia
Black Liberation Army
Symbionese Liberation Army
Weather Underground
Boricua Popular Army; Ejército Popular Boricua Puerto Rico

(aka. Los Macheteros)
UNCLASSIFIED 77
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
United States
(Terrorists/Extremists)
Jamaat Ul-Fuqra
(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Radical Conversion of
US to Islam)
UNCLASSIFIED 78
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Canada & Vicinity
Al-Qaeda
(Sunni, Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadist; Support Cell Likely)
Hezbollah (Shia)

(Nationalist-Separatist; LTTE)
UNCLASSIFIED 79
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Latin America
UNCLASSIFIED 80
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Mexico
Popular Revolutionary Army (Ejercito Popular

Revolucionario - EPR)
Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo Insurgente
Zapatista Army-National Liberation

(Ejército Zapatista de la Liberación Naciona -EZLN)
UNCLASSIFIED 81
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Mexico
Tendencia Democrática Revolucionaria-Ejército del Pueblo

(Marxists;TDR-EP)
Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo

(Marxists Revolutionary; CJM-23; Mexican Flag)
UNCLASSIFIED 82
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Central America
Frente de Acción Popular

(FAP; Honduras)
Otros Documentos
(Magazine Cover; Mexico, Argentina, Chili)
Frente Unido Andrés Castro

(FUAC; Nicaragua)
UNCLASSIFIED 83
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Central America
Not Comandos Antisomocistas

Available (Remnant of Sandanista/Contras FSLN; FSLN Logo;
Nicaragua)
Movimiento de Liberación Nacional 29 de Noviembre

(Marxist Revolutionary; MLN-29; Panama)
UNCLASSIFIED 84
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
South America
National Liberation Army (ELN; Columbia)
ELN
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC)
Otros Documentos
(Revolutionary; Mexico, Argentina, Chili)
Shining Path
(Marxist Revolutionary; Sendero Luminoso; Peru)
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Peru)
UNCLASSIFIED 85
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Sources
TRADOC Intelligence Support Activity Video Exploitation Library

Militant Websites and Forums
Open Source News Sites
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/
http://www.jane‟s.org
http://www.infovlad.net (Pre-2009)
http://www.jihadwatch.com
http://www.cedema.org/index.php?ver=mostrar&pais=9&nombrepais=Mexico (Complete List of
All Known Groups in Mexico, 2009)
http://www.cedema.org/?ver=portada (Complete List by Country-Latin America of All Known
Groups, 2009)
http://www.start.umd.edu/data/tops/terrorist_organization_profile
http://www.federazioneanarchica.org/
UNCLASSIFIED 86
TRISA-Threats TRISA
Our BCKS Homepage

G2
https://bcks.army.mil/secure/default.aspx BCKS home, https://dcsint-threats.leavenworth.army.mil/default.aspx direct link
UNCLASSIFIED 87
TRISA-Threats TRISA
TRISA BCKS Homepage

G2
https://bcks.army.mil/secure/default.aspx BCKS home, https://dcsint-threats.leavenworth.army.mil/default.aspx direct link
UNCLASSIFIED 88
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
Our SIPRNET Homepage
The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) SIPRNET Site:
See our link on CALL‟s „Training for War‟ page under
DCSINT/TRADOC or go straight to our page at:
http://tradoc-dcsint.leavenworth.army.smil.mil
UNCLASSIFIED 89
TRISA-Threats TRISA
G2
TRADOC
TRISA
G2
US Army TRADOC
Intelligence Support Activity (TRISA)
700 Scott Avenue, Building 53
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027
UNCLASSIFIED 90

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TRADOC G2 UNCLASSIFIED TRADOC

TRISA Handbook No. 29

Terrorist, Insurgent & Militant Group Logo

DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION STATEMENT. THIS PUBLICATION CONTAINS OPSEC SENSITIVE INFORMATION.

To assist units in identifying groups by their logos found in videos, magazines,

US Army Training And Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

This handbook is designed to specifically provide trainers, leaders and

Due to the wide variety of spellings and differences in transliteration

Points of contact: Please forward all comments, questions or suggestions to -

(aka. Al-Qaida, Qaeda al-Jihad)

Jihad Flag of al-Qaeda

(Variants; Sunni Jihadists, Mixed Doctrine; Strives for Global Caliphate)

(Salvadorian, Latino Gang; Well Represented in Most US and

Surenos (aka. Southerners)

Mexican Mafia is Well

Mexican Mafia (aka. Black Hand)

(aka. Hizbollah, Hezballah)

Hezbollah Latin America

Military Wing Al-Qassam Brigades

(Sunni, Mainstream Islamists, Nationalist-Separatists;

Russian Mafia Tattoos

大圈幫 Big Circle Boys

四海幫 Four Seas

竹聯幫 Bamboo Union Gang

新義安 Sun Yee On

Hezbollah Central Press Office

Global Islamic Media Front (AQ)

Ummat Studios (Taliban)

Okab Media (Fajr Media Branch)

Labaik Media (Taliban)

Manba al-Jihad Media (Haqqani Network)

Jihad Media Battalion (AQ)

Islamic Media Center (AQ)

Jihad Press (Supports Many Groups)

Al-Furqan Media (AQ)

Cyber Jihad Brigade

As-Sahab Media (AQ)

Al-Mujahideen Information Media Group

Unit 731 Media (Pro-AQ)

Al-Boraq Media (AQ, Iraqi Sunni Groups)

Al-Esraa Media (Supports Many Groups)

Dagestan IMAMTV Media 2008

Al-Hesbah Forums (AQ, Sunni Groups)

Al-Ekhlass Forums (AQ, Sunni Groups)

Jihadist Advocacy Forum (AQ, Sunni Groups)

Al-Huda Forums (m-alhuda.com; AQ, Sunni Groups)

Jihad Information Center (AQ)

Al-Fluga Forums (AQ, Sunni Groups)

Kavkaz TV (Chechen, Dagestan Rebels and AQ)

Chechen Informational Center

Badr at-Tawheed Media

(AQI & Allies; Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadists)

Former al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)

Islamic State of Iraq

Former Mujahideen Shura Council (AQI)

Victorious Army Group

Army of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaah (AQI Ally)

Shield of Islam Brigade (AQI Ally)

Army of Mustafa (AQI Ally)

(AQI & Allies; Salafi-Wahhabi Jihadists)

Hassan al-Basri Brigades (AQI)

Mujahideen Loyal to ISI (AQI)

Reform and Jihad Front