List of guerrilla movements

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 (http://freelebanon.org/articles/a167.htm) for list of more groups), and some may be better classified as terrorists than guerrillas.

Table of contents 1 North America 2 South America 3 Europe 4 Africa 5 Asia 6 Middle East 1 External Link

North America

• Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front[?] or FMLN[?] - El Salvador
• Guatemalan National Revolutionary Party[?] 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
• 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
• Pathet Lao - Laos
• Moro Islamic Liberation Front - Philippines
• New People's Army[?] - Philippines
• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Sri Lanka

Historic

• Communist Party of China - China
• Viet Cong - Vietnam

This is incomplete, extend.

Middle East

• Irgun - Israel
• Haganah- Israel
• Lehi

See also:

• List of guerrillas
• List of terrorist groups
• Terrorism

External Link

• Complete List of Terrorist and Insurgency Groups Worldwide (http://freelebanon.org/articles/a167.htm) (about 371 in all)