THE Federal Government has added four groups to its list of known terrorist organisations after receiving intelligence warning of imminent attacks.
The four groups - Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Kurdistan Workers Party, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were all previously on the list.
Attorney-General Robert McClelland said the re-listing was on the back of advice from security agencies warning that the groups "were either directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting or fostering terrorist acts".
Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, an armed element of Hamas' military wing, and which is believed to have carried out terrorist attacks in support of Hamas, was one of two Palestinian organisations added to the list.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a violent extremist group committed to the establishment of an Islamic Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel, is believed to be responsible for numerous rocket attacks on Israel and several suicide bombings.
The Kurdistan Workers Party, also known as PKK, is a Kurdish nationalist movement which engages in a range of attacks against Turkish security, civilian and foreign targets.
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, an extremist Islamic organisation based in Pakistan, has directly engaged in a number of terrorist acts, including suicide attacks, bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations in India.
The group was responsible for the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai which killed more than 170 people.
The re-listing of the groups makes it an offence to be a member of, associate with, train with, provide training for, receive funds from, make funds available to, direct or recruit for these organisations.
Attorney-General Robert McClelland said the re-listing was on the back of advice from security agencies warning that the groups "were either directly or indirectly engaged in, preparing, planning, assisting or fostering terrorist acts".
Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, an armed element of Hamas' military wing, and which is believed to have carried out terrorist attacks in support of Hamas, was one of two Palestinian organisations added to the list.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a violent extremist group committed to the establishment of an Islamic Palestinian state and the destruction of Israel, is believed to be responsible for numerous rocket attacks on Israel and several suicide bombings.
The Kurdistan Workers Party, also known as PKK, is a Kurdish nationalist movement which engages in a range of attacks against Turkish security, civilian and foreign targets.
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, an extremist Islamic organisation based in Pakistan, has directly engaged in a number of terrorist acts, including suicide attacks, bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations in India.
The group was responsible for the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai which killed more than 170 people.
The re-listing of the groups makes it an offence to be a member of, associate with, train with, provide training for, receive funds from, make funds available to, direct or recruit for these organisations.
Source:The Ausralian
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