Ironically, the man at the epicenter of the war at this time, Usama Bin Laden, rose to power fighting against Marxists in Afghanistan. Now, he often aligns himself with leftist terrorist organizations and states in sharing resources in their battle against Western ideals.

Hugh,
I hesitate to ask this (because it might reveal my ignorance, but did you mean to say, If you were UNable to identify leftist/Marxist agendas as a commonality...then you fail;"

Russ

If you were able to, then you fail (you are unfit for work in the mainstream media).

Have you ever heard Dan Rather, or Tom Brokaw, or Peter Jennings note the linkage between Marxism and terrorism? Obviously, the ability to notice such things is a disqualifier for those who persue careers in the mainstream media.

The names of the groups listed here remind me of that scene from Monty Python's The Life of Brian.

Splitters.

Good post Hugh, its a keeper.

You know!!!

re: Sinn Fein-
when the UK has broken the "union" between themselves and Northern Ireland, the Nationalists are going to laugh in the face of the left-wingers within their movement.

Sinn Fein's platform is that of a "workers Ireland", but that dream will most certainly be shattered when they reunite the Northern 6 with the 26 counties of the Republic.

Good post!

Sinn Fein. Northern Ireland's nationalist terrorist organization. In 1969, it split into official and provisional wings, each working towards the same goal via different means. The Marxist oriented official Sinn Fein eventually became the Worker's party, while the provisional wing continued to support the provisional IRA's use of terrorist activities.

After a second thought, there's more to correct here:

Sinn Fein is a political party, the politcal wing of the IRA, which is the terrorist organization. In fact it was the IRA which split into the Provos and the Official organizations, not Sinn Fein.

that leads me to believe the rest of this is suspect.

As much as I hate marxism...

My question is why do we let these people into our country? Some of these people were known terrorists, yet they were allowed into these United States?

From here:

In 1921 the British government yielded and began negotiations to establish the Irish Free State. The partition provisions of the resulting treaty did not, however, satisfy the militant wing of Sinn Féin, represented by De Valera, and civil war ensued. Gradually most of the country became reconciled to the new government, and Sinn Féin virtually came to an end when De Valera withdrew from it in 1927 and entered the Dáil.

In 1938 the few remaining intransigents merged with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), becoming the terrorist organization's political arm in advocating unification of Ireland by force. In 1969, along with the IRA, it split into official and provisional wings. The Marxist-oriented official Sinn Féin eventually became the Workers' Party, while the provisional wing continued to support the provisional IRA's use of terrorist activities to achieve unification. Gerry Adams has headed the latter party since 1983. In 1986, Sinn Féin ended its boycott of Ireland's parliament, with members taking seats for the first time since the parliament was established in 1922.

Perhaps you want to draw a distinction between the IRA and Sinn Fein, but to this person's eyes, the former is but a fully sanctioned wing of the latter.

I might as well post the whole history of Sinn Fein:

Sinn Féin [Irish,=we, ourselves], Irish nationalist movement. It had its roots in the Irish cultural revival at the end of the 19th cent. and the growing nationalist disenchantment with the constitutional Home Rule movement. The founder (1900) was Arthur Griffith, who in 1899 established the first of the patriotic journals, The United Irishman, in which he advocated complete national self-reliance. The movement was not, at first, an overtly political one, nor did it advocate violence. Its method was, rather, one of passive resistance to all things English and included an attempted revival of Irish Gaelic.

In 1905, Sinn Féin was organized politically, but until the outbreak of World War I it gained little strength. The British suppression of the Easter Rebellion of 1916 greatly stimulated its growth. In 1917 many of its leaders, released from internment, met to reorganize under the leadership of Eamon De Valera. In the election of 1918, Sinn Féin put up a candidate for every Irish seat in the British Parliament and won 73 seats. To protest British rule over Ireland, the elected members declined to go to Westminster. Instead, they set up an Irish assembly in Dublin, called the Dáil Éireann, which declared Irish independence. The British attempted to suppress terrorists, led by Michael Collins, by a policy of counterterror and sent (1920) a body of military irregulars, popularly known as the Black and Tans, to reestablish order. The populace rallied to Sinn Féin.

In 1921 the British government yielded and began negotiations to establish the Irish Free State. The partition provisions of the resulting treaty did not, however, satisfy the militant wing of Sinn Féin, represented by De Valera, and civil war ensued. Gradually most of the country became reconciled to the new government, and Sinn Féin virtually came to an end when De Valera withdrew from it in 1927 and entered the Dáil.

In 1938 the few remaining intransigents merged with the Irish Republican Army (IRA), becoming the terrorist organization's political arm in advocating unification of Ireland by force. In 1969, along with the IRA, it split into official and provisional wings. The Marxist-oriented official Sinn Féin eventually became the Workers' Party, while the provisional wing continued to support the provisional IRA's use of terrorist activities to achieve unification. Gerry Adams has headed the latter party since 1983. In 1986, Sinn Féin ended its boycott of Ireland's parliament, with members taking seats for the first time since the parliament was established in 1922.

In late 1994, after the IRA and Protestant militias agreed to a cease-fire, efforts were begun to negotiate a settlement of the Northern Ireland issue. However, the peace process was put in jeopardy by renewed violence on the part of the IRA in 1996. Because of this, negotiations begun in June, 1996, did not include Sinn Féin. Following a renewed cease-fire in July, 1997, the group participated in peace talks begun in Sept. of that year. In 1998 agreement was reached concerning political restructuring in the province that would allow Protestants and Catholics to govern jointly in a democratically elected assembly; members of Sinn Féin were elected to the assembly and, after an accord on IRA disarmament was reached in 1999, participated in the province's government.

any input?

One name felt off this list is ELF Earth Liberation Front, a domestic terrorist organizations they also should be put out of business.

I fully understand that this is nowhere near a comprehensive list of terrorist groups, nor even a comprehensive list of terrorist groups with Marxist leanings.

I was struck yesterday, while reading the paper, at just how many of the terrorist organizations were described as Marxist. I decided to just do a quick little search or three to find out just how many I could quickly identify.