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Japanese Red Army dropped from U.S. terrorist list, Aum added

Kyodo (Japan), Oct. 5, 2001
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, Kyodo - Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday redesignated 25 groupsOff-site Link, including Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network and Japan's AUM Shinrikyo cult, as terrorist groups while dropping the Japanese Red Army from the list.

Most of the 25 redesignated groups ''have carried out murderous attacks on innocent people since their last designation in 1999,'' Powell said in a statement.
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The U.S. list of foreign terrorist organizations is reviewed every two years.

Under a 1996 law, U.S. citizens are prohibited from providing listed organizations with assistance and U.S. financial institutions must freeze their assets.

Three groups were added to the list during the past two years, bringing the total to 28.

The three are the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the United Self-Defense Forces of Columbia and the Real IRA, an offshoot of the Irish Republican Army.
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