U.S. list of state sponsors of international terrorism

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The U.S. list of state sponsors of international terrorism is a list complied by the U.S. State Department of countries that the United States' sees as sponsoring terrorism. Inclusion on the list imposes strict sanctions.

  • Cuba - hosts or supports members of Basque ETA and the Colombian FARC and ELN groups.
  • Iran - "continued to provide Lebanese Hizballah and the Palestinian rejectionist groups -- notably Hamas, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, and the PFLP-GC -- with varying amounts of funding, safe haven, training, and weapons. It also encouraged Hizballah and the rejectionist Palestinian groups to coordinate their planning and to escalate their activities." [1] (http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/terrorism/state_sponsors.html)
  • Libya - thought to have directly sponsored the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing in Lockerbie and a disco bombing in Germany.
  • North Korea - Thought to have possibly sold weapons to terrorist groups and to have give asylum to Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction members.
  • Sudan -- Added in 1993. "A number of international terrorist groups including al-Qaida, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Egyptian al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, and HAMAS continued to use Sudan as a safe haven, primarily for conducting logistics and other support activities." [2] (http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/terrorism/state_sponsors.html)
  • Syria - "provided Hizballah, HAMAS, PFLP-GC, the PIJ, and other terrorist organizations refuge and basing privileges." [3] (http://www.usembassyjakarta.org/terrorism/state_sponsors.html)

Countries which have been on the list but since removed:

Afghanistan has never been on the list because although in 2001 "Taliban-controlled Afghanistan remains a primary hub for terrorists"[4] (http://www.stripes.com/01/sep01/ed091901k.html), the United States government never recognised the regime as the government of that country.

The sanctions which the US imposes on countries on the list are:

  • No arms-related exports
  • Controls over dual-use exports
  • Restrictions on economic assistance
  • Financial restrictions
    • US opposes loans by the World Bank and similar institutions
    • Diplomatic immunity waived to allow families of terrorist victims to file for civil damages in US courts
    • Tax credits denied for income earned in listed countries
    • Duty-free goods exemption suspended for imports from those countries
    • Authority to prohibit a US citizen from engaging in financial transactions with the government on the list without a license from the US government.
    • Prohibition of Defense Department contracts above $100,000 with companies controlled by countries on the list.

See also: United States embargoes

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