Though its goals were never achieved, the Islamic Liberation Organization has shown no signs of activity since its last attack two decades ago, and it is likely that its members were absorbed by other groups as it gradually succumbed to the rising influence of other fundamentalist organizations in the region.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) -- Ally (Suspected)

<a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=SA">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=SY">Syria</a>

Islamic Movement for Change was a shadowy organization of which very little is known.  The group was supposedly supported by the Iranian government and comprised members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.  The group's stated aims have included evicting American and British troops from Saudi Arabia and toppling pro-western states in the Middle East.<br /><p><br />Islamic Movement for Change first appeared in the news when it claimed responsibility for a November 13, 1995 car bomb in Riyadh.  The attack, latter attributed to al-Qaeda, was the deadliest terrorist attack against US interests in the Middle East since the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut.  The group also claimed responsibility for a June 25, 1996 car bomb in Saudi Arabia.  This attack was later shown to be executed by Hezbollah.  The only attack for which Islamic Movement for Change was the sole group to claim credit was a December 31, 1996 attack on a bus in Syria.  The attack was in reaction to Syria's execution of Jafaar bin al-Hajj Qassim Marzouk al-Shuwaykhat.<br /><p><br />The December 31 incident was odd because the group claimed that al-Shuwaykhat was one of its members.  Yet al-Shuwaykhat was in Syrian custody for his role in the June 25, 1996 incident which was the handiwork of Hezbollah.  Given that Islamic Movement for Change was acting in response to the execution of a Hezbollah member as well as the fact that Islamic Movement for Change took responsibility for attacks by Hezbollah and al-Qaeda, it is suspected that the group was little more than a front for one of the two groups.<br />