The Independent Armed Revolutionary Movement, commonly referenced by its Spanish acronym <i>MIRA</i>, was a terrorist organization devoted to full independence for Puerto Rico.  While MIRA was initially formed in 1967, it did not initiate its terrorist campaign until early 1969.  MIRA was one of the first "modern" Puerto Rican terrorist organizations, which would plague the United States and Puerto Rico from the 1960s through the 1980s, and to a lesser extent, are still present today.  <P><br />MIRA was founded by the infamous Puerto Rican terrorist Filiberto Ojeda Rios.  In the late 1960s, Ojeda Rios and his fellow MIRA terrorists received training, arms, and ammunition from Cuba.  Between early 1969 and the early 1970s, MIRA coordinated a bombing campaign, much of which occurred in and around New York City.  Among other attacks, MIRA bombed a police station, General Electric's corporate headquarters, several New Jersey grocery stores, and a bank.  However, police broke up MIRA in the early '70s, arresting several group members, including MIRA founder Filiberto Ojeda Rios.  Soon after his arrest, Ojeda Rios jumped bail.  Ojeda would later play prominent roles in two other terrorist organizations, both of which were also devoted to Puerto Rican independence, the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN) and the Macheteros.  Ojeda was arrested again in 1985, this time in Puerto Rico, but jumped bail, again.

The Independent Armed Revolutionary Movement has not been active sine the early 1970s.

Ad Rev, Indigenous Federal State Army (IFSA)

The Indigenous People's Federal Army (IPFA) is a relatively new terrorist organization that operates in the Philippines.  Essentially, the IPFA wants to separate the Philippines into three distinct federal states for Muslims, Christians, and indigenous people.  In addition to advocating a separation of ethno-religious groups, the IPFA advocates a federal form of government.  As its name implies, the Indigenous People's Federal Army is especially concerned with the plight of the Philippines' indigenous population.  The group has vowed to recover ancestral land of specific indigenous groups.