The Jewish Defense League was dealt a significant blow in 1987 upon the conviction of several group members.  Today, JDL is not actively engaged in terrorist actions.  Two JDL members, however, were arrested in 2001 for their plot to bomb the office of a Lebanese-American Congressman from Orange County California and a mosque in Culver City California.  Former JDL leader Irving Rubin committed suicide in prison while awaiting trial and West Coast Coordinator Earl Krugel pleaded guilty to the plot in 2003.  In September 2005, Krugel was sentenced to 20 years in jail for his role in the plot.  Two months later he was killed in prison by unknown assailants.

possibly funded by Pakistani intelligence (ISI)

Jihad Committee is an Islamic extremist group in Tamil Nadu, India.  The group has been held responsible for several acts of terrorism and communal violence since the early 1990s. <P><br /><br />Although the group was reportedly founded in 1986, Jihad Committee was flung into prominence in the aftermath of the December 1992 destruction of the Ayodhya Mosque and the subsequent communal riots that killed thousands of people all across India.  Although Tamil Nadu does not have the long history of Hindu-Muslim strife common in other parts of India, the Ayodhya incident sparked a great deal of Hindu-Muslim violence in the southern state.  These sectarian disturbances allowed for the proliferation of extremist groups on both sides, including those that advocated and practiced terrorist tactics.  <P><br /><br />Along with two other militant groups in Tamil Nadu, al-Ummah and Islamic Defense Force, Jihad Committee has been held responsible for numerous sectarian attacks on Hindu nationalist entities and their perceived sympathetic elements in the government.  Although nothing concrete is known about Jihad Committee's ideology, groups such as these are usually reactionary outfits looking to "protect" Muslims from a hostile Hindu population.  As such, the groups can be seen as both religious and nationalist-separatist in their outlook. <P><br /><br />Attacks attributed to Jihad Committee include a foiled train bombing in January 1998, and a series of bombings a month later near a Hindu nationalist political rally which killed at least 40 people.  Attacks against Hindu and government targets in Tamil Nadu are often ascribed to several different organizations as it is thought that Tamil Islamist groups are closely linked in both operations and membership.  Most bombings perpetrated by the Jihad Committee have used sophisticated devices and RDX explosives, leading many terrorism experts to suspect that Pakistani intelligence (ISI) might play a role in their funding.