In 1986 the MNLF and the Philippine government signed a truce.  Then in 1996, Philippine president Fidel Ramos agreed to a peace accord with MNLF leader Nur Misuari.  The agreement created a four-province Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and Nur Misuari joined the political leadership of the new autonomous region.  Those Muslim nationalists who were not appeased by this agreement defected to other terrorist organizations, namely the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.  Some terrorists continued to claim attacks in the name of the "Moro National Liberation Front" even after the peace accord was signed in 1996.  Five years after he signed the peace accord, Nur Misuari returned to his terrorist roots with his November 2001 attack on an army base that led to 100 deaths.

<a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=AF">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=BE">Belgium</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=DA">Denmark</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=EG">Egypt</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=FR">France</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=MO">Morocco</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=SP">Spain</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=TU">Turkey</a>, <a href="terrorist_organizations_by_country.asp?id=UK">United Kingdom</a>

Trafficking falsified documents; Suspected of arms smuggling

The Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, or GICM, is dedicated to the creation of an Islamist state in Morocco.  It has issued communiqu&#233;s criticizing the current Moroccan government.  In addition, the group actively supports al-Qaeda's terrorist objectives against U.S. and Western European countries. Moroccan members of GICM trained in Afghanistan terrorist-training camps.  GICM and al-Qaeda are allies and the two groups share members. <P><br /><br />The roots of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group can be traced to the Moroccan organization, Shabiba Islamiya.  Shabiba Islamiya split into two factions and GICM emerged as one of the two factions.  According to certain reports, at the time of GICM's founding, it was primarily comprised of mujahadin who had fought in the Soviet-Afghan war.  The group was formed in the 1990s, but there are conflicting reports regarding the exact date.