DFLP's current goals appear somewhat confused.  While a minority of the DFLP supported PLO's negotiations with Israel in the 1990s, a majority of the group (led by Hawatmeh) opposed the talks and rejected the 1993 Declaration of Principles.  This position officially estranged the DFLP from the PLO and marginalized the group's role in the newly established Palestinian Authority.  In the late 1990s, the DFLP appeared to reverse its opposition to the peace process, increasing cooperation with the Palestinian Authority and reconciling with Arafat.  As a result, the DFLP was removed from the US State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.  Nevertheless, it appears that the DFLP has remained engaged in anti-Israel activities, including actively and openly supporting the al-Aqsa Intifada.  The group has continued to conduct limited operations against Israeli targets.

Democratic Karen Buddhist Association, Democratic Karen Buddhist Organization, Progressive Buddhist Karen Nationals Organization

The DKBA is funded by the ruling Burmese junta (SPDC); the DKBA also supplements their income by looting villages

The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) is the militant wing of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Organization (DKBO).  In 1994, the DKBO splintered off from the Karen National Union (KNU), the largest and oldest of Burma's insurgent groups.  The Karen are an ethnic group in the north of Burma that has waged war against the ruling Burmese government for over 50 years.  Heavily oppressed by the current military junta, many Karen live in refugee camps in Thailand.  <P><br /><br />The DKBO split off from the KNU for religious reasons.  Most Karen are Buddhist, but the ruling hierarchy of the KNU was entirely Christian.  When the DKBO split from the KNU, the ruling Burmese Junta, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), immediately took the opportunity to form an alliance with the DKBO.  At present the DKBO, and their military wing, the DKBA, are fully funded by the SPDC.  DKBA troops are essentially an SPDC militia, and have conducted brutal campaigns against both the KNU and innocent Karen villagers in Burma and Thailand.  Although the DKBA is guilty of numerous atrocities, they cannot be defined as an independent terrorist group. Rather, the DKBA enjoy widespread support from the ruling junta, one example of the oppression and terror that the SPDC has exhibited throughout their rule.<br />