In August 2003, JI leader Hambali (real name: Riduan bin Isomoddin) was captured. While the arrest surely damaged the group, JI remains an active and significant terrorist threat in Southeast Asia. The group is suspected of having a role in a triple-suicide bombing which struck Bali on October 1st, 2005, killing 20.

JMB remains an active Palestinian militant organization.  Although it is a relatively small player in the area, the group will likely be responsible for terrorist violence in the future.  The outfit remains committed to armed struggle against Israel.

Zionist Action Group -- Ally (Suspected)

The Jewish Defense League (JDL) was an active terrorist organization based in the U.S. and active for roughly two decades.  Shortly after its 1968 founding in New York City, the group would unleash a terrorist offensive in the United States. JDL was the second-most active group in the U.S. during its existence.  Only the Puerto Rican separatist group, Armed Forces of National Liberation, was a larger terrorist threat at that time.  <P><br /><br />The Jewish Defense League began as a vigilante group in New York City, committed to protecting the orthodox Jewish population throughout the city and particularly in Brooklyn.  Within a year of the JDL's founding, the group moved beyond mere "protection" and initiated aggressive terrorist actions.  The group began with the burglary of the Palestine Liberation Organization's UN mission, as well as attacks against Soviet institutions.  Throughout the group's terrorist campaign, JDL repeatedly targeted Soviet institutions, but would also target facilities of any government that was believed anti-Semitic.  In 1985, JDL moved beyond attacks against institutions and began to directly target individuals for assassination.   <br /><br />While JDL was founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane, Kahane left the U.S. shortly after the group's formation.  In 1971, Kahane emigrated to Israel and founded the Kach party.  Despite his absence during most of the group's terrorist campaign, Rabbi Kahane remained the group's official leader until 1985.  The assassination of Alex Odeh, director of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), finally prompted Meir Kahane to officially step down as JDL's leader.