The British government seems to be unrelenting its campaign against terrorists in the aftermath of 7/7 bombings in London. It unveiled plans on October 10 to outlaw 15 foreign Islamic terrorist groups as part of its ongoing campaign against terrorism.
The British Home Secretary Charles Clarke, senior law enforcement official of the country, published a list of the groups and said he would seek Parliament’s approval to “proscribe” them under counterterrorism laws approved way back in 2000.

The groups include Ansar al-Sunna, a group based in northern Iraq that has taken responsibility for suicide attacks in Kurdish areas and is believed to be an offshoot of Ansar al-Islam, another group in the region that was also on the British list. The list included
Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain (Morocco);
Al Ittihad Al Islamia (Somalia);
Ansar Al Sunna,
Harkat-ut-Jihad-ul-Islami,
Harkat-ut-Mujahideen, and
Harkat-ut-Islami (all the last four from Bangladesh);
Hizb-e Islami Gulbuddin;
Islamic Jihad Union;
Jamaat ul-Furquan;
Jundallah;
Khuddam ul-Islam;
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi;
Libyan Islamia Fighting Group; and
Sipah-e-Sahaba (Pakistan).

In the past, Britain has banned 25 foreign groups, including Al Qaeda, and 14 groups in Northern Ireland, including the Irish Republican Army and various Protestant terrorist groups.

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