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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Terr (Abkhazia) Republic of Abkhazia 1992 Minor1993 War

    Greece Govt DSE (Dimokratikos stratos ellados) 194649 War

    Hungary Soviet Union Govt 1956 War

    Macedonia Govt UCK (Ushtria lirimtare kombtare: National Liberation Army) 2001 Minor

    Moldova Terr (Dniestr) Dniestr Republic 1992 Minor

    Romania Govt National Salvation Front 1989 Minor

    Russia Govt Parliamentary forces 1993 Minor

    Terr (Chechnya) Republic of Chechnya (Ichkeria) 1994 Minor199596 War19992001 War

    Terr (Dagestan) Republic of Dagestan 1999 Minor

    Soviet Union Terr (Estonia) Forest Brothers 194648 Intermediate

    Terr (Latvia) LTSPA (Association of the Latvian Fatherland Guards), LNJS (Latvian National Youth of LTSPA), LNPA

    (Latvian National Guerilla Association) 194647 Intermediate

    Terr (Lithuania) BDPS (Bendras demokratinio pasipriesinimo sajudis: United Democratic Resistance Movement) 194647 War1948 Intermediate

    Terr (Ukraine) UPA (Ukraine Partisan Army) 194648 War194950 Intermediate

    Terr (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijani Popular Front 1990 Minor

    Terr (Nagorno-Karabakh) Government of Armenia and ANM (Armenian National Movement) 199091 Minor

    Spain Terr (Basque) ETA (Euskadi ta azkatasuna: Basque Nation and Liberty) 198081 Minor1987 Minor199192 Minor

    UK Terr (Northern Ireland) PIRA (Provisional Irish Republican Army) 197177 Minor197893 Intermediate

    Real IRA (Irish Republican Army) 1998 IntermediateUK

    Albania Terr (Korfu Channel) 1946 Minor

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Yugoslavia Terr (Croatia) Republic of Croatia, Croatian irregulars 1991 War

    Terr (Slovenia) Republic of Slovenia 1991 Minor

    Terr (Kosovo) UCK (Ushtria lirimtare kosovs: Kosovo Liberation Army) 1998 War

    UCK (Ushtria lirimtare kosovs: Kosovo Liberation Army), NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) 1999 War

    Middle East

    Egypt Govt al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya (Islamic Association), al-Jihad al-Islamiy (Islamic Jihad, Holy War),Tala i al-Fath (Vanguards of Conquest, New Jihad) 199298 Minor

    Egypt UK Terr (Suez) 195152 Minor

    Iran Terr (Azerbaijan) Republic of Azerbaijan, Soviet Union 1946 Minor

    Terr (Kurdistan ) Republic of Kurdistan/KDPI (Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran), Soviet Union 1946 MinorKDPI (Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran) 196668 Intermediate8

    197980 War1981 Intermediate1982 War198388 Intermediate1990 Intermediate1993 Intermediate

    Terr (Arabistan) APCO (Arab Political and Cultural Organization) 197980 Minor

    Govt Mujahideen e khalq 197980 Minor198182 War198688 Intermediate199193 Intermediate200001 Intermediate

    Iraq Govt Military faction 1958 Minor

    Nationalists 1959 Minor9Military faction 1963 MinorSAIRI (Supreme Assembly for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq)10 198284 Minor

    1987 Minor1991 War199296 Intermediate11

    8 Possibly war in 196668.9

    Possibly war in 1959.10 Umbrella organization formed in 1982 by al-Dawa, Movement of the Iraqi Mujahideen, Islamic Movement in Iraq, Jund al-Iman, Islamic Action Organization and Islamic Scholars Organization.

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    11 Possibly war in 1992.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Terr (Kurdistan)12 KDP (Al-hizb al-Dimuqraati al-kurid: Kurdish Democratic Party of Iraq), PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) 13 196163 War1964 Intermediate196566 War196768 Intermediate1969 War

    1970 Intermediate1973 Intermediate197475 War197687 Intermediate1988 War198990 Intermediate1991 War199293 Intermediate

    Iran Iraq Terr (Various)14 1974 Minor198088 War

    Iraq Kuwait

    15 Terr (Kuwait) 1990 Minor1991 War

    (Israel) Terr (Israel) United Kingdom vs. IZL [Etzel] (Irgun Zwai Leumi: National Military Organization) 1946 Minor

    Israel Terr (Palestine) Palestinian insurgents 194954 Minor195564 Intermediate16

    PLO (Munazamat tahir falastin: Palestine Liberation Organization) groups, Non-PLO groups17 19652001 IntermediateIsrael

    Egypt, Iraq,

    Lebanon,

    Syria,Transjordan Terr (Palestine) 1948 War

    1949 IntermediateIsrael,

    UK, France Egypt Terr (Suez) 1956 War

    Israel Egypt Terr (Suez/Sinai) 1967 War

    12 Possibly war in the years 1968, 1970 and 197987.13 PUK active from 1975.14Notably the Shatt-al-Arab, but also islands in the Strait of Hormuz as well as territory along their common land border. By 1982, the stated incompatibility had widened to concern governmental powerin addition to the territorial dispute.15 In 1991, Kuwait supported by the Multinational Coalition comprising troops from: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece,

    Honduras, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and USA.

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    17 E.g. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PFLP-GC (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command) and Hizbollah.

    16 It is unclear when the conflict changed from minor to intermediate.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    196970 Intermediate181973 War

    Israel

    Jordan Terr (West Bank) 1967 War

    Israel Syria Terr (Golan Heights) 1967 War

    1973 War

    Lebanon Govt Independent Nasserite movement /Mourabitoun militia 1958 WarVarious organizations19, Syria, Israel 1975 Minor

    1976 War197779 Intermediate20198082 War198388 Intermediate

    198990 WarMuscat andOman/Oman

    21Terr (Oman) State of Oman/Free Oman 1957 Minor

    Govt PFLOAG (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arab Gulf) 22, South Yemen 197275 Minor

    N. Yemen 23Govt Opposition coalition 1948 War

    Royalists 196264 War1965 Intermediate

    196667 War196870 Intermediate

    National Democratic Front 198082 Minor24N. Yemen S. Yemen Govt/Terr (Common border) 1972 Minor

    197879 Minor

    Saudi Arabia Govt Juhayman movement 1979 Minor

    (S. Yemen) Terr (Aden/South Yemen) United Kingdom vs. NLF (National Liberation Front), FLOSY(Front for the Liberation of South Yemen) 196467 Minor

    18 Possibly war in 1970.19 Some of the main groups being Progressive Socialist Party/Lebanese National Movement, Phalangist militia (Lebanese Forces), Lebanese Front, PLO, Mourabitoun , Lebanese Army, Amal, Hizbollah,SLA (South Lebanese Army), LCP (Lebanese Communist Party), PFLP-GC (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command), SSNP (Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party), LebaneseNational Resistance Front, Popular Nasserite Organization, Lebanese Baath Party, Syria, Israel and Iran (Revolutionary Guard); all active during all or part of the conflict. Due to the chaotic situation from1976 and the problems of identifying a governmental party, no governmental party representing Lebanon can be identified.20 Possibly war in the years 197779 and 198384.21Supported by troops from United Kingdom in 1957. Supported by troops from Iran, Jordan and the United Kingdom in 197275.22

    Renamed PFLO (Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman) in 1974.23 Yemen Arab Republic. Supported by troops from Egypt in 196270.

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    24 Possibly intermediate or war in 198082.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Khmer Rouge, FUNCINPEC (Front uni national pour un Cambodge indpendent, neutre, pacifique et coopratif:United National Front for an Independent, Neutral Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia)38, KPNLF (Khmer PeoplesNational Liberation Front) 197988 Intermediate39

    1989 War199098 Intermediate

    Cambodia Thailand Terr (Common border) 1966 Minor

    197778 MinorCambodia Vietnam Terr (Common border) 197577 Minor40

    China Govt Peoples Liberation Army 194649 War

    Terr (Taiwan) Taiwanese insurgents41 1947 War

    Terr (Tibet) Tibet 1950 Minor1956 War1959 War

    China Taiwan

    42 Govt/Terr (Taiwan strait) 1949 War1950 Intermediate195254 War1958 War

    China India Terr (Aksai Chin, Arunachal Pradesh) 1962 War

    1967 IntermediateChina

    Burma Terr (Common border) 1969 Minor

    China Soviet Union Terr (Ussuri river) 1969 Minor

    China Vietnam Terr (Various)43 1978 Minor

    1979 War

    198081 Intermediate198384 Intermediate198688 Intermediate

    38 Formed 1981.39 Possibly war 197988.40 Possibly intermediate or war 197577.41Note that this separatist insurgency involves Taiwanese aborigines and is unrelated to later China-Taiwan conflicts.

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    43 Including their common land border, the Gulf of Tonkin, the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands.

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    Taiwanese troops, or rather the Kuomintang, was also fighting Burmese troops in Burma in 195054 as part of their struggle against China. Taiwan was supported by troops from the USA in fightingChinese troops from 1954 and on.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Terr (Jharkhand) Jharkand mukti morcha 1993 MinorIndia

    Pakistan Terr (Kashmir) 194748 War1964 Intermediate

    1965 War1971 War1984 Intermediate1987 Intermediate198990 Intermediate1992 Intermediate199698 Intermediate1999 War200001 Intermediate

    (Indonesia) Terr (Indonesia) Netherlands vs. Indonesian Peoples Army 194649 Minor

    Indonesia Terr (South Moluccas) Republic of South Moluccas 1950 War

    Terr (West Papua) OPM (Organisasi Papua merdeka: Organization for a Free Papua) 1965 Minor197678 War

    Terr (East Timor) Fretilin (Frente revolucionria de Timor leste independente: Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor) 197578 War197989 Intermediate1992 Intermediate

    199798 Intermediate

    Terr (Aceh) GAM (Gerakan Aceh merdeka: Free Aceh Movement) 1989 Minor1990 War1991 Intermediate19992001 Intermediate

    Govt Darul Islam Movement 1953 WarDarul Islam Movement, PRRI (Revolutionary Government of the Indonesian Republic), Permesta movement 195861 Intermediate

    Indonesia Netherlands Terr (West New Guinea) 1962 Minor

    (Laos) Terr (Laos) France vs. Lao Issara 194649 Minor

    195053 Intermediate48

    Laos49 Govt Pathet Lao50, Neutrals 195961 War

    Pathet Lao, North Vietnam 196373 WarULNLF (United Lao National Liberation Front) 198990 Intermediate

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    Possibly war in 195053.49Supported by troops from Thailand in 196061 and 1969. Supported by troops from the USA, South Vietnam in 196373

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    50 Possibly supported by troops from North Vietnam.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Laos Thailand Terr (Common border) 198688 Minor

    (Malaya) Terr (Malaya) United Kingdom , Australia, New Zealand vs. Communist Party of Malaya 194857 War

    Malaysia51

    Govt CPM (Communist Party of Malaya) 195860 Minor197475 Minor521981 Minor53

    Terr (North Borneo) CCO (Clandestine Communist Organization) 196366 Minor

    Malaysia54Indonesia Terr (North Borneo) 196366 Minor

    Nepal Govt Nepali Congress 196062 Minor

    CPN-M (Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist)/UPF (United Peoples Front) 19972000 Minor2001 Intermediate55

    N. Korea56

    S. Korea57

    Terr (Korea) 1949 Minor58195053 War

    Pakistan Terr (East Pakistan) Mukti Bahini: Liberation Force 1971 War

    Terr (Baluchistan) Baluchi separatists 1974 War197577 Intermediate59

    Govt MQM (Mohajir Qaumi Movement) 199596 Minor

    Papua NewGuinea Terr (Bougainville) BRA (Bougainville Revolutionary Army) 198990 Minor

    199296 Minor

    Philippines Govt HUK (Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan: People's Liberation Army) 194654 WarNPA (New Peoples Army), RAM-SFP (Reform Movement of the Armed Forces Soldiers of the Filipino People) 60,Military faction 197280 Minor

    51 Supported by troops from the United Kingdom in 195860.52 Possibly intermediate in 197475.53 Possibly intermediate in 1981.54 Supported by troops from the United Kingdom.55 Possibly war in 2001.56 Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. Supported by troops from the Soviet Union and China.57 Republic of Korea. Supported by UN Alliance comprising troops from: United States, Australia, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Great Britain, the Philippines, Thailand, South Africa and Turkeyfrom 1950, and the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Colombia and Ethiopia from 1951.58

    Possibly war in 1949.59 Possibly war in 197577.

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    60 In 1991 renamed RAM (Revolutionary Alliances of the Masses).

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    1981 Intermediate198286 War198788 Intermediate198992 War199394 Intermediate

    19992001 Intermediate

    Terr (Mindanao) MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) 197071 Minor197277 Intermediate1978 War197980 Intermediate1981 War198288 Intermediate

    MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front), Abu Sayyaf, MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) faction 199499 Intermediate2000 War

    2001 Intermediate

    S. Korea61

    Govt Leftist insurgents (e.g. Inmin-gun: Peoples Army, Military faction) 194850 War

    S. Vietnam62 Terr (South Vietnam) Communist forces (developing into FNL, Front national de libration: National Liberation Front) 195564 War

    S. VietnamN. Vietnam Terr (South Vietnam)63 196575 War

    Sri Lanka Terr (Eelam) LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), TELO (Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization),

    PLOTE (Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam) 198384 Minor198588 Intermediate64198993 War1994 Intermediate19952001 War

    Govt JVP (Janata yimukhti peramuna: Sinhalese Peoples Liberation Front) 1971 War1989 War1990 Intermediate

    Tajikistan

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    Govt UTO (United Tajik Opposition) 199293 War199496 IntermediateMovement for Peace in Tajikistan 1998 Minor

    Thailand Govt Military faction (Navy) 1951 MinorCPT (Communist Party of Thailand) 197482 Intermediate66

    61 Supported by troops from the USA.62 Supported by troops from the USA from 1962.63

    South Vietnam supported by troops from the USA, Australia, New Zeeland, Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines. North Vietnam was supported by North Korea.

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    65 Supported by troops from Russia/CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) in 199396 and troops from Uzbekistan in 199394.

    64 Possibly war in 198588.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Eritrea Ethiopia Terr (Badme) 19982000 War

    Ethiopia Govt Military faction 1960 MinorEPRP (Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party), TPLF (Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front), EPDM (Ethiopian Peoples

    Democratic Movement)87

    , OLF (Oromo Liberation Front), Military faction 197691 War

    Terr (Eritrea) ELF (Eritrean Liberation Front), ELF factions, EPLF (Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front) 196267 Minor196873 Intermediate197491 War

    Terr (Ogaden)88 WSLF (Western Somali Liberation Front)89 197576 Minor197778 War197983 Intermediate

    ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) 1996 Minor

    19982001 Minor90

    Terr (Afar) ALF (Afar Liberation Front) 198991 MinorARDUF (Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front) 1996 Minor

    Terr (Somali) al-Itahad alIslami (Islamic Union) 199697 Minor1999 Minor

    Terr (Oromiya) OLF (Oromo Liberation Front) 19992001 Minor91

    Ethiopia Somalia Terr (Ogaden) 1960 Minor1964 Minor1973 Minor1983 Minor1987 Minor

    Gabon92

    Govt Military faction 1964 Minor

    Gambia Govt SRLP (Socialist and Revolutionary Labour Party) 1981 Minor

    Ghana Govt Military faction (National Liberation Council) 1966 MinorMilitary faction (Provisional National Defence Council) 1981 MinorMilitary faction 1983 Minor

    87 Forming EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front).88 Ethiopia supported by troops from Cuba in 197583.89 Backed by Somali volunteers that were likely to have been regular troops from the Somali National Army.90

    Possibly intermediate in 2001.91 Possibly intermediate in 2001.

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    92 Supported by troops from France.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Guinea Govt Military faction 1970 MinorRFDG (Rassemblement des forces dmocratiques de Guine: Rally of Democratic Forces of Guinea) 200001 Minor93

    (Guinea

    Bissau) Terr (Guinea-Bissau) Portugalvs. PAIGC (Partido africano da independncia da Guin e do Cabo Verde: African Party for the Independence 196364 Minor

    of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde) 196573 IntermediateGuinea

    Bissau94 Govt Military faction 1998 War

    1999 Intermediate

    (Kenya) Terr (Kenya) United Kingdom vs. Mau Mau 1952 Minor

    195356 War

    Kenya Govt Military faction 1982 Minor

    Lesotho Govt Military faction 1998 Minor

    Liberia Govt Military faction (Peoples Redemption Council) 1980 MinorNPFL (National Patriotic Forces of Liberia), INPFL (Independent NPFL), Burkina Faso95 1989 Minor

    1990 War1991 Intermediate1992 War199395 Intermediate96

    Ulimo-J (United Liberation Movement [for Democracy in Liberia] Johnson faction) 1996 MinorLURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) 200001 Minor97

    (Madagascar) Terr (Malagasy) France vs. MDRM(Mouvement dmocratique de la rnovation malgache: Democratic Movement for Malagasy Renewal ) 1947 War

    Madagascar Govt Monima National Independence Movement 1971 Minor

    Mali Terr (Air and Azawad) MPA (Mouvement populaire de lAzaouad: Azawad Peoples Movement) 1990 MinorFIAA (Front islamique arabe de lAzaouad: Islamic Arab Front of Azawad) 1994 Minor

    Mauritania Senegal Terr (Common border) 198990 Minor

    (Morocco) Terr (Morocco) France vs. Istiqlal(Moroccan Nationalist Party

    )195356 Minor

    (Morocco/Mauritania)Terr (Morocco/Mauritania) France

    98vs. NLA (National Liberation Army) 195758 Minor

    93 Possibly intermediate in 2001.94 Supported by troops from Senegal and Guinea.95Burkina Faso active in 199091.96 Possibly war in 1993.97 Possible intermediate in 2001.

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    98Supported by Spain.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    (Morocco/Spanish territories)Terr (Morocco/

    Spanish territories) Spain99

    vs. NLA (National Liberation Army) 1957 Minor

    Morocco Govt Military faction 1971 Minor

    Morocco, TerrMauritania

    100 (Western Sahara) POLISARIO (Frente popular de liberacin de Saguia el Hamra y Rio de Oro: Popular front for the Liberation of Saguiaal Hamra and Rio de Oro) 197580 War

    198189 Intermediate101

    (Mozambique) Terr (Mozambique) Portugal vs. Frelimo (Frente de libertao de Moambique: Front for the Liberation of Mozambique) 196465 Minor196671 Intermediate

    197273 War

    1974 Intermediate

    Mozambique Govt Renamo (Resistncia nacional moambicana: Mozambican National Resistance, MNR) 197680 Minor198192 War

    Niger Terr (Air and Azawad) FLAA (Front de libration de lAr et lAzaouad:Ar and Azawad Liberation Front) 199092 MinorCRA (Coordination of the Armed Resistance) 1994 MinorUFRA (Union des forces de la rsistance arme: Union of Forces of the Armed Resistance) 1997 Minor

    Terr (Toubou) FDR (Front dmocratique pour le renouveau: Democratic Front for Renewal) 1996 MinorFARS (Forces rvolutionnaires du Sahara: Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara) 1997 Minor

    Nigeria Govt Military faction 1966 Minor

    Terr (Biafra) Republic of Biafra 196770 War

    Rhodesia Govt ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union), ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People's Union) 197275 Minor197679 War

    Rwanda Govt FPR (Front patriotique rwandais: Rwandan Patriotic Front) 1990 Minor199192 War199394 Intermediate

    Opposition alliance102 1998 War19992000 Intermediate2001 War

    Senegal Terr (Casamance) MFDC (Mouvement des forces dmocratiques de Casamance: Movement of the Democratic Forces of the Casamance) 1990 Minor199293 Minor

    99Supported by France.100

    Mauritania involved 197579.

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    102 Consisting of former government troops of Forces armes rwandaises (Rwandan Armed Forces) and the Interahamw militia.

    101 Possibly war in some of the years, e.g. 1987.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    Tunisia France Terr (Bizerte) 1961 War

    Uganda110 Govt Military faction 1971 Minor

    UPA (Uganda Peoples Army) 1972 MinorMilitary faction 1977 MinorMilitary faction, UNLA (Uganda National Liberation Army), Tanzania 1978 Minor

    1979 WarNRA (National Resistance Army)111, UFM (Uganda Freedom Movement), UPM (Ugandan Patriotic Movement),UNRF (Uganda National Rescue Front), UFDM (Ugandan Federal Democratic Movement), UPF (Uganda Peoples Front),UPDA (Ugandan Peoples Democratic Army), UPC (Uganda Peoples Congress), UNLA (Uganda National LiberationArmy), FOBA (Force Obote Back Again), HSM (Holy Spirit Movement) 198188 WarFaction of UPDA (Uganda Peoples Democratic Army), UPA (Uganda Peoples Army), HSM (Holy Spirit Movement),UDCM (United Democratic Christian Movement), UPDCA (Uganda Peoples Christian Democratic Army) 1989 War

    1990 Intermediate1991 WarLRA (Lords Resistance Army), WNBF (West Nile Bank Front), ADF (Alliance of Democratic Forces) 199495 Minor

    19962001 Intermediate

    Americas

    Argentina Govt Military faction 1955 MinorMilitary faction (Azules: Blue) 1963 Minor

    ERP (Ejrcito revolucionario del pueblo: Revolutionary Workers Party), Montoneros 197374 Minor1975 War197677 Intermediate112

    Argentina UK Terr (Malvinas/Falkland Islands) 1982 War

    Bolivia Govt Popular Revolutionary Movement 1946 WarMNR (Movimiento nacionalista revolucionario: National Revolutionary Movement) 1951 MinorELN (Ejrcito de liberacin nacional: National Liberation Army) 1967 Minor

    Chile Govt Military faction 1973 Minor

    110 Supported by troops from Libya in 197879.111 NRA took power in 1986 after which many of the other organizations continued the struggle against NRA.112 Possibly war in 197677.

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    Location Incompatibility Opposition organization Year Intensity level

    armadas rebeldes: Rebel Armed Forces), EGP (Ejrcito guerilleros de los pobres: Guerilla Army of the Poor), PGT(Partido guatemalteco del trabajo: Guatemalan Workers Party), ORPA (Organizacin del pueblo en armas:Organization of Armed People)118 196567 Minor

    1968 Intermediate196987 War

    198891 Intermediate1992 War199395 Intermediate

    Haiti Govt Tonton Macoute, Military faction 1991 Minor

    Honduras Nicaragua Terr (Common border) 1957 Minor

    Mexico Govt EZLN (Ejrcito Zapatista de liberacin nacional: Zapatista National Liberation Army) 1994 Minor

    Nicaragua Govt FSLN (Frente Sandinista de liberacin nacional: Sandinista National Liberation Front) 197879 WarContras119 198182 Minor

    198388 War1989 Intermediate

    Panama Govt Military faction 1989 Minor

    Panama USA Govt 1989 Minor

    Paraguay Govt Opposition coalition (Febreristas, Liberals and Communists) 1947 WarMilitary faction 1954 MinorMilitary faction 1989 Minor

    Peru Govt MIR (Movimiento de la izquierda revolucionaria: Movement of the Revolutionary Left), Tpac Amaru [GuillermoLobatn], ELN (Ejrcito de la liberacin nacional: the National Liberation Army) 196566 MinorSL (Sendero luminoso: Shining Path), Sendero rojo (Red Path), MRTA (Movimiento revolucionario Tupac AmaruTupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement) 1980 Minor

    198185 War198687 Intermediate198892 War199399 Intermediate

    Surinam Govt SLA (Surinamese Liberation Army)/Jungle Commando 198688 Minor

    Trinidad andTobago Govt Jamaat al-Muslimeen (Society of Muslims) 1990 Minor

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    119 Various groups, mainly FDN (Fuerzas democrticas nicaraguenses: Nicaraguan Democratic Forces).

    118 In 1980, URNG (Unidad revolucionaria nacional guatemalteca: Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity) was formed by FAR (Fuerzas armadas rebeldes: Rebel Armed Forces), EGP (Ejrcitoguerilleros de los pobres: Guerilla Army of the Poor), PGT (Partido guatemalteco del trabajo: Guatemalan Workers Party) and ORPA (Organizacin del pueblo en armas: Organization of Armed People).

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    Uruguay Govt MLN (Movimiento de liberacin nacional: Movement of National Liberation) or Tupamaros 1972 Minor

    USA120 Govt al-Qaida (The Base) 2001 War

    Terr (Puerto Rico) Puerto Rican Nationalist Party 1950 Minor

    Venezuela Govt Military faction 1962 MinorMilitary faction (Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement for National Salvation) 1992 Minor

    120 Supported by the Multinational Coalition, comprising troops from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey and United Kingdom.