Here’s the list of changes, straight from the Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities, as published in the Canada Gazette:
- Adding “Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)” to the list of terror-
ist entities and its aliases: “Abdullah Azzam Brigades,” “the
Brigades of Abdullah Azzam,” “the Brigades of the Martyr
Abdullah Azzam,” “the Ziyad al-Jarrah Battalions,” “the Ziad
al-Jarrah Battalion,” “the Yusuf al-’Uyayri Battalions,” “the
Yusuf al-Ayiri Battalion,” “the Battalion of Sheikh Yusuf
al-’Ayiri,” and “the Marwan Hadid Brigades;” - Removing “Al-Jihad” and its alias, and “Vanguards of Con-
quest” from the list of terrorist entities and adding them as
aliases of Al Qaida; - Adding “Ansar al-Shari’a (AAS)” as an alias of Al Qaida in the
Arabian Peninsula (AQAP); - Adding “God’s Partisans,” “Gathering of Supporters” and “Par-
tisan’s League,” as aliases of Asbat Al-Ansar (AAA); - Adding “Colombian United Self-Defense Groups” as an alias
of Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC); - Adding “O’zbekiston Islomiy Harakati,” “Harakat
ul-Islamiyyah,” “Islamic Movement of Turkestan,” “Islamic
Party of Turkestan (IPT),” and “IMU-IPT” as aliases of Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU); - Adding “Meir’s Youth” and “No’ar Meir” as aliases of Kahane
Chai (Kach); -
Adding “Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) [Society for Preaching],”
“al-Anfal Trust,” “Tehrik-e-Hurmate-e-Rasool,” “al Mansoorian
(The Victorious),” “Army of the Pure,” “Paasban-e-Kashmir
(Kashmir Brigade),” “Paasban-i-Ahle-Hadith (Ahle-Hadith
Brigade),” “Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF),” and “Idara
Khidmat-e-Khalq” as aliases of Lashkar-e-Tayyibba (LeT); - Adding “Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami fi Filistin,” “Saraya
Al-Quds (The Jerusalem Brigades),” “Al-Quds Brigades,”
“Islamic Jihad,” “Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction,”
“Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi,” “PIJ-Shaqaqi Faction,”
“PIJ-Shallah Faction,” “Islamic Jihad of Palestine,” “Islamic
Jihad in Palestine,” “Abu Ghunaym Squad of the Hizballah
Bayt Al-Maqdis,” “Al-Quds Squads,” and “Al-Awdah Brig-
ades” as aliases of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ); - Adding “Halhul Gang,” “Halhul Squad,” “Palestinian Popular
Resistance Forces,” “PPRF,” “Red Eagle Gang,” “Red Eagle
Group,” “Red Eagles,” and “Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades” as
aliases of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP);
and - Adding “Afghan Taliban,” “Tahreek-i-Islami-i-Taliban Afghan-
istan,” and “Movement of Islamic Students” as aliases of
Taliban.
Links:
Canada Gazette: Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities
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