On Friday, the US State Department announced the removal of five organizations from the list of terrorists, including the Islamic group in Egypt.
The list of five organizations included the “Islamic group responsible for the assassination of former Egyptian President Mohammed Anwar al-Sadat”, the “Council of Mujahideen in the areas covered by Jerusalem” and the extremist Jewish group “Khan Hay”.
The Associated Press reported a few days ago that the United States was preparing to remove five extremist organizations that are thought to no longer exist from the list of foreign terrorist organizations.
The agency said some of the organizations it would remove from the terror list once posed significant threats, killing hundreds or thousands in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
He added: “Although these organizations are no longer active, this decision in itself shows a political sensitivity for the government of Joe Biden, President Joe Biden and the countries in which these organizations are active, because it can criticize the victims of these attacks.” Motivate organizations. Organizations and their families
According to the US agency, these include the Basque separatist organization ETA (Spanish Armed Forces), the Japanese sect Aum Shinrikyo, the Kach Jewish extremist movement, and two Islamic organizations previously active in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Egypt. .
The State Department notified Congress on Friday that the move comes amid divisive but irrelevant debate in Washington and elsewhere over whether or not the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps should or could be removed from the US terrorist list. There is. Saving Iran nuclear deal
The United States is expected to officially announce the removal of the five organizations from the terrorist list next week.
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