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Big, Allied and Dangerous (BAAD)

 

Big, Allied and Dangerous (BAAD)

The Big, Allied and Dangerous (BAAD) online platform features updated, vetted and sourced narratives, and relationship information and social network data on 50 of the most notorious terrorist organizations in the world since 1998, with additional network information on more than 100 organizations. Funded through the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate’s Office of University Programs, the underlying BAAD database was created and is maintained by the Project on Violent Conflict at the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. In addition to the data available on this portal, an extract of the Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD) Version 2.0 dataset used to create the results published in the article entitled "Crime, Conflict and the Legitimacy Tradeoff: Explaining Variation in Insurgents' Participation in Crime" is available at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JT6GFR.

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Group NameCountryLethalityNumber of AlliesNumber of Rivals
Abdullah Azzam BrigadesLebanon811
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)Philippines44330
Al-Aqsa Martyrs BrigadePalestinian Territories34161
Al-FatahPalestinian Territories3822
Al-Gama'at Al-Islamiyya (IG)Egypt710
Al-Nusrah FrontSyria30901
Al-Qa'idaPakistan3842361
Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)Yemen155841
Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM)Algeria67780
Al-ShabaabSomalia166371
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)Democratic Republic of the Congo17030
Ansar Al-Dine (Mali)Mali231
Ansar Al-IslamIraq28021
Ansar Al-Sharia (Libya)Libya420
Asa'Ib Ahl Al-HaqqIraq410
Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA)Mali032
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)Pakistan18410
Baloch Liberation Front (Blf)Pakistan4830
Baloch Republican Army (BRA)Pakistan7810
Basque Fatherland and Freedom (ETA)Spain6230
Black WidowsIndia5621
Boko HaramNigeria195540
Caucasus EmirateRussian Federation14050
Colonel Karuna FactionSri Lanka3601
Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-M)India191653
Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M)Nepal65433
Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)Ireland732
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Dflp)Palestinian Territories1260
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)Democratic Republic of the Congo31011
Devrimici Halk Kurtulus Cephesi (Dhkp/C)Turkey1211
Dima Halao Daoga (Dhd)India3821
Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM)China940
Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement (EIJM)Sudan010
Free Aceh Movement (GAM)Indonesia12210
Free Syrian ArmySyria13402
Garo National Liberation ArmyIndia3110
Great Eastern Islamic Raiders Front (Ibda-C)Turkey5610
Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)Palestinian Territories60573
Haqqani NetworkPakistan47782
Harkatul Jihad-E-IslamiPakistan300110
Hizb-I-IslamiAfghanistan6442
HizballahLebanon16161
Hizbul Al Islam (Somalia)Somalia14111
Hizbul Mujahideen (Hm)Pakistan32360
Indian MujahideenIndia7960
Irish Republican Army (IRA)Northern Ireland644
Islamic Courts Union (ICU)Somalia020
Islamic Jihad Group (IJG)Pakistan940
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)Pakistan3261
Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS)Iraq617121
Jaish-E-Mohammad (Jem)Pakistan108110
Jama'Atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)Bangladesh3830
Jamiat Ul-Mujahedin (Jum)Pakistan8610
Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (Jtmm)Nepal401
Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha- Goit (Jtmm-G)Nepal1402
Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha- Jwala Singh (Jtmm-J)Nepal3203
Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha- Rajan Mukti (Jtmm-R)Nepal1700
Jemaah Islamiya (JI)Indonesia36560
JundallahIran21730
Justice and Equality Movement (JEM)Sudan25131
Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP)India621
Karbi Longri North Cachar Liberation Front (Klnlf)India2420
Kurdistan Free Life PartyIraq5110
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)Turkey53312
Lashkar-E-BalochistanPakistan700
Lashkar-E-Islam (Pakistan)Pakistan14811
Lashkar-e-JhangviPakistan65660
Lashkar-E-Taiba (Let)Pakistan1007120
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)Sri Lanka301611
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)Sudan206210
Loyalist Volunteer Forces (Lvf)Northern Ireland412
Mahdi ArmyIraq6411
Maoist Communist Center (MCC)India11822
Mayi MayiDemocratic Republic of the Congo5131
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)Philippines64250
Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO)Mali541
Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)Iraq1100
National Council for Defense of Democracy-Forces For The Defense Of Democracy (NCDD-FDD)Burundi14111
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)India26260
National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN)Colombia43522
National Liberation Front (FNL) (Burundi)Democratic Republic of Congo22111
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)India18920
National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)India6543
National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K)India1141
New People's Army (NPA)Philippines52410
Oglaigh Na HeireannNorthern Ireland100
Orange Volunteers (Ov)Northern Ireland002
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)Palestinian Territories31263
People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (Pcpa)India1711
People's Liberation Army (PLA)India1350
People's Liberation Front Of IndiaIndia1801
People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)India440
People's War Group (PWG)India23422
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)Palestinian Territories7251
Popular Liberation Army (EPL)Colombia1020
Popular Resistance CommitteesPalestinian Territories3050
Ranbir SenaNepal1703
Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)Northern Ireland3332
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)Colombia215752
Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance And Sabotage Battalion Of Chechen MartyrsRussian Federation58220
Runda Kumpulan Kecil (Rkk)Thailand2210
Samyukta Jatiya Mukti Morcha (Sjmm)Nepal800
Shining Path (SL)Peru11800
Southern Mobility Movement (Yemen)Yemen1811
Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi)India10470
Sudan Liberation MovementSudan3511
Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA)South Sudan15020
Sudan People's Liberation Movement-NorthSudan1120
Supreme Council For Islamic Revolution In Iraq (Sciri)Iraq001
TalibanAfghanistan7396142
Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM)Pakistan1030
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)Pakistan3562122
Terai ArmyNepal1600
The Northern Alliance (or United Islamic Front for Salvation of Afghanistan - UIFSA)Afghanistan403
Ulster Freedom Fighters (Uff)Northern Ireland213
Ulster Volunteer Force (Uvf)Northern Ireland403
United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)India55491
United National Liberation Front (UNLF)India1652
United Self Defense Units of Colombia (AUC)Colombia33202
Young Communist LeagueNepal001