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Group Purpose: self-defense and security
Country
Groups
Syria
Ba'th Battalions
Sootoro (Syriac Protection Office)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
Fatah al-Intifada
Jerusalem Brigade (al-Quds al-Filastini Brigade)
National Defence Force
Popular Committees (al-Lijan al-Sha'biyah)
Syrian Resistance (Muqawama Suriya)
Afghanistan
Ismaili militia
Village defence force
Anti-Taliban Militia
Forces of Ismael Khan / Herat Militia
Hizb-e-Wahdat
Mohammed Qasim Fahim (informal)
Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli
Mohammed Qasim Fahim (semi-official)
Achekvai tribal militia
Kandak Amniate Uruzgan
Thailand
Rangers (Thahan Phran)
Village Defence Volunteers (Chor Ror Bor)
Village Protection Volunteers (Or Ror Bor)
Volunteer Defence Corps (Or Sor)
Task Force 80
Philippines
Civilian Home Defence Force (CHDF)
Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU)
Nakasaka
Peru
Rondas Campesinas (Semi-Official)
Colina Group
Rondas Campesinas (Informal)
Nigeria
Abia State Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Anambra State Vigilante Group / Onitsha Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Benue State Vigilante Group
Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF)
Edo State Vigilante
Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch
Lagos State Vigilante Group
Neighbourhood Watch / Vigilante Groups
Neighbourhood Watch Organisation (NOW) of Adamawa State
Operation Vigilance
Plateau State Vigilante Group
Zamfara State Vigilante (umbrella org. for various Sharia enforcement vigilantes)
Liberia
Anti-Terrorist Unit
National Patriotic Front of Liberia
United Liberation Movement for Democracy - Johnson (ULIMO-J)
United Liberation Movement for Democracy - Kromah (ULIMO-K)
Sudan
Anyanya II
Arab Pastoralists
People's Police
South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A)
Rapid Support Force (RSF)
South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF)
Murle Forces
Mundari Commandos
Equatoria Defence Force (EDF/Khartoum)
Toposa Tribesmen
Sri Lanka
Civil Defence Committees (CDC)
Home Guard/Civil Defence Force
Karuna Group/Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP)
Mozambique
People's militia and vigilance brigades
El Salvador
Civil Defence Patrols
Myanmar (Burma)
People's Militia
Greece
Gladio
Sweden
Gladio
Denmark
Gladio
Luxembourg
Gladio
Spain
Gladio
France
Glaive Gladio
Ethiopia
People's Militia/ Regional Militia/ Zonal Militia/ Territorial Peoples' Militia/ Territorial Militias/ Peasant Militia
Tigray Militia
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic)
Popular Committees
Malaysia
RELA
Mexico
Rural Defense Corps (autodefensas)
Israel
Settlers
Village Leagues
Korea North
Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG)
Young Red Guards (YRG)
Somalia
Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'a
Raskamboni / Raas Kaambooni
United Kingdom
Gladio
Italy
Gladio
Netherlands
Gladio
Norway
Gladio
Switzerland
Gladio P26
Lithuania
Lithuanian Riflemen's Union
India
Special Police Officers (SPO)
Salwa Judum
Village Defence Committee Himachal
Village Defence Committee Kashmir
Village Defence Force Punjab
Iraq
Awakening groups / Sahwa
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Peshmerga Kurdish Militia
Guyana
Phantom Death Squad
Egypt
Popular Committees
Solomon Islands
Malaita Eagle Force
Indonesia
Banser
Hansip/Linmas
Kamra
Pam Swakarsa
Aitarak
Pakistan
Khasadar
Levies
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
United States
State Defence Forces
Nepal
Anti-Maoist vigilantes
Youth Force
Ukraine
Battalion Ivano-Frankivsk
Libya
The Libya Shield Force (National Shield)
Tripoli Revolutionary Council
Algeria
Communal Guards
Municipal Guards
Groups for Legitimate Defense (aka Patriots)
Angola
People's Vigilante Brigades
Civil Defence Organization (ODC)
Austria
Gladio
Bahrain
National Guard
Bangladesh
Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar and VDP)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Patriotic League
Burundi
Guardians of Peace
Congo Kinshasa
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
Civil Guard
Georgia
White Legion
Forest Brothers
The Hunters
Kenya
Chinkororo
Kisungusungu
Kyrgyz Republic
Patriots
Malawi
Young Pioneers (Malawi Congress Party)
Youth League (Malawi Congress Party)
Nicaragua
Sandinista Popular/People's Militias
Sierra Leone
Kamajors
Civil Defense Forces/ Kamajors/ Kapras/ Donso/ Gbethis
Turkey
Village Guards
Gladio
Grey Wolves
Uganda
Protection Vigilantes
Local Defence Units
Karamojong Vigilante
Venezuela
Bolivarian Militia
Peasant/Campesino Militia
Zimbabwe
People's Militia
Belgium
Gladio
Rwanda
Local Defence Force
Russia
Mestnyye
Volunteer People's Militia
Cambodia
Provincial and Village Militia
Germany
Schwert (Gladio)
Chile
Colonia Dignidad
Cote d'Ivoire
Front for the Liberation of the Greater West
Young Patriots
Tanzania
Sungu Sungu
Colombia
Death To Kidnappers (Muerte a Secuestradores)
Paramilitary Self Defence Groups/Death Squads (semi-official)
Paramilitary Self Defense Groups/Death Squards (informal)
Rural Defence Groups / Convivir
Soldiers from my Town
The United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Mali
Mouvement patriotique malien Ghanda Koy aka Ganda Koy