Australia to list Hamas and US far-right group as terrorists

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Australia to list Hamas and US far-right group as terrorists

By ROD McGUIRK
February 17, 2022

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday said it had added the U.S.-based far-right extremist group National Socialist Order and planned to add the entirety of the Palestinian group Hamas to its list of outlawed terrorist organizations as concerns rise about radicalized children.

The National Socialist Order, formerly known as Atomwaffen Division, joins Islamist groups Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Hurras al-Din in being added to the list, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said.

Hamas’ military wing, Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, has been listed as a terrorist organization since 2003.

The National Socialist Order, which advocates a global “race war” and the collapse of democratic societies, joined the list on Thursday, bringing the number of outlawed groups to 28.

The two Islamist groups, both active in the Syrian civil war, will be listed in April.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/australia-hamas-31ec24b3024d1ca82b24befb01db876d

[Omen78]

1. I've never heard of the

National Socialist Order and was curious. While one is too many members, they seem kind of insignificant to make such a list. ProPublica has like 80 members and the Anti-Defamation league has 36. Anyone know anything about this group? Why are they not known to Americans when Australia has outlawed the organization?