The Provisional Irish Republican Army wants the British to get out of Northern Ireland and to unite the two Irelands into a single nation. The FALN wants an independent Puerto Rico with a socialist government. Basque terrorists in northern Spain would like to establish an independent homeland. Most Palestinian terrorist groups attempt to undermine Israel. Many of these organizations split from the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Some terrorist groups are religious factions within the Muslim world.
Terrorist organizations in Western Europe, the United States, and Japan have the more general goal of world revolution to destroy democratic societies. These groups consider themselves either anarchists or Communists, though the Communist parties of Europe give them little support. In their early years terrorists had to resort to bank robbery and kidnapping for ransom to obtain funds. These activities are still used, but terrorist groups are also given large amounts of money from outside sources. Cuba, Libya, and other countries have helped fund them.