鮑威爾說，該組織成立於1969年，目的是通過游擊戰推翻菲律賓政府。該組織強烈反對美國在菲律賓駐軍，並殺害了菲律賓和美國公民。
聲明說，該組織被確定為恐怖主義組織後，向該組織提供物質支持即屬非法行為，美國各金融機構必須查封該組織的資產，該組織成員如不是美國公民則不得進入美國。被確定的外國恐怖主義組織現已達到34個。
美國國務院確定的外國恐怖主義組織名單：
Fact Sheet
Office of Counterterrorism
Washington, DC
August 9, 2002
Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Abu Sayyaf Group
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Armed Islamic Group
'Asbat al-Ansar
Aum Shinrikyo
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
Gama抋 al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)
Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
Hizballah (Party of God)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) (Army of Mohammed)
Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)
Kahane Chai (Kach)
Kurdistan Workers?Party (PKK)
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK)
National Liberation Army (ELN)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)
Al-Qaida
Real IRA
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Nuclei (formerly ELA)
Revolutionary Organization 17 November
Revolutionary People抯 Liberation Army/Front (DHKP/C)
Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA)
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/2002/12535.htm
《美國參考》David A. Denny 撰稿
