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GICM claims to intend to install a fundamentalist Islamist regime in '', 1st of June, 2007 . In 2004, an attack on the public transportation system in Madrid killed 191 and wounded more than 1900. Salafia Jihadia , an offshoot of the GICM, is blamed for both. It was named by Spanish interior minister Angel Acebes as the "priority" for investigations into the 11 March 2004 Madrid Attacks , although he insisted that the possible involvement of other militant organisations had not been ruled out.

On October 10, 2005, Britain's Home Office banned GICM and 14 other groups from operating in the United Kingdom. Under Britain's Terrorism Act 2000 , being a member of a GICM is punished by a 10-year prison term.

The fourteen banned militant groups were:



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