Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Party of Liberation) istransnational, extremely anti-American, and could launch terroristattacks against U.S. targets and allies, either alone or incooperation with other global terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda. AHizb takeover of any Central Asian state could provide the radicalIslamist movement with a geographic base and access to theexpertise and technology to manufacture weapons of massdestruction.