LONDON [MENL] -- Britain intends to ban several Middle East insurgency groups linked to Al Qaida.

The government of Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to outlaw about a dozen Islamic insurgency groups. Several of them have been identified as aligned with Al Qaida and operate in the Middle East and North Africa.

The organizations slated to be banned include the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, which has sought to overthrow the regime of Col. Moammar Khaddafy. The group has been deemed a terrorist group by the United States.

Another organization on the proposed British ban was the Moroccan Islamic Combat Group, which has worked to replace the North African monarchy with an Islamic caliphate. In early October, the State Department included the Moroccan group on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations.