I know the Joes have taken on Red shadows and other terrorists, but have other countries including the U.N take on Cobra beside themselves?

Russia's Red October or Oktober for one...................

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Well, there's the October Guard...

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I'd count Action Force. Their main antagonist is the Red Shadows but I can see them taking on Cobra as well.

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Also Comandos em Ação from Brazil
and Argentina's Comandos Heroicos

Or since its make believe you can make whatever anti terrorist force you want! Isn't that the best part of playing with toys?

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They took on Cobra, too. Just a Cobra that was born of the Red Shadows' ashes.
(Cobra Commander was Baron Ironblood, and Destro was Red Jackal)

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Pirate -

These are the groups I use, each is directly tied to G.I. Joe either by toys or cartoons

The Good:
Action Force (to me European Union)
Oktober Guard (to me the last vestige of the Warsaw pact)
The Commandos Herrocias - (South American branch of GI Joe)
The Adventure Team (Private company)
The C.O.P.S. (The FBI's team of elite police specialists)
The Street Fighters (toy connection) (United Nations group)
MASK (toy Connection) (Private company)
Danger Girls (Comic Connection)(Private Company)
NEST (Transformers universe - comic cartoon connection) (US Govt Agency)
Other's you could include
Mecco's Eagle Force (for me a NATO strike team)
The Bronze Bombers (for me African Union troops)
The Outworld investigation agency (Mortal kombat)(Govt. Agency)

The Bad: Terrorists
COBRA
- Cobra-La (if you don't conceder them part of COBRA)
- The COIL (if you don't conceder them part of COBRA)
- The Force De Naja (South American's COBRAs for me, some keep them separate)
- The Red Ninja Clan (if you don't conceder them part of COBRA)
- The Head Hunters (if you don't conceder them part of COBRA)
The Red Shadows (Action Force's main Enemy)
The Gibili (another Action Force enemy, Think small African nation militant faction)
The Red Mafia ( I believe that is what they are called, they fought against the Oktober Guard)
The Leon Trotsky Brigade (An old Marvel Comics terror group (one or two issues) that made life difficult for Joes and the OG)
Society for Khaos. Anarchy and Ruin (S.K.A.R.) (Enemies of G.I. Joe EXTREME)
The CROOKS (The Enemies of the COPS)
The Hammer Empire (Comic connection to Danger girls)
The Black Dragon Syndicate (From the convention set)
The Intruders (Enemies of the Classic Adventure Team)
Roving International Organization of Tyranny (R.I.O.T.) (Enemies of MECO's Eagle Force)
The (P.S.B.) (no definition for the acronym) or Pyro's Thugs (Enemies of The Bronze Bombers)
The Lin Kuei (Mortal Kombat ninjas)

The Bad: Corporations and Mercenaries
Military Arms Research Syndicate (M.A.R.S.)
- The Iron Grenadiers (MARS Funded mercenary army )
- ATHENA (MARS Equipped force maintained by the Baroness from the WW3 comic story line)
The Dreadnoks
The Skull Squad (Major Bludd's private mercenary/bounty hunting force from a convention set)
The Night Creepers
The Black Stars (Mercenary Pilots from the Star Brigade)
Shadowloo (Enemies of the Street Fighters who were part of GI Joe in the early 90s)
Terron Industries (Enemies of the New Adventure Team, convention set I believe)
International Robotics Operations Network or I.R.O.N. Industries (Sgt. Savage's Enemy)
VENOM (MASK enemy)

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In the Street Fighter movie Guile was the leader of the UN forces. So that ties them in too.

Both Sonya Blade and Jax were US Special Forces until they formed the Outerworld Investigations Agency.

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A.U.N.T.I.E.

There is also the Corps!

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The Force of Freedom for the good guys and
S.A.V.A.G.E. for the bad guys too.

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I figure if Cobra was truly a global terrorist group making front-page news, then various military and paramilitary groups from all over the world are going to be fighting or joining them. So yeah, mix it up with whatever exists in your Joe 'verse!

C.O.P.S and or M.A.S.K, Venom = cobra....?

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