At the same time, Banna created a paramilitary wing, the Special Apparatus, whose operatives joined the fight against British rule and engaged in a campaign of bombings and assassinations.
Wakati huo huo, Banna aliunda mrengo wa kijeshi, Kifaa Maalum, ambacho watendaji wake walijiunga na vita dhidi ya utawala wa Waingereza na kushiriki katika kampeni ya milipuko ya mabomu na mauaji.