HyperDic: armed_islamic_group

English > 1 sense of the expression Armed Islamic Group:
NOUNgroupArmed Islamic Group, GIAa terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992
English > Armed Islamic Group: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state.
SynonymGIA
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
RegionAlgeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of AlgeriaA republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim
CatalanGIA

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