| NOUN | group | Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, ASALA, Orly Group, 3rd October Organization | a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915 |
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| Meaning | A militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede / cede territory to Armenia. | |
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| Synonyms | ASALA, Orly Group, 3rd October Organization | |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The 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 of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
| Region | Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastan | A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia |
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