| NOUN | group | Abu Sayyaf, Bearer of the Sword | a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines |
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| Meaning | A small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping. | |
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| Synonym | Bearer of the Sword | |
| 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 | Philippines, Republic of the Philippines | A republic on the Philippine Islands |
| Spanish | Abu Sayyaf | |
| Catalan | Abu Sayyaf | |
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