HyperDic: al-jama[a_al-islamiyyah_al-muqatilah_bi-libya

English > 1 sense of the expression Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya:
NOUNgroupAl-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, FIG, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Groupa Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda
English > Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi.
SynonymsLibyan Islamic Fighting Group, FIG, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group
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
RegionLibya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab JamahiriyaA military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean

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