| NOUN | group | GIA, Armed Islamic Group | a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992 |
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| Meaning | A 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. | |
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| Synonym | Armed Islamic Group | |
| 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 | Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim |
| Catalan | GIA | |
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