NOUN | group | Salafast Group for Call and Combat, Salafist Group, GSPC | an Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group |
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Meaning | An Algerian extremist Islamic offshoot of the Armed Islamic Group; now the largest and most active / active armed terrorist group in Algeria that seeks to overthrow the government; a major source of support / support and recruitment for al-Qaeda operations in Europe and northern Africa. | |
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Synonyms | Salafist Group, GSPC | |
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 |
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