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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
- Example: "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres"
[syn: Armed Islamic Group, GIA]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Armed Islamic Group n 1: 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; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres" [syn: Armed Islamic Group, GIA]