Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world;
enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians;
a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda;
[syn: Maktab al-Khidmat, MAK]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Maktab al-Khidmat
n 1: a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the
1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the
world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to
Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led
bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
[syn: Maktab al-Khidmat, MAK]