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AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA

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AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA (noun)
  The noun AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA has 1 sense:

1. a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries

  Familiarity information: AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA used as a noun is very rare.


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AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA (noun)


Sense 1al-Itihaad al-Islamiya [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

AIAI; al Itihaad al Islamiya; al-Itihaad al-Islamiya; Islamic Unity

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Somalia (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare)


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