LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Libyan Islamic Fighting Group mean? 

• LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP (noun)
  The noun LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP has 1 sense:

1. a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi

  Familiarity information: LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP (noun)

Meaning:

A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya; Libyan Fighting Group; Libyan Islamic Fighting Group; Libyan Islamic Group; FIG

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:

Libya; Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum)