noun
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
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the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres
• Syn: ↑Armed Islamic Group
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Algeria, ↑Algerie, ↑Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.