noun
a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia
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ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people
• Syn: ↑ASALA, ↑Orly Group, ↑3rd October Organization
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Armenia, ↑Republic of Armenia, ↑Hayastan
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.