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    AL-ITIHAAD AL-ISLAMIYA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 countriesplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    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 the 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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