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ALIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
Example:
in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists
Synonyms:
ALIR; Army for the Liberation of Rwanda; FAR; Former Armed Forces; Interahamwe
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:
Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)
