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LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
Synonyms:
Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya; FIG; Libyan Fighting Group; Libyan Islamic Fighting Group; Libyan Islamic Group
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:
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)
