ASALA

Definitions of ASALA
  1. 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
    synonyms: 3rd October Organization, Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, Orly Group
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    FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization
    a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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