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ISLAMIC ARMY OF ADEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Islamic Army of Aden mean? 

ISLAMIC ARMY OF ADEN (noun)
  The noun ISLAMIC ARMY OF ADEN has 1 sense:

1. Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemenplay

  Familiarity information: ISLAMIC ARMY OF ADEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ISLAMIC ARMY OF ADEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Aden-Abyan Islamic Army; IAA; Islamic Army of Aden; Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan

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:

Republic of Yemen; Yemen (a republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990)


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