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Band of Partisans
DEFINITIONS OF:
Band of Partisans
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n
an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda
Synonyms:
Asbat al-Ansar
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FTO
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foreign terrorist organization
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terrorist group
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terrorist organization
a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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