Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992;
aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state;
- Example: "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres"[syn: Armed Islamic Group, GIA]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
GIA
n 1: a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose
violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the
secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic
state; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of
civilian massacres" [syn: Armed Islamic Group, GIA]