ASALA

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ASALA
       n : 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; "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in


           Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people" [syn: {Armenian
           Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia}, {Orly Group},
            {3rd October Organization}]