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Definition of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia

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. "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armenian Secret Army For The Liberation Of Armenia

Literary usage of Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Terrorist Group Profiles (1993)
"Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) Date Formed 1975. Estimated Membership Unknown. Headquarters Unknown. ..."

2. When the Lights Go Out, and Never Come Back On: Nuclear Terrorism in America by Bruce Hoffman, United States Dept. of Energy, Rand Corporation (1987)
"The three main Armenian terrorist groups are: • The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia • Justice Commandos for the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) ..."

3. Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1997 edited by Christopher W. Ross (1998)
"... used by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) terrorist organization during the 1980s. ASALA had not conducted terrorist ..."

4. Patterns of Global Terrorism, (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) aka: The Orly Group. 3rd October Organization Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) Algerian ..."

5. Bosnia: Country Handbook edited by Diane Publishing Staff, Diane Publishing (1998)
"... Japanese Red Army (JRA), and the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), had previously enjoyed the hospitality of the former SFRY, ..."

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