maktab al-khidmat

Noun
  1. A terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world;
    Enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians;
    A split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda (synset 108050207)
    referred to in: 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
    is an instance of: foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
    same as: mak

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