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Asbat al-Ansar

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Noun1.Asbat al-Ansar - 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
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
Lebanese Republic, Lebanon - an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean


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Al-Qaida affiliated groups like Fatah al-Islam and Asbat al-Ansar recruit their members from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, where disaffected residents embrace an extremist ideology, Schweitzer added.
In addition to al Qaeda, other purported terrorist organizations named in the suit include Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Asbat Al-Ansar, Algama'a Al-Islamiyya, and the Salafist Group for Call and Combat.
Agents suspect Asbat al-Ansar, a Lebanon-based Sunni extremist group funded by Osama bin Laden and recently based in northern Iraq, was involved in the VX deal.
 
 
 
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