Asbat al-Ansar

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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

Band of Partisans

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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Band of Partisans Lebanese Republic Lebanon			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. Global jihad could be behind rocket attacks on Israel, claim terror ... by Asian News International 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. Insurers file $454 billion suit against al Qaeda, others by Lehmann, R.J. / Best's Review 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. IRAQ 'GAVE NERVE GAS TO AL-QAEDA' Britain may be target of attack by The Mirror (London, England)			ASA/BS Asadha asafetida asafoetida Asahikawa ASALA Asama Asamiya asana Asanga Asante Asantehene ASAP Asaph Hall Asaphus asarabacca Asarh Asarone asarum Asarum canadense Asarum europaeum Asarum shuttleworthii Asarum virginicum ASAT ASB Asbat al-Ansar Asben Asbestic Asbestiform Asbestine asbestos asbestos abatement asbestosis Asbestous Asbestus Asbolin Asbury ASC Ascanius ASCAP Ascaphidae Ascaphus Ascaphus trui ascared ascariasis ascarid Ascaridae Ascaridia Ascaridia galli Ascaris Ascaris lumbricoides			ASAW Asawa ASAWE ASAWNY ASAWP ASAWS ASAX ASAXS ASAY ASAYC ASAYGB ASAYPC ASAYPLL ASAZ Asazgua ASB ASB ASB ASB ASB ASB2003 Asba ASBAA ASBAC ASBAH ASBAN ASBART ASBAT Asbat al-Ansar Asbat an-Ansar ASBB ASBBC ASBBO ASBBS ASBC ASBC ASBCA ASBCC ASBCE ASBCI ASBCS ASBD ASBDA ASBDC ASBDI ASBE ASBEC ASBEE ASBEF Asben Asben Asberger Asberger Syndrome Asberger's Asberger's syndrome

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