Ansar al-Islam
— Noun
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~ a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
Armed Islamic Group
— Noun
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~ a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres"
Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
— Noun
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~ Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen
al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
— Noun
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~ a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails; "al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule"
Anglesea Island
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~ an island to the northwest of Wales
Anglesey Island
— Noun
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~ an island to the northwest of Wales
Admiralty Island
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~ an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau
Aegean island
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~ an island in the Aegean Sea
Aran Islands
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~ three small islands belonging to Ireland at the entrance to Galway Bay
Aleutian Islands
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~ an archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwest from Alaska
Aland islands
— Noun
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~ an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
Austral Islands
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~ a chain of small islands in French Polynesia
Aegadean Islands
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~ a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
Admiralty Islands
— Noun
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~ a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago
Aaland islands
— Noun
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~ an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
Aegadean Isles
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~ islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC
Aegates Isles
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~ islands west of Sicily (now known as the Egadi Islands) where the Romans won a naval victory over the Carthaginians that ended the first Punic War in 241 BC
Aegadean Isles
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~ a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean
Air Force ISR
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~ an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms