Corsican Army

Corsican Army
noun
a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia
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the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica

Syn: ↑Armata Corsa
Regions: ↑Corse, ↑Corsica

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