International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders

International Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and Crusaders
noun
a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh

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