Maktab al-Khidmat
n 1: a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the
1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the
world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to
Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led
bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
[syn: {Maktab al-Khidmat}, {MAK}]