ASALA
n 1: a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed
in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a
million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border
areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede
territory to Armenia; "ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in
Paris in 1983 killed 8 and wounded 55 people" [syn:
{Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia},
{ASALA}, {Orly Group}, {3rd October Organization}]