interahamwe

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interahamwe - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Interahamwe
      n 1: a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the
           government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control
           again; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight
           foreign tourists" [syn: Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
           , ALIR, Former Armed Forces, FAR,
           Interahamwe]