Armata Corsa

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

Corsican Army

act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

Corse, Corsica - a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte

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However, the National Front for the Liberation of Corsica (FNLC) carried out attacks on the police and gendarmerie, while another group, Armata Corsa, placed a car bomb in Paris in March 2001.