al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades
- proper noun
- NSFW
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Brigadas de los Mártires de Al-Aqsa
- The al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Examples
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The al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack in the city center.
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International observers have often condemned the violent tactics of the al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades during the conflict.
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Members of the al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades were arrested by security forces in 2003.
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In the early 2000s, the al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades were very active.
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The Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades was formed as a military wing during the Intifada to confront Israeli forces.
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In the early 2000s, the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for several attacks against Israeli military targets.
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Many young Palestinians joined the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, inspired by its fight for their cause in the West Bank.
Synonyms
An armed Palestinian group linked to Fatah that carried out attacks in the West Bank
An armed Palestinian group that split from al-Fatah and carried out attacks in and near Israel around 2002
An armed Palestinian group that carried out attacks in Israel and the West Bank in the early 2000s
Surface Forms
Morphology
The nouns 'martyr' and 'brigade' clearly signal a military/paramilitary unit named in honor of martyrs, so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer this refers to an armed group. However 'al-Aksa' is a language-specific proper name (with Arabic definite article) and the full political/geographic identity and historical connotations are not derivable from the constituents alone, so important specifics remain unpredictable.
Etymology
Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades was named with a clear image: al-Aksa points to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, while martyrs and brigades suggest people ready to 'die for a cause' and a small military unit. That's why the name now refers to an armed Palestinian group that sees itself as fighting to defend the mosque.
