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Historical Dictionary of Terrorism Third Edition

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xxviii • ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSUNCAT United Nations Convention Against TortureUNITA União Nacional para Independéncia Total de Angola,National Union for the Total Independence <strong>of</strong>AngolaUNLAl Qiyada al Wataniyya al Muwahhada, UnifiedNational LeadershipUNOUnidad Nicaragüense Opositora, Unified NicaraguanOppositionUNOSOM II United Nations Operation in Somalia IIUPUnion Patriotico, Patriotic Union (FARC front)URNG Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca,Guatemalan National Revolutionary UnionUSA Patriot Act Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing<strong>of</strong> 2001 Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct<strong>Terrorism</strong>USISUnited States Information Service (overseas <strong>of</strong>fices<strong>of</strong> United States Information Agency <strong>of</strong> the U.S.Department <strong>of</strong> State)USOUnited Service OrganizationsUTAUnion des Transports Aériens (French air carrier)UVFUlster Volunteer ForceVBVlaams Blok, Flemish BlocVBIED Vehicle-borne improvised explosive deviceWARWhite Aryan ResistanceWISEWorld and Islam Studies EnterpriseWMDWeapons <strong>of</strong> mass destructionWPAWhite Patriot ArmyWPKWorkers’ Party <strong>of</strong> Kampuchea, or Khmer RougeYAMATA Yapti Tasba Masraka Aslika Takanda, Miskito Indianacronym for United Nations <strong>of</strong> Yapti Tasba,Sacred MotherlandZANUZimbabwe African National UnionZOGZionist Occupation Government (neo-Nazi idiomfor U.S. government)

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