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Islamic Legion, the Glossary

The Islamic Legion (الفيلق الإسلامي al-Faylaq ul-'IslāmiyyuG. Prunier, Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide, p. 45) (Islamic Pan-African Legion) was a Libyan-sponsored pan-Arabist and pan-Islamist paramilitary force, created in 1972.^[1]

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1970s in Chad
1980s in Chad
Darfur
History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
Military history of Libya
Military of Libya
Military units and formations established in 1972
Pan-Arabist organizations
Pan-Islamism

Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)

The Addis Ababa Agreement, also known as the Addis Ababa Accord, was a set of compromises within a 1972 treaty that ended the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972) fighting in Sudan.

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Alain Frachon

Alain Frachon (born 1950) is a French journalist for Le Monde, France's centre-left newspaper of record, and the author of several books.

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Alex de Waal

Alexander William Lowndes de Waal (born 22 February 1963), a British researcher on African elite politics, is the executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

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Animism

Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

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Arab Union

The Arab Union is a theoretical political union of the Arab states.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Benin

Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Chad

Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of North and Central Africa.

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Chadian–Libyan War

The Chadian–Libyan War was a series of military campaigns in Chad between 1978 and 1987, fought between Libyan and allied Chadian forces against Chadian groups supported by France, with the occasional involvement of other foreign countries and factions. Islamic Legion and Chadian–Libyan War are 1980s in Chad and military history of Libya.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Darfur

Darfur (Fur) is a region of western Sudan.

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Drought

A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.

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EE-9 Cascavel

The EE-9 Cascavel (translated to Rattlesnake) is a six-wheeled Brazilian armoured car developed primarily for reconnaissance.

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Fezzan

Fezzan (Fezzan; فَزَّان|Fazzān; Phazania) is the southwestern region of modern Libya.

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First Sudanese Civil War

The First Sudanese Civil War (also known as the Anyanya Rebellion or Anyanya I, after the name of the rebels, a term in the Madi language which means 'snake venom') was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and the southern Sudan region that demanded representation and more regional autonomy.

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Foreign legion

Foreign Legion most often refers to.

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François Tombalbaye

François Tombalbaye (فرنسوا تومبالباي; 15 June 1918 – 13 April 1975), also known as N'Garta Tombalbaye, was a Chadian politician who served as the first President of Chad from the country's independence in 1960 until his overthrow in 1975.

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Gaafar Nimeiry

Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Gaafar Nimeiry, Jaafar Nimeiry, or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; جعفر محمد النميري; 1 January 193030 May 2009) was a Sudanese military officer and politician who served as the fourth head of state of Sudan from 1969 to 1985, first as Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council and then as President.

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Gérard Prunier

Gérard Prunier (born 14 October 1942 in Paris) is a French academic, historian, and consultant.

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I.B. Tauris

I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.

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International Institute for Strategic Studies

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is an international research institute or think tank focusing on defence and security issues.

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Jamestown Foundation

The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based conservative defense policy think tank.

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Janjaweed

The Janjaweed (Janjawīd; also transliterated Janjawid) are an Arab nomad militia group from the Sahel region that operates in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, and eastern Chad.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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List of ethnic groups of Africa

The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture.

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List of heads of state of Chad

This is a list of heads of state of Chad since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.

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London Review of Books

The London Review of Books (LRB) is a British literary magazine published bimonthly (twice a month) that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews.

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Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa.

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Marxism

Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis.

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Mercenary

A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.

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National Umma Party

The National Umma Party (translit; Nation Party) is an Islamic political party in Sudan.

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Niger

Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa.

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OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Pan-Africanism

Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous peoples and diasporas of African ancestry.

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Pan-Arabism

Pan-Arabism (al-wiḥda al-ʿarabīyyah) is a pan-nationalist ideology that espouses the unification of all Arab people in a single nation-state, consisting of all Arab countries of West Asia and North Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea, which is referred to as the Arab world.

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Pan-Islamism

Pan-Islamism (الوحدة الإسلامية) is a political movement which advocates the unity of Muslims under one Islamic country or state – often a caliphate – or an international organization with Islamic principles.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.

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Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Sahel

The Sahel region or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa.

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Second Sudanese Civil War

The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army.

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South Sudan

South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa.

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State of Palestine

Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia, encompassing the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, within the larger historic Palestine region.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Supremacism

Supremacism is the belief that a certain group of people is superior to all others.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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T-54/T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.

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Tajammu al-Arabi

Tajammu al-Arabi (Tajammuʿ al-ʻArabī), translated into English as Arab Gathering or Arab Alliance, was a Sudanese Arab tribal militia and political organization that operated in western Sudan and eastern Chad in the late 1980s under Libyan sponsorship.

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Toubou people

The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya, northeastern Niger, and northwestern Sudan.

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Tuareg people

The Tuareg people (also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn) are a large Berber ethnic group, traditionally nomadic pastoralists, who principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, as far as northern Nigeria.

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Uganda

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa.

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Zaghawa people

The Zaghawa people, also called Beri or Zakhawa, are an ethnic group primarily residing in southwestern Libya, northeastern Chad, and western Sudan, including Darfur. Islamic Legion and Zaghawa people are Darfur.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Legion

Also known as Failaka al-Islamiya, Pan-African Legion.

, Syria, T-54/T-55, Tajammu al-Arabi, Toubou people, Tuareg people, Uganda, Zaghawa people.

Islamic Legion, the Glossary

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See also

1970s in Chad

1980s in Chad

Darfur

History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi

Military history of Libya

Military of Libya

Military units and formations established in 1972

Pan-Arabist organizations

Pan-Islamism

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