Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
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![The approximate territory claimed by the ASALA.](/Images/godic/202412/21/United_Armenia2342.png")
![The ASALA memorial in the military cemetery of Yerablur, Yerevan](/Images/godic/202412/21/ASALA_memorial_in_Yerablur2342.jpg")
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The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) (Armenian:Հայաստանի Ազատագրութեան Հայ Գաղտնի Բանակ, ՀԱՀԳԲ, Hayasdani Azadakrut'ean Hay Kaghtni Panag, HAHKP) was an Armenian militant organization, that operated from 1975 to the early 1990s. It was described as a terrorist organization by some sources, and as a guerrilla and armed organization by others. ASALA was listed as a terrorist organization by the United States in the 1980s. ASALA attacks and assassinations resulted in the deaths of 46 people and 299 injured.