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- noun Plural form of
insurgent . - noun People rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government.
- adjective Plural of
insurgent .
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Afghan insurgents learn to destroy key U.S. armored vehicle'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The insurgents\' success in attacking the hulking machines, which can cost as much as $1 million each, underscores their ability to counter the advanced hardware that the U.S. military and its allies are deploying in their struggle to gain the upper hand in the war, which entered its ninth year last month. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Afghan insurgents learn to destroy key U.S. armored vehicle 2009
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I think Jake objects to your characterization that the government of Iraq is legitimately elected but not to the term insurgents, since legitimacy is not a criteria for insurgency.
American Soldiers Arrested For Rape/Execution Of 14-Year Old Girl And Her Family 2006
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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, John, what we know from a police official up in Samarra is that at 4: 00 a.m. local time clashes broke out between what he call insurgents and the Iraqi national police that were protecting this mosque.
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Further inquiry by USAID personnel in August 2009 revealed that Taliban insurgents from the local community had been involved with the arson.
David Isenberg: Taliban to PSC: How May We Serve You? David Isenberg 2010
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Further inquiry by USAID personnel in August 2009 revealed that Taliban insurgents from the local community had been involved with the arson.
David Isenberg: Taliban to PSC: How May We Serve You? David Isenberg 2010
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But we will not win based on the number of Taliban we kill, but instead on our ability to separate insurgents from the center of gravity, the people.
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If U.S. troops occupying another nation are attacked by local insurgents, is a war of counter-insurgency needed to defend our nation or merely to secure some imperial outpost?
Why America goes to war Steven E. Levingston 2010
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Further inquiry by USAID personnel in August 2009 revealed that Taliban insurgents from the local community had been involved with the arson.
David Isenberg: Taliban to PSC: How May We Serve You? David Isenberg 2010
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Divide the insurgents from the greater pool of potential insurgents: those who can be persuaded to join the insurgency — or, to go a step further, those who can be either persuaded or coerced into not bandwagoning with the counterinsurgent force.
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Besides opposing Afghani insurgents, is any other reason that might what a strong military presence in the area?
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