insurgency


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Synonyms for insurgency

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Synonyms for insurgency

organized opposition intended to change or overthrow existing authority

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Synonyms for insurgency

an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

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Section five consists of a stand-alone chapter written by Miriam Coronel Ferrer who addresses the communist insurgency in the Philippines.
In the case of the Iraq War, which most Americans now regard as a mistake, the insurgency could politically coerce a U.S.
But he compounded a bad situation by never really understanding the nature of the insurgency faced by the United States.
Batagarawa, however, urged the military to do all it can to defeat all forms of insurgency in the country and congratulated the newly promoted officers.
Criticising the effort to portray the Insurgency as having been won without the participation of the non-Malays, the Patriot president said this was categorically false.
Arnel Dela Vega, WestMinCom chief, said that "synchronizing all efforts is an effective mechanism to combat insurgency."
According to Ano, the primary responsibility of the provincial task force is to harmonize and optimize government efforts and resources at the provincial level to address the root causes of insurgency and attain sustainable peace and development.
Apropos a news item published in Dawn Islamabad's metro section on Saturday (Nov 18) under the headline 'India, Pakistan face religious, communal extremism', visiting Indian journalist Chanchal Manohar Singh said he did not say that the ongoing insurgency in India-held Kashmir is totally indigenous.
Cinema and Unconventional Warfare in the Twentieth Century: Insurgency, Terrorism and Special Operations
Perhaps the fact that Balochistan is still undergoing a low-level separatist insurgency put independence day celebrations more in the limelight.
Summary: Danapur (Bihar) [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The Bangladesh Army Contingent comprising of five officers and 25 other ranks concluded their training on Counter Insurgency and Counter Terrorism Operations, which was being carried out at Danapur Cantt, on Saturday.
Because extremists in Iraq and Afghanistan were doing things that looked like twentieth-century insurgency, American strategists simply dusted off Cold War counterinsurgency and revised it.
Sayyaf further added that the murder of the women and children has been banned by Prophet and therefore their insurgency has no legitimacy.