The five techniques within this category are intended to reduce the
insurgent's anticipated rewards.
He was weighed down by more than 60lbs of kit when he spotted an
insurgent laying improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the village of Rahim Kalay in the Upper Gereshk Valley, Afghanistan.
Major Mickey Stewart, Company Commander, said: "The
insurgent was taken by surprise when Guardsman Wilby and his platoon commander chased him down."
The US-led NATO force has stepped up attacks on
insurgents since this spring under Washington's new Afghan war strategy, which aims to root out Taliban
insurgents before drawing down the military presence next year.
As dawn broke on the first day - Monday, September 14 - Alpha Company found an Aladdin's cave of
insurgent ammunition.
Major Tom Holloway, British military spokesman in Basra, later clarified that "incidences of weapons release" from the US aircraft in fact referred to strafing suspected
insurgent positions.
The use of torture by the French in Algeria affected thousands of people and benefited
insurgent recruiting.
Three Iraqi
insurgents were killed and three others injured when USled forces conducted a raid early yesterday in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City.
Warlords and
insurgents have a big stake in making it look like they are in control.
It can direct strikes against
insurgents within 75 meters of troops without endangering the troops.
Through the support of HMM-266 and the efforts of Iraqis and Marines on the ground, cities in western Al Anbar province were cleared of
insurgents, enabling residents to vote in the 15 December Iraqi national elections.
Ironically, the Pentagon expects privatization to "decrease unemployment that makes some Iraqis more vulnerable to terrorist or
insurgent recruiting." But by cutting off subsidies on basic items like food and fuel, privatization is likely to make the everyday lives of Iraqis more miserable and thus more susceptible to the siren song of the
insurgents.
