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On AlterNet: insurgency

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "insurgency"

Troop Increases Help Drive Spread of the Insurgency in Afghanistan

Troop Increases Help Drive Spread of the Insurgency in Afghanistan

ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. September 24, 2009.
The United States added troops in Afghanistan in each of these years. ICOS's maps show that none of these troop increases arrested the growth of the insurgency.

The Iraq 'Surge': Still a Failure (Updated)

The Iraq 'Surge': Still a Failure (Updated)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 3, 2009.
As U.S. jets blow up some former "Sons of Iraq."

1776: The Greatest Counter-Insurgency Failure Ever

1776: The Greatest Counter-Insurgency Failure Ever

Andrew Exum, Comment Is Free. April 16, 2008.
Would General Petraeus have been able to keep the colonies in the fold?

Iraq's Civil Resistance

Iraq's Civil Resistance

Bill Weinberg, The Nation. December 11, 2007.
Iraq's labor leaders are, of course, targeted for death.

New Resistance Group Emerges in Iraq; Seeks Ouster of U.S. and

New Resistance Group Emerges in Iraq; Seeks Ouster of U.S. and "Al Qaeda"

Seumas Milne, Comment Is Free. October 12, 2007.
Today's announcement of a new resistance group in Iraq is a landmark in the armed campaign against the US occupation.

Iraqi MP Found Detained at Meeting of

Iraqi MP Found Detained at Meeting of "Al Qaeda in Iraq"

ReutersOctober 8, 2007.
At least one Iraqi lawmaker has crossed over to the resistance movement.

Iraqi Insurgents Take Cut of US Rebuilding Funds

Iraqi Insurgents Take Cut of US Rebuilding Funds

Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers. August 29, 2007.
In Anbar Province, an "insurgent tax" helps finance the Sunni resistance.

Either Cast-or Oil?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. December 4, 2006.
"Cut and run" or "stay the course." Fight the terrorists here or fight them over there. Post-9/11 society is a world of either/or's, but success in the middle east requires more than two options.