counterinsurgency

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Recent Examples of counterinsurgency Small teams of Green Berets, known as Operational Detachment Alphas, are trained to carry out specialized missions from counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare to combat raids and special reconnaissance missions. James Laporta, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025 Impunity for human rights abuses could lead to general lawlessness; in this way, repressive counterinsurgencies had mutated into mafia states in countries like Guatemala. Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024 Hegseth, a combat veteran, received two Bronze Stars, including a 2012 citation for meritorious service as a counterinsurgency instructor. Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024 World & Nation International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials Nov. 21, 2024 The allegations stem from a counterinsurgency campaign that Myanmar’s military began in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack. Molly Quell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for counterinsurgency

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“Counterinsurgency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterinsurgency. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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