as in counterrevolution
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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.
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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
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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
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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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