counterinsurgency
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counterinsurgencies
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Origin of counterinsurgency
First recorded in 1960–65; counter- + insurgency
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The Mexican military also prepared a squad of light, turboprop Beechcraft Texan aircraft that are low-cost and effective for counterinsurgency operations of the kind that they expected to encounter with Oseguera’s gunmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
The weapon, which been in use by the Army and Marine Corps since 2005, has provided firepower in counter terror and counterinsurgency operations in places like Syria for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025
The counterinsurgency doctrine made famous by Gen. David Petraeus governed operations during my time in Iraq.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025
He later deployed to Afghanistan as a counterinsurgency instructor in Kabul.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
Instead, counterinsurgency efforts focus on a strategy of "clear, hold, and build"—"clearing" areas of insurgents and death squads, "holding" those areas with Iraqi security forces, and "building" areas with quick-impact reconstruction projects.
From The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)
The focus for the past 20 years has been on Central Command and, exactly as you said, on counterinsurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
As the U.S. extricates itself from these counterinsurgencies and withdraws from Afghanistan and Iraq, it is somewhat similar to what happened after Vietnam.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
Successful counterinsurgencies are always ugly and morally challenging.
From Time Magazine Archive
Weapons designed to kill from afar may not be best for counterinsurgencies, in which intelligence is most often gleaned only by personal contact.
From Time Magazine Archive
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