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Counterinsurgency (COIN, or NATO spelling counter-insurgency [1]) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces". [2] The Oxford English Dictionary defines counterinsurgency as any "military or political action taken against the activities of guerrillas or revolutionaries" [3] and can be considered war by a state against a non-state adversary. [4]
Separation of insurgents – A counterinsurgency strategy should first seek to separate the enemy from the population, then deny the enemy reentry, and finally execute long enough to deny the insurgent access; Shape, Clear, Hold, Build – The counterinsurgency theory that states the process of winning an insurgency is shape, clear, hold, build
The term counter-insurgency is commonly used for FID. FID involves military deployment of counter-insurgency specialists. According to the US doctrinal manual, Joint Publication 3-22: Foreign Internal Defense (FID) , these specialists occasionally get involved with the actual fighting. [ 1 ]
Nigerian Army counterinsurgency forces demonstrating tactics used against Boko Haram, 2016 Before one counters an insurgency, one must understand what one is countering. Typically the most successful counter-insurgencies have been the British in the Malay Emergency [ 47 ] and the Filipino government's countering of the Huk Rebellion .
2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar This page was last edited on 14 October 2024, at 18:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The terrain is tough and the weather is harsh as the soldiers go through counterinsurgency drills and tactical exercises following months of deadly rebel attacks in the disputed region ...
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Scripps News hears from lawmakers, former Israeli officials and combat experts about the difficulties and costs of fighting an urban war.