“I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.” IfsThinkingWarLastsStupidIraqIraq WarInsurgency Author:Dick Cheney
“We remember the grind of the insurgency -- the roadside bombs, the sniper fire, the suicide attacks. From the 'triangle of death' to the fight for Ramadi; from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south -- your will proved stronger than the terror of those who tried to break it.” WarRememberFightingBreakFireStrongerSuicideSouthTerrorBombsGrindIraq WarTrianglesInsurgencyRoadsideSnipers Author:Barack Obama
“And that is that they went about systematically understanding how to disrupt and change a person's entire processes. And these Taliban - I'm not trying to say the Republican Party is the Taliban - no, that's not what we're saying. I'm saying an example of how you go about [sic] is to change a person from their messaging to their operations to their frontline message. And we need to understand that insurgency may be required when the other side, the House leadership, does not follow the same commands, which we entered the game with.” NeedsTryingMayPersonsDoeGamesHouseProcessUnderstandingSidesPartyExampleRepublicanMessagesCommandOperationsRepublican PartyTalibanInsurgencyFrontline Author:Pete Sessions
“I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity.” PeopleThinkingWould BeRight NowProtectMissionsAfghanistanGravityInsurgencyCenter Of GravityCounterinsurgency Author:Michael Mullen
“Its the reality of a situation like this that when you have a large troop presence that it has the tendency to fuel the insurgency, because they can make the incorrect and unfair claim that somehow the United States is here to occupy this country, which of course is not true.” CountryStatesRealityCoursesUnitedSituationUnited StatesClaimsTendenciesFuelUnfairInsurgency Author:Russ Feingold
“Rather than bring peace and harmony, the EU will cause insurgency and violence.” CausesViolenceHarmonyPeace And HarmonyInsurgency Author:Nigel Farage
“But what counter-insurgency really comes down to is the protection of the capitalists back in America, their property and their privileges. U.S. national security, as preached by U.S. leaders, is the security of the capitalist class in the US, not the security of the rest of the people.” PeopleAmericaLeaderClassSecurityPropertyPrivilegeProtectionCapitalistNational SecurityInsurgency Author:Philip Agee
“But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.” ForceFocusSecurityMilitaryBuildingKeysCapacityOperationsCooperationInsurgencySecurity Forces Author:John Abizaid
“If we want to build the Iraqis' confidence about our intentions in their country, if we want to stop adding fuel to the fire of insurgency and terrorism, we must clarify our intent.” IfsWantCountryFireIntentionTerrorismFuelInsurgency Author:John Conyers
“I am encouraged by the news today that United States special operations personnel found, identified and killed the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the operational commander of the al-Qaeda led insurgency in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was the public face of the insurgency.” StatesTodayFacesFoundUnitedUnited StatesSpecialNewsIraqTerroristOperationsAlsCommandersAl QaedaPersonnelInsurgencySpecial Operations Author:Mike Fitzpatrick
“Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.” ShouldMilitarySafetyIraqBombsExpensesTroopsSparesHostileOur TroopsInsurgencyRoadside Author:Christopher Dodd
“The Syrian regime is helping the insurgency in Iraq and allowing all kinds of militants to come in and out, and go to Iraq to attack random soldiers and innocent people.” PeopleKindHelpingSoldierIraqInnocentAll KindsInnocenceAllowingRegimesInsurgency Author:Walid Jumblatt
“The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.” CountryHelpingGovernmentTogetherFightingForceIraqDebtDecadesRepressionCoalitionsBack TogetherInsurgency Author:Ike Skelton
“The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture.” PeopleNeedsSpeakProgressHonestDangerousCreatingArmyPaintHonestlyAdministrationExaggeratingInsurgency Author:Sherrod Brown
“Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new intelligence apparatus by the insurgency.” BusinessRiskPenetrationInsurgency Author:Wayne White
“The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe.” HelpingNumbersIraqTerroristExpertsTroopsGlobesInsurgencyAmerican Troops Author:John Conyers