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	Iraqi guerillas briefly took over Falluja, 16 Feb 04
		An Iraqi guerilla unit took over Falluja, to the west of Baghdad, for three quarters of an hour on Saturday February 14.
		This is the first time that Iraqi guerillas have tried a military operation of this scope.
		However, because it would seem that the border between the guerillas and criminality is fairly blurred- notably because the guerilla movement needs funding sources- it is possible that the insurgents launched the attack in order to free some of their comrades jailed for minor offenses.
	www.notinourname.net /war/falluja-16feb04.htm (852 words)

	Iraqi resistance
		The Iraqi resistance is a collective term denoting the various guerillas battling the American-led coalition forces and Iraqi security forces during the occupation of Iraq that followed the Iraq war on May 1, 2003 by the United States.
		Iraqi civilians' reaction to the statement are reported to vary widely, from being "hailed as the manifesto for a legitimate resistance movement" to being dismissed "as mere bravado".
		The total number of guerilla attacks on coalition forces from June 2003 to March 2004 remained steady at between 12 and 20 attacks per day, with the exception of a surge of attacks in November 2003 during which as many as 50 attacks per day were reported on some days.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/iraqi_resistance.html (4845 words)

	Iraqi insurgency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Iraqi insurgency is the armed campaign being waged by various irregular forces, both Iraqi and external in origin, against the multinational force and the new Iraqi government.
		Iraqi leaders have denied the presence of Zarqawi in Fallujah prior to the U.S. attack on that city in November of 2004.
		Series of slides taken from a video released by the Iraqi insurgent group Al-tahweed wal Jihad during May 2005 showing a suicide bombing in which a pick-up truck loaded with explosives is detonated at a checkpoint at what appears to be an oil-related facility.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraqi_insurgency (7139 words)

	CNN.com - What the law says about the recent killings in Iraq - Apr 5, 2004
		Guerillas and irregular combatants who meet four criteria -- of wearing uniforms, carrying arms openly, operating under a recognizable command structure, and obeying the laws of war -- also fall into this category.
		Paragraph 406 of the Iraqi Penal Code lays out several types of capital murder, including premeditated killing, the use of explosives in the commission of murder, and murder where the body is subsequently mutilated.
		However, regular Iraqi criminal courts have been reconstituted since the fall of the Hussein regime, and they are now operating with Iraqi judges, lawyers and staffs around the country.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/04/05/carter.iraq (3005 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Heavy fighting near Baghdad: hostages' fate uncertain
		Amid uncertainty over the fate of the three Japanese hostages, Iraqi fighters and American troops today fought a grim battle for control of a key road junction on the outskirts of Baghdad, while there was relative calm in embattled Fallujah where a 12-hour ceasefire was in force.
		Iraqi guerillas shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter near Abu Ghraib on the western outskirts of Baghdad where fighting has been raging for the last three days.
		The Iraqi resistance had tightened its grip over the road junction near Abu Ghraib, which is of prime importance for the U.S. forces.
	www.hindu.com /2004/04/12/stories/2004041206470100.htm (442 words)

	portland imc - 2004.07.21 - INN exclusive: Who ist the Iraqi Resistance? - A view on known groups fighting occupation
		Guerillas in the Qaim area reported in late 2003 that there were a significant number of Syrians fighting in the insurgency there.
		Iraqi resistance spokesmen say that the hardline Islamic stand of these Kurds will need to be moderated if they are to expand their resistance movement in the mountains of Kurdistan much.
		The hard fact is that the obvious observation that most Iraqi guerillas are former Iraqi military members is both a circular argument and utterly irrelevant in terms of their ideology; and it certainly does not imply that all or even most of said former military members are pro-Saddam or pro-Baath.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/07/293032.shtml (5966 words)

	News & Analysis: Insurgents Detain and Release Humanitarian Activists Near Fallujah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The guerillas separated Leigh Gordon and Ghraib from the rest of the group and took them to a different location where the two were reportedly questioned and released the next day.
		Iraqi guerillas are known to have executed one hostage: an Italian mercenary employed by a private security firm.
		Iraqis detained by coalition forces are not typically released, even after suspicion of wrongdoing in individual cases has been dropped.
	electroniciraq.net /news/1462.shtml (1058 words)

	Battle for bridges a messy firefight - War on Iraq - smh.com.au
		What looked to be an easy ride into An Nasiriyah turned into a messy firefight on Sunday when Iraqi tanks, regular soldiers and guerillas darted through the streets and turned their mortars, artillery cannons, rockets and rifles on advancing US marines.
		Iraqi mortar fire sounded in the distance, and US cannon batteries, caught off guard, scrambled to get into position.
		Radar detected the location of the Iraqi mortars, and the marine cannons returned fire, but it was impossible to tell what was hit.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/03/24/1048354547872.html (553 words)

	Eric Margolis — FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
		Iraqis, very clearly, do not want to be `liberated,' even many who had long opposed Saddam's brutal regime.
		The Bush Administration, Pentagon, and tame media are already calling Iraqi guerillas `terrorists' and, inevitably, `linked to al-Qaida.' The White House has issued orders to avoid at all costs any mention of guerrilla warfare, as this term suggests both popular resistance and conjures memories of Vietnam.
		By contrast, the Iraqis learned from their 1991 disaster and gained much knowledge from friendly Serbia, which had been extremely successful in tactical deception and spoofing US technology.
	www.bigeye.com /033103.htm (870 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the two incidents overnight in Baghdad, one US soldier was shot and killed in a firefight with two Iraqi guerillas, one of whom was shot dead, military spokesman Corporal Todd Pruden told the news agency.
		Residents in Ramadi said the killed Iraqi was sitting in his car with his son, who was also shot and wounded and that neither were involved in the attack on US troops.
		Iraqis have made no secret of their frustration at the process of democracy, criticising plans not to hold a general election for at least one year.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/07/08/d3070801077.htm (544 words)

	Iraqi insurgency at AllExperts
		Iraqi leaders have denied the presence of Zarqawi in Fallujah prior to the U.S. attack on that city in November 2004.
		On 13 November Iraqi president Jalal Talabani stated that it could be possible that Iraqi troops could replace UK forces by the close of 2006 through a gradual withdrawal of forces.
		Laith Kubba, the Iraqi Prime Minister's spokesman, stated the insurgent attacks are increasing in the run-up to December's parliamentary elections.
	en.allexperts.com /e/i/ir/iraqi_insurgency.htm (8966 words)

	Iraqi Guerrillas Fight for Independence, For Their Leaders
		Faded Iraqi army uniforms dried on pomegranate trees, and combat boots lined a dirt path leading into the camp.
		The two cell leaders said their fighters primarily were former Iraqi army officers and young Iraqis who had joined because they were angry over the deaths or arrests of family members during U.S. raids in the hunt for Saddam Hussein and his supporters.
		One attack, he said, was scrapped at the last minute because a van carrying an Iraqi family pulled next to the targeted convoy and could have been hit by mistake.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0913-08.htm (2677 words)

	US Death Toll Hits 50 as assault increase by Iraqi guerrillas
		In the latest incident, a US soldier was killed in an attack in the centre of Baghdad when a grenade was dropped on his convoy from a bridge.
		Under ever increasing assault by hundreds of Iraqi guerrillas, America's military crusade in the Middle East to eliminate non-existent weapons of mass destruction and "liberate" Iraq is already crumbling.
		In an attempt to wean Iraqi youth away from the more extreme versions of Islam, Saddam created an organisation of non-political Islamic activists who were allowed to encourage a ritualistic but non-political interest in the Muslim religion.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4262.htm (609 words)

	Peaceful Democracies become Belligerent with bad Leaders
		The city was once under al Qaeda control, and thanks to coalition and Iraqi forces, the terrorists have now been driven out of that city.
		As we mark the third anniversary of the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the success we're seeing in Tal Afar gives me confidence in the future of Iraq.” President Bush during his March 21 press conference.
		Predictably, the Iraqi guerillas did what they should and got out, escaping through exactly the sort of tunnel system John Poole describes in his excellent books.
	www.bestsyndication.com /Articles/2006/s/strodtbeck_bob/040906_bad_leaders.htm (899 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 314
		US troops and Iraqi guerillas fought fierce clashes overnight in the western city of Falluja and 15 Iraqis were killed, witnesses and a medical official said yesterday.
		AFP from Baghdad adds: Eight Iraqis were killed and 17 wounded in insurgent mortar attacks in the main northern city of Mosul, the US-led coalition's deputy director of operations, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, said yesterday.
		Four Iraqis were killed and six others injured on Wednesday when a mortar round believed to have been aimed at a police station exploded in a crowded market in the city.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/04/17/d4041701077.htm (477 words)

	Fedayeen Saddam -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The name means "Saddam's Men of Sacrifice" and was chosen to imply a conceptual relationship with the Palestinian guerillas termed ((plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel) Fedayeen who operated primarily from Israel's founding into the 1950s.
		He was removed from command of the militia in 1996 for directing sophisticated weapons to it from the (additional info and facts about Iraqi Republican Guard) Iraqi Republican Guard.
		Many former members joined guerilla organizations, collectively known as the (additional info and facts about Iraqi insurgency) Iraqi insurgency that began to form to resist the U.S-led occupation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fe/fedayeen_saddam.htm (908 words)

	The Hindu : Iraqi forces fail to counter challenge
		Iraqi resistance fighters stormed a security compound in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah on Saturday, killing 18 policemen and freeing around 100 prisoners.
		Iraqi fighters, who struck today, also attacked the office of the local Mayor — a young man who has been handpicked by the occupation authorities.
		Gen. Abizaid, in an interview with the Associated Press, acknowledged that the Iraqi civil defence units were as yet "not ready".
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/02/15/stories/2004021501061200.htm (524 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Suicide bombers to come out of woodwork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Iraqi military forces plan to use suicide bombers camouflaged as 'desert nests' to stop U.S. tanks and armored vehicles.
		The Iraqi special operations forces, or Desert Nests, are copied from similar special operations commandos in conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia.
		In an Iraqi satellite television broadcast dated March 25, Saddam Hussein urged the Fedayeen guerrillas to conduct attacks on U.S. forces.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31863 (367 words)

	Middle East Online
		From the base of the hill, Kurdish fighters gradually crept upwards, before flinging grenades and storming the crest, the echoes of gunfire and explosions filling the peaceful valley high in the northern Iraqi mountains near the Iranian border.
		It is hard to believe that this movement has survived the concerted assaults of the Turkish military, armed with modern helicopters and artillery, since launching a guerilla war in 1984.
		Thousands of PKK members have settled in northern Iraq's so called Kurdistan region since 1999, when the group declared a ceasefire after the arrest of their chief, Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life prison sentence.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=18371 (564 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Opinion
		Iraqi resistance was no surprise and won't change the outcome.
		Instead, ground troops headed toward Baghdad were harassed by Iraqi guerillas.
		Equally disturbing were reports of Iraqi fighters dressed as civilians or pretending to surrender.
	desmoinesregister.com /opinion/stories/c2125555/20825195.html (469 words)

	Peyups : Where Bright Minds Meet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The increasing frequency, daring, and cunning with which Iraqi guerillas mount their attacks bear witness to this fact.
		Tactical victories of the Iraqi guerillas also reflect a growing hostility between Iraqi citizens and occupation forces.
		Iraqi people sitting contented in their homes, is not news, therefore, you do not see that on TV.
	www.peyups.com /article.khtml?sid=3170 (1278 words)

	gdm
		Still, America’s misfortunes are not simply the result of administrative miscues or a bungled strategy, but the unavoidable effect of a shrewd and ferocious adversary that strikes unexpectedly and then hides among the population.
		Guerilla warfare is a war of attrition; the steady, inexorable wearing away of the enemy’s forces and morale.
		In truth, the Iraqi resistance has succeeded where the Congress, the United Nations, and the millions of peace-loving antiwar citizens across the globe failed; they stopped the Bush juggernaut dead in its tracks.
	members.fortunecity.co.uk /freebie/gdm.htm (1201 words)

	Search Tuna Report for The Kurds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With the overthrow of the Iraqi monarchy in 1958, the Kurds hoped for greater administration and development projects, which the new Ba'athist government failed to grant.
		Iraqi attacks on the Kurds continued throughout the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), culminating (1988) in poison gas attacks on Kurdish villages to quash resistance and in the rounding up and execution of male Kurds, all of which resulted in the killing of some 200,000 in that year alone.
		The successes of the Iraqi Kurds in the field of language and education have, however, enabled them to create an impressive literature and a fully adequate written language, and have produced a generation of Kurds whose primary and secondary education have been in Kurdish....
	www.searchtuna.com:8004 /ftlive/1259.html (6475 words)

	‘We Just Want to Live’ - Newsweek The War in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		The village is part of the rural district of Mishahdeh, which is bisected by the strategically vital highway connecting the Iraqi capital with the northern city of Mosul.
		Iraqi rural society, deeply traditional and largely unchanged by modern ways, has remained resistant to the spectacles of grand politics.
		In the Iraqi countryside, menfolk are the breadwinners for extended families that can range up to dozens of people.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3068181 (1128 words)

	W. Thomas Smith Jr. on Iraq on National Review Online
		Nearly a thousand Iraqi guerillas — both Shiite and Sunni — were killed.
		That day, 12 Marines were killed and over 20 wounded when Iraqi guerillas launched a surprise attack against a U.S. base in Ramadi, just up the road from Fallujah.
		They are also convinced that the individual guerilla is basically afraid and knows his days are numbered.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/smith200404120831.asp (1189 words)

	Iraqi guerillas destroy myth of America's invincible military
		As Mao Tse-tung said, “The guerilla must move among the people as a fish swims in the sea.” The Iraqi resistance has managed this feat with greater dexterity than anyone expected.
		Now that 80 percent of the Iraqi people say that they want to see a rapid drawdown of American troops, we can be certain that victory, in any conventional sense of the word, is out of the question.
		The object is to invoke various asymmetrical strategies to keep the invading army constantly off-balance and on the defensive.
	onlinejournal.com /artman/publish/printer_1465.shtml (1193 words)

	The Agonist: Fresh UK Troops Fly into Iraq Violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There was international condemnation after Iraqis were seen dragging the bodies through the streets and hanging two of the charred corpses from a bridge, but the scenes revealed the depth of resentment to the US in the city.
		Six Iraqi guerillas were killed in fighting yesterday, according to the US military.
		One Iraqi was also killed in the nearby city of Ramadi, another hotbed of guerilla activity 24 miles west of Fallujah, after US troops clashed with insurgents.
	www.agonist.org /archives/015061.html (678 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Or Iraqi paramilitary guerrillas, often dressed as civilians, hiding in apartments, mosques and hospitals.
		Or the Iraqi guerillas that pretend to surrender -- and then attack when the Allies let down their guard.
		Iraqis are already trumping up civilian casualties to discredit Allied commanders.
	goldwater.mideastreality.com /ezra.html (767 words)

	Daily Dunklin Democrat: Story : Column by Kenneth Kinchen
		In a guerilla war, the distinction between "friendly" Iraqis and Iraqi murderers is almost meaningless.
		The guerilla killer's ability to blend into the population makes it impossible to fight according to the so-called Geneva Convention III, (on Prisoners of War) and treat such prisoners as those of Colonel West's as "prisoners of war." A guerilla killer is on his own.
		The guerillas are malicious and "stateless" criminals with no human rights, they forfeited those rights with the first guerilla sniper shot the first American soldier in the head.
	www.dddnews.com /story/1054678.html (961 words)

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