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also counterguerilla
as in guerrilla
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Cepeda had participated in and continued throughout the campaign to promote negotiations with guerrillas and cartels.
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As part of this shift, Cuban officers are opting to train soldiers in guerrilla tactics rather than conventional warfare — a strategic departure corroborated by Cancian that is also evident in the footage.
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Some galaxies, known as irregulars, don't fit neatly into either mold.
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The existence of the irregulars raises an important question: How small can a galaxy get?
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All the gold is gone, and there’s barely enough to pay her soldiers, let alone throw a lavish coronation.
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Thirty-two Cuban soldiers working security for Maduro were killed in the raid.
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That is why the churches call men and women who take to their knees as prayer warriors.
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By then Tanacharison is telling Washington that he is mystically protected, in the mode of certain Indigenous warriors who were placed on earth to be leaders.
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Drone warfare has become the deadliest threat to civilians in Sudan 's conflict and both the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are being supplied by a number of countries in the Middle East and beyond, experts say.
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Among them was the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creating a power vacuum largely filled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary, political and economic group.
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During the holiday weekend in 2025, troopers responded to 5,110 calls for service, 528 traffic services, 1,219 traffic stops, 29 DUIs and 330 motor vehicle crashes, 35 with injuries and three with fatal injuries in Southbury and Prospect.
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When the vehicle sped away instead, the troopers pursued the Dodge.
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Sherman's lawyer previously said his client was also a retired military serviceman and successful businessman.
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Now, some 80 years later, researchers have uncovered the servicemen’s final resting place.
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His mind for military strategy and his quiet but intense drive propelled him – a son of working-class Moroccan Jewish immigrants who grew up in the most remote corner of Israel – from foot soldier to army chief of staff.
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Among the Cambodians to exploit the instability was Toek Tik, a once-impoverished former Khmer Rouge foot soldier whose confessions helped investigators substantiate some of their claims against Latchford.
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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