All 4 Uses of
insurgent
in
This I Believe II
- On June 24, 2004, insurgents detonated several car bombs around the city of Mosul, killing over one hundred—no cops, no Iraqi national guardsmen, no Americans—all innocent civilians.†
Chpt 29insurgents = members of an irregular armed force that fight a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- My unit fought Zarqawi-backed insurgents in a firefight that lasted almost eight hours.†
Chpt 29
- I don't justify what the insurgents have done to the Iraqis.
Chpt 29 *
- But the passion of all sides—Iraqi, American, ally, and insurgent—shows that if man can redirect his energies to one of acceptance and not intolerance, we can bring the zealot, the politician, the soldier, and the outsider to a place where man is just that: man.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment