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Still, Garibaldi was a truly international figure during his lifetime, traveling widely and feted by the wealthy and well-connected. Historian Rohan McWilliam says he was a favorite of a radical salon crowd in Victorian England for his mix of egalitarianism, insurgent tactics and rugged sex appeal - a forerunner of...
American troops operating in the Samarra area are combing the countryside day by day in a counter-move against an expected influx of insurgent fighters, a shift expected in the wake of U.S. gains made against guerrilla forces in the neighboring provinces of Anbar and Diyala. U.S commanders say up...
Lt. Col. Viet Luong, the commander of U.S. forces in the Samarra area, says insurgent violence has increased dramatically in Samarra and the arid plains surrounding the city. In the last two weeks, attacks have risen threefold in Samarra and the areas just outside the city, says Luong. There used...
Even so, some insurgent groups are taking precautions, giving their fighters new ID cards and papers with government markings that look remarkably authentic. Some don't need to: another insurgent commander told me his group has recruited many government officials and even soldiers. "I'm bringing weapons into the city...
At least one Sunni group has adapted its "martyrdom operations" to eliminate the risk to its own fighters. The al-Qaeda-linked Ayesha Brigade plants bombs in cars owned by Shi'ites and, when the unwitting owners drive them into a crowded area, detonate them by remote control. The videotape...