Insurgents Quotations

No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy.

I was kidnapped by Sunni insurgents near Fallujah, in Iraq, ambushed by the Taliban in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, and injured in a car accident that killed my driver while covering the Taliban occupation of the Swat Valley in Pakistan.

That the Iraqi Government is considering a political deal granting amnesty to insurgents who have attacked or killed American service members is not just shocking - the idea of amnesty for insurgents is an outrage.

We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria.

The reasoning for our civil-military plan is that lasting success will be when the Afghan government, security forces and people can resist the insurgents and terrorists themselves.

Through intelligence sources we determined there were a large number of insurgents in that area,

We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq.

This tension has been going on for some time, but at a much lower pitch. I'm surprised that they have taken it public to this extent. . . . The winners in this are the insurgents and the militants.

So, in other words, all the lessons that they're learning on how to attack the United States are being communicated and shared not only throughout Iraq but with insurgents and terrorists throughout the world.

only a small number of Iraqi security forces are taking on the insurgents and terrorists by themselves.

I am convinced that information operations from both sides are increasing and intensifying. I think both sides are beginning to understand that this struggle will be waged in both the kinetic and informational realms, but that the latter is the decisive area of operations. The insurgents target several audiences, including the Islamic world and the American populace.

I am furious that the Iraqi Government would even consider giving a green light to the criminal insurgents who attack our troops.

Based on the national elections that took place in January, we anticipate that insurgents will attempt to intimidate voters and deprive them of the opportunity to vote,

He has angered insurgents who don't believe in his methods or in attacks on holy sites. But that won't stop him.

I think there is absolutely no question that the partial evidence strongly suggests that there have been increasing contacts between Afghan insurgents and Iraqi insurgents either in Iraq itself or in Pakistan, the trails going in both directions.

people all across the spectrum, insurgents and opponents, people kind of leaning that way, people in the middle, people leaning toward the government and then the government.

Over the last 30 days we have pressed the insurgents hard -- ruthlessly.

Reconstruction work is not possible while the fighting is going on or while the insurgents have been in charge of the town. But once it's back in government hands, we'll be able to get on with these projects very quickly.

Rejection would be a disaster for the U.S., but ratification alone will not end our problems in Iraq. Even if the constitution is ratified, the insurgents are not going to lay down their arms.

We couldn't send them the actual cell phones overseas; they could be tracked by insurgents who might want to cause them harm. It's safer and more efficient this way.

We have uncovered a plot by coup leaders, their civilian supporters and communist insurgents to take military and government officials hostage and force the President to step down and then install a transition government.

The pressure applied on terrorists and insurgents is having an effect,

We are gravely alarmed that insurgents are intensifying their murderous campaign against Iraqi journalists and media employees.

We were reminded first-hand of the work that still needs to be done in Iraq on the security front when insurgents fired five rounds into the base while we were still meeting with the nurses.

There are always going to be insurgents in Iraq ... and there's always going to be bombs going off. That's the nature of that neighborhood, ... The key is: Can this military defend its civil government and be accountable and responsible to it? I think they're going to hold.

The government of Pakistan has placed some restrictions on the insurgents but success does not come through half-measures and it is important the terror infrastructure is dismantled (by Pakistan) from its roots,

Turning over the responsibility for fighting the insurgents to local forces . . . threatens to exacerbate the communal tensions that underlie the conflict and undermine the power-sharing negotiations needed to end it.

What can the insurgents do that's worse? There are already car bombs every day.

This not only opens the door for insurgents to permanently renounce violence and join the political process in order to stabilize Iraq, it also isolates the terrorists who are the enemy of all Iraqis, while setting the stage for the emergence of a strong and independent Iraq.

There's no way I can control this area with the men I have, ... The reports are that the insurgents are using these southern control points because they're open. We can't keep them closed because I don't have the manpower.

The more and more we can train Iraqis to fight these insurgents themselves, the sooner we will be able to bring our troops home.

that there is this detailed planning and intent on the part of the insurgents in Iraq to one day control that country and to really try to extend their extremism to neighboring countries. It demonstrates to me they clearly understand the importance and significance of the battle in Iraq right now.

You're watching the insurgents develop more sophisticated methods of attack, and more sophisticated IEDs. They're using shaped charges and anti-tank mines stacked together. They're using 500-pound bombs that can destroy any armored vehicle. They're using these so-called swarming attacks, firing several RPG rounds at one lightly armored vehicle.

This is a real massive quantity of explosives that could have reached the hands of insurgents and could be used with deadly force and consequences against people in Iraq,

There seems to be this basic idea that we attack a city, the insurgents run away and go somewhere else, and I've got to tell you, that's not happening,

There's always going to be bombs going off in Iraq. There are always going to be insurgents in Iraq ... that's the nature of the neighborhood,

The more we talk about withdrawals, the more insurgents assert themselves.

It's not too cold, it's not too hot, so they (military officials) expected the insurgents would be active this season, and they have been.

It will dispel the notion that the U.S. is a permanent occupying force, a theme used by the insurgents to justify their continued attacks,

They created a police station in a box. There were too many out there. Insurgents overran them, and police died.

The insurgents are thinking in terms of years. It took 10 years in Afghanistan to evict the Soviets. We're thinking in terms of months, and that causes problems,

The insurgents are still there, ... They still want to derail the democratic process. They still want to discredit the Iraqi government, so operations continue.

If we used that fortress mentality and created a sense of security and security zones, and wait for the insurgents to come to us and don't go after them . . . and protect the people inside that zone, allow them to feel more comfortable and more confident and allow them to get an economy going . . . then at that point Iraqis are going to be more willing to assume the front lines of that fortress.

In the last few months, Syria has been cracking down on Islamic insurgents and is trying to open up an intelligence dialogue with the US and show that they are cooperating.

Insurgents used to mortar the thing every day. Luckily, it was a very large base and they were very poor shots.

Insurgents of all kinds are attacking the oil industry as a way of fighting the governments in charge. It's contributing to a lot of anxiety about the safety of supply.

If you sit still for a few minutes, the insurgents will have time to figure out where you are, that you are a Westerner, and take you out. A lot of the casualties are from situations like that.

These insurgents are like rats spreading plague among the people. Rats are very small, but the disease they spread is horrible. Iraq should be rid of these dirty rats.

And clearly we know that the vast majority of the insurgents are from the Sunni Arab community.