Sentence examples for insurgency by from inspiring English sources

IN THE mid-1990s Egypt's government faced a violent insurgency by Islamist militants.

"You cannot deal with an insurgency by collective punishment," says a British officer.

The new president will confront an escalating insurgency by militants in the country.

Iraq is indeed President Bush's Vietnam ("Two-Front Insurgency," by William Safire, column, April 7).

Experts have long maintained it will be difficult to defeat the insurgency by military means alone.

The violence has continued despite the incoming government pledging to eradicate the insurgency by next month.

At the time, the government was facing a vicious and prolonged insurgency by leftist guerrillas.

The talks in Djibouti aimed to end the insurgency by bringing the ICU leaders into government.

The law was introduced in 1960 to help combat an insurgency by communist rebels, a period known as the "emergency".

Security was the main issue in the lead-up to the poll, thanks to the insurgency by Boko Haram.

Besides fueling the propaganda war, the blight might also help the insurgency by giving prices a boost.