Sentence examples for support the guerrillas from inspiring English sources

But now the war is about the war -- the Acehnese join or support the guerrillas because of the army's brutality.

He first came to Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation to support the guerrillas, a cause that was also championed by the United States.

Syria sent tanks over the border to support the guerrillas, then retreated under Jordanian air attacks, and King Hussein kept his throne.

A huge aerial spraying programme against coca and poppies has not only proved ineffective without follow-up on the ground; it has also driven irate farmers to support the guerrillas.

Residents say they are hoping that the demilitarized zone will remain in place, not necessarily because they support the guerrillas, but because they do not want to return to the frontier-style disorder that plagued the region in the past.

"The human-rights violations were not directed specifically against an ethnic group but against all who were perceived to support the guerrillas," says Eduardo Stein, a former vice-president.The case has shown the extent of political interference in the court system.

Almost entirely bereft of popular support, the guerrilla campaign flopped.

The Saigon authorities, with American assistance, could then start the slow task of identifying and arresting the secret Communist agents who had fomented this insurrection and were directing the clandestine government in its daily activity of marshalling the peasantry to support the guerrilla fighting units.

Large numbers of black troops were recruited, and villagers supporting the guerrillas were subjected to savage reprisals.

Human rights investigators report that it appeared that some of the men of El Quemado had supported the guerrillas.

Last year, an entire unit, the 20th Intelligence Brigade, was disbanded for supporting, and even directing, paramilitaries in the massacre of civilians said to have supported the guerrillas.