To: God luvs America
You may also want to check out the post-WWII German "Werewolf" guerrillas. IIRC, it took 5 years to catch them all.
2 posted on
08/10/2005 7:55:37 AM PDT by
Slings and Arrows
("MON CANARD EST EN FEU!!" -- http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050620.html)
To: Slings and Arrows
Weren't they called Wolverines?
5 posted on
08/10/2005 7:59:56 AM PDT by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: Slings and Arrows
A better analogy would be the Soviet Blockade of West Berlin three years after the end of the War. The insurgents in Iraq have little to do with the previous regime, they are outsiders who want to take control. Just as the Soviets were an outsider who wanted to control West Berlin. This is what makes occupations tricky, and why you can't just walk away when the original enemy is defeated. New enemies can appear out of the wordwook.
21 posted on
08/10/2005 8:45:40 AM PDT by
dfwgator
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