He emphasized, however, that the country's priority should be developing its security forces to fight insurgents.

He said that for the "foreseeable future," the army would be fighting insurgents, rather than guarding borders.

When asked to fight Iraqi insurgents, the local security forces have generally melted away.

The 1,200 military men and women who were assigned to his search team are now fighting Iraqi insurgents.

However, their officers were skilled in fighting Cuban insurgents.

The Indian Army has played a crucial role in the past, fighting insurgents and terrorists within the nation.

Shiite officials accused the soldiers of killing 17 civilians, though American generals said the troops had been fighting insurgents.

The Americans are relying on the pesh merga to fight insurgents.

"We could fight insurgents here for 10 years, but we don't want to."

In theory, the Iraqi police and army leaders are supposed to work hand in hand to fight insurgents.