As well, the force did not allow time to develop the intelligence required to find, target and then attack the leaders of local insurgent movements.

This was one of the early vital wins for the insurgent movement.

"The mission of establishing communications with the insurgent movement."

Could they be members of another insurgent movement?

Even more important, an insurgent movement able to seize control of a state could support transnational terrorists.

Members of the republican insurgent movement were left out of this government.

On the other hand, the response the colonial regime gave to the insurgent movement was, in fact, single-minded.

The punitive program came about as many individuals took advantage of the political options opened by both the insurgent movement and the constitutional regime.

In this way the insurgent movement lost not only its military momentum but its political impulse as well.

Historically, insurgent movements the world over suffer this sort of treachery.