They will have become largely an insurgent movement of the countryside, albeit a potent one.

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

The strategy has never on its own defeated an insurgent movement, but it can pressure insurgent groups into political negotiations.

This was because of the growth in the number of drones, providing real-time images of insurgent movements, and other intelligence-gathering operations, including linguists and analysts.

Dissatisfaction with both has spawned insurgent movements across the continent, a failure of nerve in elites and a more general breakdown in public confidence.