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Monday December 27, 2004 06:44

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Guerrilla’ is a Spanish word meaning ‘little war’. Small nations or revolutionary bodies can only defeat the occupying forces, who are superior in human resources and arms, as well as economic and material resources, by means of guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare has been employed to overthrow colonialism, to launch civil wars, and by Communist and Western powers in the Cold War.

Up until World War II, guerrilla warfare was largely ignored in military textbooks. Today, its implications cannot be ignored. Many countries, (e.g., Britain) even have specific brigades set up to combat guerrilla warriors.

Even when the urban guerrilla applies proper tactics, errors still occur. But, one can make every effort to diminish the margin of error. Carlos Marighella, a leader of guerrilla freedom fighters in Brazil in the late 1960s, listed in his training guide the Seven Deadly Sins of Urban Guerrilla Warfare:1

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Comments (15 of 15)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	very interesting article	interested	Mon Dec 27, 2004 09:40
2	Failed Strategy	Sun-tzu	Mon Dec 27, 2004 13:01
3	loyalists?	barry	Mon Dec 27, 2004 13:46
4	planning, experience, innovation.....	interested	Mon Dec 27, 2004 14:15
5	loyalists need to get their arses out of Ireland	max	Mon Dec 27, 2004 14:24
6	old hat already	lone gunman	Mon Dec 27, 2004 14:56
7	Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile	Justin Morahan	Mon Dec 27, 2004 16:05
8	Comments on posting ' Very Interesting Article '	South African Friend of Ireland	Tue Dec 28, 2004 08:43
9	Dubious Endorsement	toneore	Tue Dec 28, 2004 21:50
10	To our SA friend	Devil Dog	Tue Dec 28, 2004 22:47
11	Article commits own sin.	L.Tzu	Wed Dec 29, 2004 19:58
12	Tonemore and Devil Dog	South Africa Friend of Ireland	Thu Dec 30, 2004 07:55
13	Loyalists	toneore	Thu Dec 30, 2004 21:40
14	Loyalists	South African Friend of Ireland	Fri Dec 31, 2004 09:20
15	loyalists	kintama	Fri Dec 31, 2004 13:11

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