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nounan organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
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- pacification actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- counterinsurgency actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- counterinsurgent of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- east turkestan islamic movement a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
- east turkistan islamic movement a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression