Counterinsurgency Measures

Question 1

Insurgency (Def)

Answer 1

organized movement aimed at overthrowing a government through use of subversion and armed conflict. Can be part of larger non-violent movement

Question 2

Insurgent Def

Answer 2

Member of insurgency. organized

Question 3

Guerrilla

Answer 3

Overt military aspect of insurgency

Question 4

Terrorist

Answer 4

One who uses violence or threat of violence to create fear in pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.

Question 5

Why study COIN

Answer 5

Not just a thinking man’s war, its the graduate level of warfare.”

Question 6

Insurgency is…

Answer 6

Form of internal war; elements of civil war; aimed at expelling or overthrowing government.

Question 7

What are the root causes of insurgency

Answer 7

Power; money, religion, occupation.

Question 8

Pre-reqs of insurgency

Answer 8

Vulnerable Population; leadership; lack of government control

Question 9

(6) Types of Insurgent Approaches

Answer 9

Conspiratorial; Military Focuses; Urban; Protracted Popular War; Identity Focuses; Composite and Coalition

Question 10

What is Conspiratorial

Answer 10

Type of Insurgency: Few key leaders seize control of government structures (ie Lenin)

Question 11

Military Focused

Answer 11

Use military Force to create change

Question 12

Urban

Answer 12

Small independent cells weaken government and create fear

Question 13

Protracted Popular war-

Answer 13

Use popular support

Question 14

Identity-Focused

Answer 14

Popular support of a certain group of people. Tribal, community etc.

Question 15

Composite and coalition

Answer 15

Mix of the different approaches at different times.

Question 16

Means of Mobilization of support

Answer 16

Persuasion; Coercion; Reaction to abuses; Foreign Support; Apolitical Motivation

Question 17

What are the (5) elements of an insurgency

Answer 17

Movement Leaders; Combatants; Political Cadre; Auxiliaries; Mass Base

Question 18

Movement Leaders provide

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Direction

Question 19

Combatants provide

Answer 19

muscle

Question 20

Political Cadre

Answer 20

win hearts and minds

Question 21

Auxiliaries provide

Answer 21

CSS- Support by providing services or sanctuary etc.

Question 22

Mass base

Answer 22

Followership

Question 23

What are the three phases of an insurgency

Answer 23

Latent and Incipient; Guerilla Warfare; War of Movement

Question 24

Latent and Incipient Phase

Answer 24

build up phase (very vulnerable)

Question 25

Guerilla Warfare Phase

Answer 25

Small scale attacks to illegitimize government

Question 26

War of Movement

Answer 26

uses both needs of the people (political) and conventional warfare.

Question 27

Endstate of COIN

Answer 27

est. rule of law; re-legitimize government

Question 28

Indications of Legitimiacy

Answer 28

Security; Selection of Leaders; Support for political process; Levels of Corruption; Level of development

Question 29

Three Kinds of People in COIN

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Anti-Gov, Neutral, Pro-Gov

Question 30

Who is the majority/minority out of the 3 kinds of people in COIN

Answer 30

Anti-Gov (minority), Neutral (majority), Pro-Gov (minority)

Question 31

What is Unity of Effort?

Answer 31

must be present at every echelon of a COIN operation;otherwise, well-intentioned but uncoordinated actions can cancel each other or provide vulnerabilities for insurgents to exploit.

Question 32

What are Intelligence Drives Operations?

Answer 32

Effective operations are shaped by timely, specific, and reliable intelligence, gathered and analyzed at the lowest possible level

Question 33

What is Isolation?

Answer 33

Dynamic insurgencies can replace losses quickly.

Question 34

Guidelines of COIN (7)

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Analysis before action; Popular Support; Gain support through active opposition; Popular Support is conditional; Integrate local security and police; focus and intense application of effort; continuous analysis

Question 35

What are the Tactical Imperatives of Counterinsurgency

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- creating and maintaining a realistic set of expectations among the populace, friendly military forces, and the international community - managing expectations involves demonstrating economic and politcal progress to show the populace how life is improving

Question 36

CF Communication

Answer 36

Dialects, Languages, Accents, Actions

Question 37

CF Religion

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Practices, Holidays, Thoughts, Hypocrisy

Question 38

CF Social Networks

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Family, Gender, Age v Status, Groups (Socieoeconomic/Criminal0

Question 39

CF Geography

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Sub regions, who lives where, Alliances/Loyalty, Sensitive Sites

Question 40

CF Clothing

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Ethnicity, Specific Occasions, Status

Question 41

CF Residential Patterns

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Urban v Rural, family, Rich v Poor, Style

Question 42

CF Diet

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Customs of eating, what to and not to eat, how to eat, etiquette.

Question 43

CF Self Identity and Perceptions

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Understand Different Views of: Individual Groups, Foreigners, Local History, Abstract Ideas (Honor, Justice, Truth)

Question 44

What are the Civilian Consideration

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(ASCOPE) Area, Structures, Capabilities of Infrastructure, Organizations, People, Events

Question 45

What is IDAD

Answer 45

Internal, Defense, And Development

Question 46

What are the principles of IDAD?

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-Unity of effort, -Maximum use of intelligence, -Maximum use of PSYOP and CA, -minimum use of violence, -responsive government

Question 47

What is DIME?

Answer 47

Diplomatic, Information, Military, and Economic