guerrilla
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Born in 1954 in Masjed Soleyman in southwestern Iran and trained as a mechanical engineer, Rezaei joined al-Mansouroun, a guerrilla group fighting the Shah’s regime that became a proving ground for Iran’s future security establishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"It makes us a little nervous," said Darwin, who says he became a guerrilla due to a lack of work in his coca-growing region.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Giaconda Belli, a writer and former guerrilla who left the Sandinista party in 1990 and now lives in exile, said she knows firsthand that removing an authoritarian leader is possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Anti-putsch protests were put down by security forces, but activists quit the cities to form pro-democracy guerrilla groups, fighting alongside ethnic minority armies which have long resisted central rule.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Just about everyone in the Philippines knows of the guerrilla forces.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Okuda also once crossed a jungle to meet leftist guerrillas in the Philippines when he ran Toyota's local operations there in the early 1970s, Bloomberg News reported.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The couple formed part of a 99-strong group of guerrillas who struck a deal with outgoing President Gustavo Petro to disband two months ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
That is 55% more than in 2000, when the U.S. began providing Colombia billions in equipment and training to roll back drug production and Marxist guerrillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Believing he would replicate the triumph in Cuba, he went to Bolivia with a small group of would-be guerrillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The guerrillas are small groups of Filipino combatants who work with the US military to fight the Japanese.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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