guerrilla
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On Saturday, tens of thousands of people had rallied in Pristina to demand the acquittal of Thaci and other former guerrilla leaders.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Museveni has kept his own views on the succession quiet, but as a former guerrilla army leader, many assume he favours his son.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
Comedy duo Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol used guerrilla filmmaking and footage they shot in the mid-aughts to create a time-travel caper about their characters’ quest to play the ultimate gig.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Filipino guerrilla units fought for their independence, while Americans fought to colonize the islands.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The trek takes Etna across a bombed-out city and into a mountain range occupied by refugees and guerrillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Since the coup, some of Myanmar's myriad ethnic minority factions have banded with pro-democracy guerrillas to fight the armed forces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The nation now openly mocks the bearded guerrillas, including Fidel Castro, and their generation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Petro tried unsuccessfully to negotiate peace with criminal groups, but experts say guerrillas used the talks to grow in strength.
From Barron's ● Jun. 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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