0 someone who is fighting against the government in their own country: --
All approaches to the capital are now under the control of the insurgents.
1 a person who is a member of a group that is fighting against the government of their country --
In addition to robbing victims of their money, many insurgents seized deeds and debt records testifying to an economic aspect of the violence that has been little studied.
Such a catastrophe could not have happened without the army's loss of will, the government's estrangement from civil society and, of course, the unfaltering determination and competence of the insurgents.
Mature movements embroil insurgents in intricate and sometimes costly negotiations, but the quiet arrangement of distributive benefits is less of a strain than the visible confrontations with more youthful movements.
Given the balance of forces on the ground, few could have imagined that the war would have lasted that long and ended in favour of the insurgents.
One dimension is structural: the differing agendas, time frames, and identities of the movement activists and party insurgents.
Second, activists and insurgents have different political time frames.
In light of the preceding, it is tempting but misleading to conclude that the insurgents did not win ; the military simply lost.
What the student group and their allies appropriated was therefore the collective property of the growing army of potential insurgents.
