COUNTER GUERRILLA WARFARE

“THIS IS ANOTHER TYPE OF WAR NEW IN ITS INTENSITY, ANCIENT IN ITS ORIGINS –

WAR BY GUERRILLAS, SUBVERSIVES, INSURGENTS,

ASSASSINS; WAR BY AMBUSH INSTEAD OF

COMBAT; BY INFILTRATION INSTEAD OF AGGRESSION…..

.....SEEKING VICTORY BY ERODING AND EXHAUSTING THE ENEMY INSTEAD OF ENGAGING

HIM…IT REQUIRES IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE MUST COUNTER IT…A WHOLE NEW

KIND OF STRATEGY, A WHOLLY DIFFERENT KIND OF FORCE,

AND THEREFORE…..

…..A NEW AND WHOLLY DIFFERENT KIND OF MILITARY

TRAINING”.

JOHN F KENNEDY, 1962

SEQUENCE

SEQUENCE

DEFINITIONDEFINITION

““A POLITICO-MILITARY A POLITICO-MILITARY CONFRONTATION BETWEEN CONFRONTATION BETWEEN

AN ESTABLISHED AN ESTABLISHED AUTHORITY (STATE) AND AUTHORITY (STATE) AND

GROUP (S) OF PEOPLE, WITH GROUP (S) OF PEOPLE, WITH OR WITHOUT EXTERNAL OR WITHOUT EXTERNAL

ASSISTANCE, BELOW ASSISTANCE, BELOW CONVENTIONAL WAR BUT CONVENTIONAL WAR BUT

…………….…………….

……………….ABOVE THE ROUTINE .ABOVE THE ROUTINE PEACEFUL CONTESTS OR PEACEFUL CONTESTS OR

COMPETITION WITH A VIEW COMPETITION WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVE THEIR ENDS. IT TO ACHIEVE THEIR ENDS. IT IS WAGED BY A NUMBER OF IS WAGED BY A NUMBER OF

MEANS EMPLOYING MEANS EMPLOYING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC,

SOCIAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL,

INFORMATIONAL, AND INFORMATIONAL, AND MILITARY INSTITUTIONS”MILITARY INSTITUTIONS”

TECHNIQUES & TACTICS TECHNIQUES & TACTICS APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY IN APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY IN ONE OPERATION MAY NOT ONE OPERATION MAY NOT BE SUITABLE IF APPLIED IN BE SUITABLE IF APPLIED IN

THE SAME MANNER IN THE SAME MANNER IN ANOTHER SITUATIONANOTHER SITUATION

TECHNOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL AND INFORMATIONAL ADVANCES INFORMATIONAL ADVANCES

HAVE GIVEN NEW HAVE GIVEN NEW DIMENSION TO THIS KIND OF DIMENSION TO THIS KIND OF

WARWAR

MASS SOCIAL UNREST, MASS SOCIAL UNREST, CRIMINALIZATION OF CRIMINALIZATION OF POLITICS, DIVISIVE POLITICS, DIVISIVE

TENDENCIES IN OUR SOCIETY TENDENCIES IN OUR SOCIETY AND INFILTRATION OF AND INFILTRATION OF

FOREIGN TRAINED NATIVE FOREIGN TRAINED NATIVE OR ALIEN AGENTS WILL OR ALIEN AGENTS WILL

BRING ABOUT INSTABILITY, BRING ABOUT INSTABILITY, MAKING FERTILE GROUND MAKING FERTILE GROUND

FOR SUCH CONFLICTSFOR SUCH CONFLICTS

ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO SUCH CONFLICTS HAS TO BE SUCH CONFLICTS HAS TO BE

AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & AN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL & POLITICAL ONE, WITHIN THE POLITICAL ONE, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL INTEGRITY, SOVERIGNITY & INTEGRITY, SOVERIGNITY &

EXISTING POLITICAL SYSTEMEXISTING POLITICAL SYSTEM

CONTAINMENT RATIO - CONTAINMENT RATIO - 19 SOLDIERS TO 01 ENEMY19 SOLDIERS TO 01 ENEMY

BREAKTHROUGH RATIO -BREAKTHROUGH RATIO -30 SOLDIERS TO 01 ENEMY30 SOLDIERS TO 01 ENEMY

““AN ARMED REBELLION BY AN ARMED REBELLION BY A SECTION OF A SECTION OF

POPULATION AGAINST POPULATION AGAINST THE LEGALLY THE LEGALLY CONSTITUTED CONSTITUTED

GOVERNMENT, WITH THE GOVERNMENT, WITH THE SUPPORT OR SYMPATHY SUPPORT OR SYMPATHY

OF THE LOCAL OF THE LOCAL POPULATION, OBTAINED POPULATION, OBTAINED

VOLUNTARILY OR BY VOLUNTARILY OR BY COERCION”COERCION”

IT COVERS THE FULL IT COVERS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT FROM SUBVERSION TO FROM SUBVERSION TO FULL SCALE GUERRILLA FULL SCALE GUERRILLA WAR, INCLUDING THE WAR, INCLUDING THE

EMERGENCE OF EMERGENCE OF GUERRILLA BANDS INTO GUERRILLA BANDS INTO

REGIONAL UNITSREGIONAL UNITS

-INFILTRATIONINFILTRATION-SUBVERSIONSUBVERSION-SABOTAGESABOTAGE-ASSASINATIONASSASINATION

-SUPPORT BASESUPPORT BASE-FINANCIAL BASEFINANCIAL BASE-TERRORISMTERRORISM-GUERRILLA OPERATIONSGUERRILLA OPERATIONS-FORCES GOVERNMENT FORCES GOVERNMENT TROOPSTROOPS INTO DEFENSIVE ROLE INTO DEFENSIVE ROLE

-FORCE STRUCTURE FORCE STRUCTURE -DIRECT ENGAGEMENTDIRECT ENGAGEMENT-CONVENTIONALCONVENTIONAL OPERATIONSOPERATIONS-EXTENSIVE DEFENCESEXTENSIVE DEFENCES-REPLACES GOVERNMENTREPLACES GOVERNMENT

““ALL MEASURES OF ALL MEASURES OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES TO GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES TO

COMBAT INSURGENCY COMBAT INSURGENCY INCLUDING OPERATIONS BY THE INCLUDING OPERATIONS BY THE

MILITARY, CIVIL, POLICE, AS MILITARY, CIVIL, POLICE, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, WELL AS ECONOMIC, POLITICAL,

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AIMED AT WINNING OVER THE AIMED AT WINNING OVER THE

PEOPLE”PEOPLE”

““COUNTER GUERRILLA COUNTER GUERRILLA OPERATIONS ARE DIRECTED OPERATIONS ARE DIRECTED

AT THE ACTIVE MILITARY AT THE ACTIVE MILITARY ELEMENT OF THE ELEMENT OF THE

INSURGENT MOVEMENT. TO INSURGENT MOVEMENT. TO THIS END, COUNTER THIS END, COUNTER GUERRILLA OPS ARE GUERRILLA OPS ARE

VIEWED AS A SUPPORTING VIEWED AS A SUPPORTING COMPONENT OF THE COMPONENT OF THE

COUNTER INSURGENCY COUNTER INSURGENCY EFFORT”EFFORT”

-SUPPORT OVERALL AIM OF -SUPPORT OVERALL AIM OF THE INSURGENT MOVEMENTTHE INSURGENT MOVEMENT

-GAIN SUPPORT FOR THE -GAIN SUPPORT FOR THE INSURGENT MOVEMENTINSURGENT MOVEMENT

-INCREASE POPULATION’S-INCREASE POPULATION’S VULNERABILITIESVULNERABILITIES

-LESSEN GOVERNMENT -LESSEN GOVERNMENT CONTROLCONTROL

-PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL-PROVIDE PSYCHOLOGICAL VICTORIESVICTORIES

-TIE UP GOVERNMENT-TIE UP GOVERNMENT RESOURCESRESOURCES

-WEAKEN THE RESOLVE OF-WEAKEN THE RESOLVE OF FORCESFORCES

““TO REDUCE THE TO REDUCE THE GUERRILLA THREAT OR GUERRILLA THREAT OR ACTIVITY IN THE AREA, ACTIVITY IN THE AREA,

AND TO PROVIDE A AND TO PROVIDE A FAVOURABLE FAVOURABLE

ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM”PROGRAM”

““WHEN THE GUERRILLA WHEN THE GUERRILLA THREAT IS REDUCED, THREAT IS REDUCED, DEVELOPMENT CAN DEVELOPMENT CAN BEGIN, AND WHEN BEGIN, AND WHEN

DEVELOPMENT WORKS, DEVELOPMENT WORKS, THE CAUSES OF THE CAUSES OF

DISSATISFACTION WHICH DISSATISFACTION WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE GAVE RISE TO THE INSURGENCY ARE INSURGENCY ARE

ALLEVIATED”ALLEVIATED”

““THIS DEPRIVES THE THIS DEPRIVES THE GUERRILLA OF BOTH GUERRILLA OF BOTH POPULAR SUPPORT POPULAR SUPPORT AND A REASON FOR AND A REASON FOR

FIGHTING – WHICH HE FIGHTING – WHICH HE NEEDS TO SURVIVE”NEEDS TO SURVIVE”