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The Accidental Guerrilla
The Accidental Guerrilla
Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One
DAVID KILCULLEN
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kilcullen, David.
The accidental guerrilla : fighting small wars in the midst of a big one /
David Kilcullen.
p. cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-19-536834-5
1. Guerrilla warfare. 2. Counterinsurgency. 3. Military history, Modern20th century. 4. Military history, Modern21st century. 5. Afghan War, 200106. Iraq War, 200307. War on Terrorism, 200108. United StatesMilitary policy. I. Title. II. Title: Accidental guerrilla
U240. K49 2009
355.425dc22 2008054870
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
Contents
List of Abbreviations
ADZ | Afghan Development Zones (ISAF development and security project) |
AFF | Ameriya Freedom Fighters (Iraqi tribal fighters opposed to AQI) |
ANA | Afghan National Army |
ANAP | Afghan National Auxiliary Police |
ANCOP | Afghan National Civil Order Police |
ANDS | Afghan National Development Strategy |
ANP | Afghan National Police |
ANSF | Afghan National Security Forces |
AQ | al Qaida |
AQI | al Qaida in Iraq (Iraqi AQ affiliate) |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
AUSAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
BCT | brigade combat team (United States Army) |
BRN | Barisan Revolusi Nasional (Patani Malay Muslim guerrilla movement) |
BRN-C | Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinasi (successor movement to BRN) |
CERP | Commanders Emergency Response Program (rapid aid/development funds for counterinsurgency) |
CFCA | Combined Forces CommandAfghanistan |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency |
CLC | concerned local citizens |
CN | counternarcotics |
CNRT | Conselho Nacional de Resistncia Timorense (Timorese National Resistance Council) |
CPA | Coalition Provisional Authority |
DAC | District Advisory Council (Iraq) |
DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration (United States) |
DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) |
DFID | Department for International Development (United Kingdom) |
DI | Darul Islam (Indonesian separatist Muslim guerrilla movement) |
DOD | Department of Defense (United States) |
DOS | Department of State (United States) |
EFP | Explosively-formed Projectile (especially lethal form of IED) |
EPRT | Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team |
FALINTIL | Foras Armadas da Libertao Nacional de Timor-Leste |
FATA | Federally Administered Tribal Areas (central region of the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier) |
FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom) |
FID | foreign internal defense (military technique of indirect support to at-risk government) |
FRETILIN | Frente Revolucionaria de Timor Leste Independente (Timorese guerrilla movement) |
FSP | Fora Sigurana Popular (Peoples Security Force; CNRT security organization) |
GAM | Gerakan Aceh Merdeka |
GIA | Groupe Islamique Arme (Algerian terrorist group) |
GOA | Government of Afganistan |
GSPC | Groupe Salafiste pour La Prdication et le Combat (North African al Qaida affiliate) |
HiG | Hizb-i Islami Gulbuddin |
HUT | Hizb-ut Tahrir |
IED | improvised explosive device |
INL | International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (U.S. State Department) |
INP | Iraqi National Police |
INTERFET | International Force East Timor |
IO | information operations |
IRD | Information Research Department (of the FCO) |
ISAF | International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) |
ISI | Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (Pakistani intelligence service) |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
JAM | Jaysh al-Mahdi |
JI | Jemaah Islamiyah (Southeast Asian AQ Affiliate) |
JI | Jemaat e-Islami (Pakistani political party) |
JIATF | Joint Interagency Task Force |
KMTC | Kabul Military Training Center |
KOPASSUS | Komando Pasukan Khusus (Indonesian special forces) |
LeT | Lasykar e-Tayyiba (Pakistani terrorist group) |
LZ | Landing Zone |
MANPADS | man-portable air defense system |
MNC-I | Multi-National CorpsIraq |
MNF-I | Multinational ForceIraq |
MSF | Medecins Sans Frontieres |
NAC | Neighborhood Advisory Council (Iraq) |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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