http://www.mail.com/subjects/95796-guerrilla-warfare.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/95796-guerrilla-warfare.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country. A three-member tribunal also found Rios Montt guilty of crimes against humanity and s... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html 2013-05-10T23:37:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2055968-paramilitary-soap-opera-stirs-dispute-colombia.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a blanket, they find the body of their father. At the burial shortly afterward, amid tears and embraces, the brothers vow vengeance against the leftist rebels who kidnapped and killed him. ... Wed, 01 May 2013 16:08:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2055968-paramilitary-soap-opera-stirs-dispute-colombia.html 2013-05-01T16:08:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044046-kurdish-rebels-to-retreat-turkey-to-iraq.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish rebels will start withdrawing thousands of guerrilla fighters from Turkey on May 8 and retreat across the border to northern Iraq, a rebel commander said Thursday, in an important milestone toward ending a nearly three-decade old insurgency that has cost tens of thousands of lives. In a news conference held in northern Iraq's... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:55:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044046-kurdish-rebels-to-retreat-turkey-to-iraq.html 2013-04-25T17:55:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019944-chads-leader-troops-to-leave-mali-guerrilla-war.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The war against armed Islamic extremists in Mali will lose some 2,000 Chadian soldiers, the president of Chad said, leaving Malian cities more vulnerable to a resurgence of jihadist attacks. The news that Chad will pull its troops from Mali could force France to push back its own timeframe for withdrawing its troops from its former Wes... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:55:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019944-chads-leader-troops-to-leave-mali-guerrilla-war.html 2013-04-16T01:55:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019022-hezbollah-backed-lebanese-shiites-fight-syria.html AL QASR, Lebanon (AP) — Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from Lebanon who are patrolling both sides of a porous border stretch with Syria. The gunmen on the edge of the border village of al-Qasr say their mission is to protect Shiites on the Syrian side who... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:59:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019022-hezbollah-backed-lebanese-shiites-fight-syria.html 2013-04-14T19:59:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954480-us-islamic-extremists-move-nigeria-mali.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists continue to move freely between Nigeria and northern Mali, despite the ongoing French military operation there against them, the United States ambassador to Nigeria said Thursday. As extremist shootings, bombings and kidnappings of foreigners continue unstopped across northern Nigeria, U.S. Ambassador Terence McCul... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:42:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954480-us-islamic-extremists-move-nigeria-mali.html 2013-03-14T15:42:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921122-thailand-muslim-militants-agree-to-peace-talks.html KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Thailand's government signed a breakthrough deal with Muslim insurgents for the first time ever Thursday, agreeing to hold talks to ease nearly a decade of violence in the country's southern provinces that has killed more than 5,000 people. The agreement was announced in Malaysia's largest city, Kuala Lumpur, between Thai aut... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:35:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921122-thailand-muslim-militants-agree-to-peace-talks.html 2013-02-28T11:35:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1902790-moment-reckoning-french-troops-mali.html PARIS (AP) — It's crunch time in Mali for the French military. Radical Islamist fighters spent weeks on the run from Malian cities under a French ground and air assault — but they're brazenly fighting back this week at French troops. The French, meanwhile, are tightening a dragnet against the al-Qaida-linked militants in one of their last remaining redoub... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:40:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1902790-moment-reckoning-french-troops-mali.html 2013-02-20T16:40:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898748-karzai-bans-afghan-forces-seeking-airstrikes.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Critics expressed worries Monday that a presidential order barring Afghan security forces from requesting international airstrikes during operations in residential areas could hobble government troops even as they prepare to take over full responsibility for security in the country from international forces. Underscoring the troo... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:48:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898748-karzai-bans-afghan-forces-seeking-airstrikes.html 2013-02-18T20:48:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1887896-thai-marines-kill-16-militants-who-attacked-base.html NARATHIWAT, Thailand (AP) — Marines fending off a militant assault on their base in Thailand's violent south killed 16 insurgents in an overnight shootout, authorities said Wednesday. It was the deadliest toll the Muslim guerrillas suffered since more than 100 died in a single day nearly a decade ago. Thailand's military has struggled to control the insur... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:14:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1887896-thai-marines-kill-16-militants-who-attacked-base.html 2013-02-13T12:14:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1881060-filipino-extremists-face-foe-fellow-rebels.html MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After years of fighting the government from hidden jungle bases in the southern Philippines, an Al-Qaida-linked militant group is facing a new adversary: fellow Muslim insurgents who can match their guerrilla battle tactics and are eager to regain their lost stature by fighting the widely condemned terrorist group. The emerging ... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1881060-filipino-extremists-face-foe-fellow-rebels.html 2013-02-11T01:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1866714-french-troops-to-quit-timbuktu-this-week.html TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In a new phase of the Mali conflict, French airstrikes targeted the fuel depots and desert hideouts of Islamic extremists in northern Mali overnight Monday, as French forces planned to hand control of Timbuktu to the Malian army this week. After taking control of the key cities of northern Mali, forcing the Islamic rebels to retreat ... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1866714-french-troops-to-quit-timbuktu-this-week.html 2013-02-04T20:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855308-myanmar-abolishes-25-year-ban-public-gatherings.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's nearly 2-year-old reformist government has abolished a ban on public gatherings of more than five people that was ordered in 1988 on the day a military junta took power after crushing nationwide pro-democracy protests. The state-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported Tuesday that Order No 2/88 was abolished as it was not in l... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855308-myanmar-abolishes-25-year-ban-public-gatherings.html 2013-01-30T00:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851666-guatemala-ex-dictator-to-stand-trial-genocide.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday. Human rights advocates have said that the prosecution of Jose Efrain Rios Montt would be an important sy... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851666-guatemala-ex-dictator-to-stand-trial-genocide.html 2013-01-29T01:53:00Z