Reply #9: Insurgency defined [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

When insurgency is used to describe a movement's unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with the law of the land, its use is neutral. However when it is used by a state or another authority under threat, "insurgency" often also carries an implication that the rebels' cause is illegitimate, whereas those rising up will see the authority itself as being illegitimate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency

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