Reply #48: Of course this

[getoffmytrain]

is warfare, it's a largely a guerrilla war. I believe they are 'insurgents' or 'rebels'. I do not boradly paint them as terrorists, though there is a terrorist element operating amongst the insurgency... which are those that perpetrate the suicide bombings and the beheadings.

I have been very consistent in my labeling of the insurgency as just that... the insurgency, that is, unless I am speaking of the terrorist element.

Warfare:

The waging of war against an enemy; armed conflict.
Military operations marked by a specific characteristic: guerrilla warfare; chemical warfare.
A state of disharmony or conflict; strife: constant spousal warfare in the household.
Acts undertaken to destroy or undermine the strength of another: political warfare.