Military Review English Edition March-April 2015 | Page 11

CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

(Photo by Pfc. David Devich, 55th Signal Company Combat Camera)

An Afghan National Army Commando and a U.S. Special Forces soldier assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force–Afghanistan direct ANA soldiers during a firefight with insurgents in Gelan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, 8 February 2014.

Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia use
violence and propaganda to excite historical grievances, magnify nationalist or sectarian identities,
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and pit communities against each other. Terrorist
and insurgent organizations thrive in chaotic environments associated with communal conflict as
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