Are My Definitions For The Belligerents In Iraq Correct?

[ThomWV]

To the best of my knowledge it works like this.

When the fighters are called Insurgents it means: Iraqis who fight against the Government of the nation of Iraq.

When they speak of sectarian fighting it means: Iraqis of one religious sect fighting against members of the same religion but of a different sect.

When fighters are in combat against US soldiers it means: They must be Al Queda

Are these the general definitions that everyone uses or in fact is there any agreement at all as to who is who?

[panader0]

1. To me, insurgents are Iraqi patiots that want the Us

invasion forces to leave. I know I would be an "insurgent" if this country was invaded. In NNNOLHI's recent post he said that 53% of Iraqis find it acceptable to shoot US troops.

[Hydra]

2. Here are my definitions:

Insurgent: Native opposing US or Puppet gov't- synonymous with "terrorist" and may have ties to "Al-Queda"

"Sectarian fighting": The people in the area we took over are attacking each other, much to our amusement and it's in our interests to let them continue, or help out by bombing a shrine of theirs and blaming it on the other party or "Al-Queda"

Fighters in combat with US Soldiers: "Terrorists linked to Al-Queda", because they are only certainly "Important members of Al-Queda when we attack first.