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The Head Side of the Coin

The Head Side of the Coin

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General Political ScienceInternational RelationsMilitary Strategy

ISBN10: 1025072421
ISBN13: 9781025072425
Publisher: Hutson Street Press
Published: May 22 2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This paper examines the counterterrorist strategy employed on the Island of Basilan during Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines (OEF-P) and discusses its potential applicability in the current Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) insurgency. The strategy used the principles found in the Diamond Model, the counterinsurgency (COIN) model that Dr. Gordon McCormick developed. The Diamond Model establishes the interactions of four key players in an insurgency environment, pinpoints the people as the center of gravity, and demonstrates how either the insurgent or the counterinsurgent can take actions as each competes to win the people's support. The US forces dispatched to the island province used it as a framework to advise and assist the armed forces of the Philippines in building up its capability and to launch civic action initiatives aimed at isolating the local people from the influence of the local terror group, the Abu Sayyaf.

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