A Savage War for Peace - Lessons from the French Involvement in Algeria 1954 -1962

"In the early days of the Algerian War, once the FLN realized it was not strong enough to take on the powerful French Army, it concentrated its attacks on the native police loyal to France. Result: a deadly loss of morale among the police, with defections to the FLN, and the French Army defensively reduced to protecting the police, instead of concentrating on active 'search-and-destroy' missions. The insurgents in Iraq have learned from this strategy with deadly effect." (PDF) This is how native guerilla armies defeat more powerful foreign occupiers.