During this time, illegal and legal government squads were sent out to capture the separatist and insurgents.

There is no deterrence in Iraq today because most captured insurgents are released.

This special battalion is intended as a strike force of determined soldiers who will focus on capturing or eliminating insurgents.

A law enacted on the 23 March 1793 mandated that captured insurgents should be executed by firing squad or by guillotine within twenty-four hours.

To identify them, he said, the marines' intelligence unit follows family ties, picks up tips from street patrols and develops "snitches," many of them captured insurgents.

After a 2 a.m. meeting of the town elders, the angered citizens formed roadblocks and began to capture insurgents.

Until mid September, the Germans were shooting all captured insurgents on the spot.

"When we capture insurgents, we want to kill them right away," he admitted.

They conducted a sting operation - without the police - that captured insurgents planning to ambush police officers.