That implied an acceptance of insurgent control of some territory.

The brigade soon allied itself with the insurgents and the city was effectively under insurgent control.

The city was under insurgent control by the end of the day.

But American diplomats acknowledge that holding elections in a town under insurgent control is probably unrealistic.

The current Iraqi government has discounted this, noting none of the provinces mentioned are in insurgent control.

He was on a road recently paved by Canadian forces, a route seen as important to undermining insurgent control of the area.

Before June 2006, it was believed to be largely under insurgent control.

At a recent meeting in Baghdad, a tribal leader from Falluja, a town still under insurgent control, gave a grim assessment of the coming elections.

According to some sources, over 100 troops are killed in the operation, but the city remains under insurgent control.

This insurgent control is reported to have continued through 2007 and into early 2008.