It is a common name formally used to describe many other successful secessionist wars (see list of War of Independence).

The group has waged its secessionist war for more than 30 years.

An archipelago stretching thousands of miles, the country has already faced two secessionist wars in recent years, in Aceh and East Timor.

The film then discusses what interests the Western powers had in Kosovo and why they decided to intervene in a secessionist war in 1999.

Many Fathers of Confederation concluded that the secessionist war was caused by too much power being given to the states, and thus resolved to create a more centralized federation.

They fled here in the 1960's and 70's from the Sulu archipelago and Mindanao to escape a secessionist war.

But there is little they can do about it, because in 1996 both sides manufactured a fiction that enabled them to stop the bloodshed after 21 months of secessionist war.

The rebels may not have the power to win a secessionist war against Serbia, but with arms and money they can keep up their resistance and draw out the conflict.

Laldenga, a leader of India's Mizo tribe who fought a secessionist war before joining mainstream politics, died today in London, the Press Trust of India reported.

The secessionist war in Abkhazia forced him to leave his homeland in 1993.