Couple of sources to look into...
if you haven't already.
http://www.counterinsurgencylibrary.org/
Abu Muqwama maintains both a Counterinsurgency Reading List and a Counterinsurgency Book Club link.
Other open sources about training of bad guys
Greetings to all.
In addition to materials in the English as cited in this thread, numerous related items exist -- some published, and much online -- in other languages [specifically, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian, Urdu, Chechen, and Russian] about where and how the bad guys now operating in Iraq and Afghanistan receive their initial training and many underwent some field OJT in other areas of conflict -- especially Chechnya and Bosnia -- before moving later to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Chechen separatists pioneered the design and use of IED of various types against the Russians. Chechens have been KIA in Iraq, notably during the second battle of Falluja. They were there as advisors, trainers/technicians, and combatants/snipers.
A pleasant surprise also to see John Fishel here. I well recall his teaching in the original six-month Foreign Area Officer Course at Fort Bragg (I was in one of the last of the FAOC classes there before "Big Army" got penny-wise and pound-foolish and "disestablished" the course, which is another saga likely more familiar to John).
Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
LTC, MI
US Army FAO (Middle East)
USAR (Retired)
San Pedro, California
[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (again), 2006-2008]
Agreed. However, does this really belong here???