LAST GASP OF THE INSURGENCY

"US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has described attacks by members of the Afghan security forces on coalition troops as the Taliban's "last gasp".
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19627164

Reminiscent of...
"We feel right now that we have, as I mentioned, broken the back of the insurgency."
--Marine Lt. Gen. John Sattler, Nov. 18, 2004, after the U.S.-led offensive against Fallujah in Iraq
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0523-22.htm