belligerency

• “That's why I think the focus on "lawful belligerency" is helpful.”

  Balkinization

• “Unprivileged belligerency is not a violation of the law of war for Omar Khadr any more than it would be for you to fight against an invading army to protect your home and family.”

  Balkinization

• “McCain by the way consistently mentions Israel in the context of Iran, placing it front and center in his narrative of belligerency, which is interesting given that this approach is something that the Israelis themselves seek to discourage.”

  Daniel Levy: The McCain Campaign Tries Cross-Dressing on Iran

• “It was not a recognition of belligerency, which is only a recognition that war exists; it was not a virtual recognition, which is a recognition only for commercial purposes; but it was what Pomeroy and Fillmore define to be a formal recognition -- that is, an absolute recognition of independence and sovereignty.”

  Fifty Years of Public Service

• “In state-to-state armed conflict, combatants have a privilege of belligerency, meaning they cannot be prosecuted under domestic criminal law for mere participation in hostilities, so their detention must be governed by other law, namely the international law of international armed conflict.”

  Human Rights First - Media Alerts

• “Citizenship in the United States of an enemy belligerent does not relieve him from the consequences of a belligerency which is unlawful because [sic] in violation of the law of war.”

  Hot Air » Top Picks

• “This facile solution to daunting security problems reflects the mindless belligerency that passes for strategic thought among the Republicans 'Nintendo warriors.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael Brenner: North Korean Nukes -- Pride & Pizza

• “Farinas had won one battle but still remains in a fierce war against death, because the land that has seen the action of this singular belligerency is his own body -- ultimately the only space available to him to carry out this campaign.”

  The Huffington Post: Yoani Sanchez: Cuban Hunger Striker Suspends Fast for Prisoner Release; Waits for Regime to Act [Photos]

• “Farinas had won one battle, but still remains in a fierce war against death, because the land that has seen the action of this singular belligerency is his own body -- ultimately the only space available to him to carry out this campaign.”

  The Huffington Post: Yoani Sanchez: Cuban Hunger Striker Suspends Fast for Prisoner Release, Waits for Regime to Act (PHOTOS)

• “This, despite the fact that Cuba had not engaged in any act of belligerency against the United States.”

  The Huffington Post: Alan Dershowitz: Israel's Actions Were Entirely Lawful Though Probably Unwise

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