Make no mistake, an attack on a diplomatic facility is an act of war.
"Defendants now renege on those promises and press an act of war defense, " the lawyers wrote.
Had Russia paralyzed communications by physical attack, it would be an act of war.
An appeal court, however, ruled that an act of war must be committed by a sovereign state.
And on Sunday French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described the hostage-taking as an "act of war".
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Act of War is a typical Boros mix, featuring unbridled aggression powered by a surge of Soldiers.
But within weeks, the Pentagon is to announce plans to treat some cyber attacks as an act of war.
And if so, do you not see that as an act of war?
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On the failed plot to murder the Saudi ambassador, does the White House consider that an act of war?
Western leaders condemned the attack with French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian describing it as an "act of war".
He backed away from a tender offer for Finova Group on Monday, on the ground that last week's attack was an act of war.
U.S. officials draw a distinction between cyber espionage and cyberattacks, which have a destructive or manipulative purpose and could be considered an act of war.
President Bush's statements even then showed that he thought of the attack, in essence, as an act of war rather than a law enforcement matter.
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If and when we determine that the United States must hold individuals to keep them from carrying out an act of war, we will do so within a system that involves judicial and congressional oversight.
The US recently said it would consider cyber attacks an "act of war", and reserved the right to respond to attacks with conventional means if they were found to have been orchestrated by a nation state.
And is the United States or the government making any additional effort to either surveil to protect American personnel or monitor this information, or to consider this almost like an act of war, to be continuing to inject that kind of thought into that region?
He continued, the essence of this tragedy - and note, he says tragedy instead of act of war - the essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers, an inability to imagine or connect with the humanity and suffering of others.
Courts have also ruled that act-of-war clauses do not apply where risk can be foreseen when the contract was signed.
And it was the planet of the apes after the destructive act of a big war, and atomic bombs and whatever in the movie.
The Act merged the Department of War and the Department of the Navy into the National Military Establishment (NME) headed by the Secretary of Defense.
The trial has been seen by observers as a step forward by Serbia in proving its readiness to act against those suspected of committing war crimes during the Kosovo conflict of 1998 to 1999.
The Government of Ireland Act was shelved until after the war, but it was already clear from the strength of unionist opposition and the Curragh Incident that the British Government could not make Home Rule a reality on the ground.
But the important part here is that we are not making a judgment on the constitutionality of the War Powers Act with this reasoning.
We contend that the practice of religious war tax resistance was given safe harbor in an Act of Congress in 1982 and has been recognized by the courts.
Even then, not every act of this sort is armed attack or war (see examples 1 and 3 above).
Detectives with specialist experience of war crimes arrested the officer under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act, a law that defines torture as a "universal jurisdiction" crime.
Hagel's criticism of the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, and his past positions on Iran and on U.S. military intervention also raised red flags with his opponents.
What made intervention in Sierra Leone so urgent was the sheer savagery of the war there, and the sense of common humanity that can sometimes prompt other countries to act.
" Russia's Foreign Ministry blasted an act it said was in "the spirit of the Cold War" and "raises serious questions for the American side.
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