Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the strikes as "self-defense" in order to protect U. s. personnel and ships.

五角大楼发言人库克说，这次自卫行动是为了保护美军人员与军舰。

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"The Human Rights Council mandates for the report specifically targeted Israeli actions, ignoring,ignoring the deliberate Hamas attacks on civilians that provoked Israel's self-defense in Operation Cast Lead .

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Addressing the General Assembly, Israel's Ambassador Gabriela Shalev repeated her government's position that Israel was acting in self-defense.

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Israel's Cabinet angrily rejected the United Nations resolution, saying the army's three-week assault on the Gaza Strip last December and January was legitimate self-defense.

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And the Director of the OPCW's Inspectorate is a former senior official in Japan's Self-Defense Force, Ichiro Akiyama.

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We were sent out on our own to live and patrol in a Vietnamese village alongside the village's self-defense force.

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First, while the prosecution was unconvinced by Zimmerman's self-defense claim, he is still entitled to present it to the jury at trial.

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