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act of war

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act of war
n
(Military) an aggressive act, usually employing military force, which constitutes an immediate threat to peace
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Customary international law recognizes blockades as an act of war because of the belligerent use of force even against third party nations in enforcing the blockade.
Blockades: Acts of War by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
Vice-Admiral Kevin Cosgriff says any Iranian attempt to blockade the Strait of Hormuz would be an act of war.
US provoking Iran by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventative War" looks at that concept and asks why is an act of war preventive to an act of war?
Eve of Destruction by Internet Bookwatch
 
 
 
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