An '''enemy combatant''' refers to a soldier, unaffiliated with a formal enemy, who works by [[deceit]] and [[sabotage]] rather than traditional field combat. In traditional rules of war, an enemy combatant - like a [[spy]] - is not entitled to rule of war protections, just as soldiers wearing their enemy's uniforms as a ruse are not.
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An '''enemy combatant''' refers to a soldier, unaffiliated with a formal enemy, who works by [[deceit]] and [[sabotage]] rather than traditional field combat. In traditional rules of war, an enemy combatant - like a [[spy]] - is not entitled to rule of war protections, just as soldiers wearing their enemy's uniforms as a ruse are not. They deserve to be aggressively interrogated.
The term has been applied today in the [[war on terror]] and [[Islamofascism|Islamofascist]] [[terrorist]] soldiers.
The term has been applied today in the [[war on terror]] and [[Islamofascism|Islamofascist]] [[terrorist]] soldiers.