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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. | + | 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. | ||
[[category:war]] | [[category:war]] | ||
Revision as of 23:17, August 16, 2008
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 Islamofascist terrorist soldiers.