Sentence examples for as self defence from inspiring English sources

Faced with accusations from critics on Friday afternoon that the administration had authorised an "extra-judicial murder", White House officials sought to justify the strike on Awlaki officials as "self defence".

Alongside cataloguing the police persecution meted out to Kelly and his family and justifying the killing of three policemen in a forest ambush as self defence, the letter demanded justice for the poor and downtrodden.

What starts as self defence can turn into beating the crap out of someone if you don't focus so if the person goes down don't kick or continue hitting them.

Private armies there began as self-defence against Muslim insurgents.

"It went way beyond what we define as self-defence.

'Can't we construe a communist government (in East Timor) as self-defence?' he asked.

"It is just to have H-bomb as self-defence against the US having numerous and humongous nuclear weapons.

Thanks to parties such as Self-Defence and the League of Polish Families, the result of a forthcoming referendum on joining the EU is far from certain.

He denied spitting at them and at Mr Jenkins and said his following actions were simply as self-defence to get out of the headlock.

(When a full defence such as self-defence is proven, the defendant is not guilty).Murder and manslaughter entail different punishments.

Nato was seeking to justify the breach of Pakistani territory as self-defence or "hot-pursuit", which have some defence under international law.