The phrase "associated force" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a force that is linked or related to another entity or concept, often in scientific or technical discussions.
Example: "The associated force acting on the object was calculated to determine its acceleration."
Alternatives: "related force" or "connected force".
In 2010, he was ordered freed from Guantánamo by Federal District Judge Henry Kennedy Jr., who ruled that Mr. Latif's detention was unlawful because the government had not shown that he was part of Al Qaeda or any associated force.
The Obama Administration considered ISIS an associated force, even though it was, often enough, one of Al Qaeda's rivals.
There is never a strong definition of "senior operational leader," or even — maybe especially — of what counts as an "associated force," the affiliation that makes people who are not part of Al Qaeda eligible for assassination.
Could a President who read the D.O.J.'s white paper tell himself that they were an "associated force" based in a foreign country, or that, if they succeeded in mobilizing Congress or public opinion against what it considered a necessary military action, that they would pose an "imminent threat"?
No Collusion, so they go crazy!" How far is Trump from deciding, at least in his own mind, that Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (who also reportedly signed off on a raid of the office of Michael Cohen, Trump's lawyer), and the former F.B.I. director James Comey (whom Trump fired) also constitute an "associated force"?
Here, for the reasons I have given, the U.S. government's use of lethal force in self-defense against a leader of Al Qaeda or an associated force who presents an imminent threat of violent attack would not be unlawful — and therefore would not violate the Executive Order banning assassination or criminal statutes.
The law applies to anyone "who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaida, the Taliban or associated forces".
In turn, the opposition forces must end the use of all weapons, including rockets, mortars, and anti-tank guided missiles, against the Syrian government and "any associated forces"—a reference to Hezbollah militia forces from Lebanon and the Iranian military.
The Obama administration has interpreted the resolution as covering not just Al Qaeda and the Taliban, but also their so-called associated forces.
The Bush administration, though, went further; it claimed the power to detain any "enemy combatant," defined to include "anyone who is part of or supporting Taliban or Al Qaeda forces or associated forces".
The president says he can detain not only anyone who contributed to the 9/11 attacks, but also people "who were part of, or substantially supported, Taliban or Al Qaeda forces or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States".
