Sentence examples for deadly provocation from inspiring English sources

Mr. Lee's response to this week's artillery attack is not the first time he has been criticized for sitting on his hands in the face of a deadly provocation by the North.

We want to believe that we're a peaceful nation, prompted to act aggressively only by deadly provocation, such as Pearl Harbor or 9/11.

Instigated a series of deadly provocations and open attacks over the course of many months, resulting in civilian casualties?

Her hard-line predecessor Lee Myung-bakeptpt Kaesong open, despite two more immediately deadly provocations in 2010: the sinking of the Cheonan, and shelling of Yeonpyeong island.

Today, The Jordan Times ran an editorial called "Deadly Provocations," laying the blame for the conflicts "squarely on the fleshy shoulders of one man: Ariel Sharon".

Second, for a week Russian forces and their proxies engaged in a series of deadly provocations, shelling Georgian villages that were under my government's control with much of the artillery located in Tskhinvali, often within sites controlled by Russian peacekeepers.

SEOUL, South Korea South Koreaea formally accused North Korea on Thursday of responsibility for the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, killing 46 sailors, in one of the deadliest provocations since the two countries ended the Korean War in a truce in 1953.

A lawyer for the soldiers said there had been no provocation for deadly force.

The 54th parallel A pram too far A life of drudgery The other arms race Corporate armistice Sing me a new song Snakes' heads and dragons' tails Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsAfter taking power on the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in December 2011, the young Mr Kim set off another round of less deadly but more unsettling provocations.

The provocation proved provocative.

So North Korea created the appearance of permanently imminent war, issuing flamboyant threats, staging provocations and, sometimes, deadly attacks.