Leigh Day and Public Interest Lawyers, the law firms whose handling of Iraqi claims ministers have referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority, maintain that Iraqis' claims of abuse at the hands of British soldiers are legitimate, that the army should not be above the law and that war crimes were committed.
A barrier seems to be the army's legitimate means to stop terrorists.
They have declared the Lebanese Army a legitimate target because, they say, it is a Hezbollah-dominated and directed force.
The doctors say it is seen as a "legitimate target" by the army because they treat rebel fighters as well as civilians.
By 1999, more than 160,000 hectares of Colombian countryside had been converted to coca fields, making this region the largest cocaine producer in the world and transforming the FARC from a band of peasant highway thieves to a potent terrorist army and legitimate existential threat to the Colombian state.
By 1999, over 160,000 hectares of Colombian countryside had been converted to coca fields, making this region the largest cocaine producer in the world and transforming the FARC from a band of peasant highway thieves to a potent terrorist army and legitimate existential threat to the Colombian state.
Men were always considered legitimate targets, and Muslim armies sometimes slaughtered them just as Muslims could be slaughtered by their enemies.
Ultimately, many observers believe, the army hopes to legitimate its rule by rigging a notionally democratic system in favour of its supporters, a tactic it first tried in 1990, only to have its plans backfire when the NLD swept the board.The biggest change since the previous ASEAN summit is the sacking of General Khin Nyunt, the former prime minister and cheerleader-in-chief for the road map.
In particular, he criticised how "companies navigate their way around legitimate tax systems... with an army of clever accountants".
Were the Israeli army's choices technically legitimate?
