Curiously, however, they are in general liable to attack only by other combatants, not by civilians.
If the aggressing combatants act permissibly, that must be because those they attack are legitimate targets — that is, because they are liable to attack.
He knows that on this point he will be most liable to attack by Mr Taylor's defence team, led by Karim Khan, a British barrister specialising in international law.
He thus kept his valuable vessel for an unnecessary length of time in the area where she was most liable to attack, inviting disaster".
Implications of the Claim That All Combatants Are Liable to Attack The foregoing criticisms involve an element of speculation because the Theory has never had a fully explicit and determinate view about the permissibility of defense by civilians against combatants.
But it has never been vague about the claim that all combatants are liable to attack by other combatants at any time during a state of war (assuming that soldiers who are wounded, have surrendered, or are attempting to surrender have ceased to pose a threat and are thus no longer combatants).
McMahan had a different view: If the release of classified information really would seriously endanger the lives of innocent people and the only way to prevent the release of the information was to kill the journalist, then the journalist would be liable to attack.
The police were having a very hard time of it, he told me; now they daren't go out on patrols alone, because they are liable to attack and intimidation by a population that has lost its fear and respect for them.
Just inside the door, immediately to the right, there was a narrow rifle-slit of frosted glass that must have survived from the days when the building was still liable to attack by Native American war-parties – certainly it served no contemporary function.
But as recent incidents have shown, any business, including third-party affiliates, are liable to attack, particularly because they can house critical data that could be leveraged elsewhere.
