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(A) Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this 'war' has a dubious legality. (B) How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war? (C) The phrase 'war against terror', which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer. (D) Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content. (E) Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity - either State or non-State.

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(A) Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this 'war' has a dubious legality.
(B) How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war?
(C) The phrase 'war against terror', which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer.
(D) Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has confided the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
(E) Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity - either State or non-State.



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