fails to wear a uniform and targets civilians is an unlawful enemy combatant regardless of citizenship.
What does UEC stand for?
UEC stands for Unlawful Enemy Combatant
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Samples in periodicals archive:
Supreme Court in Ex parte Quirin (a theory considered dubious by many international law experts), operating as an unlawful enemy combatant was alleged by the United States as a crime in and of itself--a crime falling within the subject-matter jurisdiction of military tribunals.
9781593323257 The detention of unlawful enemy combatants during the war on terror.
The Pentagon acknowledged that 17 Chinese Muslims captured in 2002 were incorrectly identified as unlawful enemy combatants but said it could not send them back to China because they might be persecuted there.
A military commission under this chapter shall have jurisdiction to try any offense made punishable by this chapter or the law of war when committed by an alien unlawful enemy combatant before, on, or after September 11, 2001.
Mr Hutton said: "The US has categorised them as unlawful enemy combatants.
The US has categorised them as unlawful enemy combatants and continues to review their status on a regular basis.