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@lawofarmedconf · 11 Feb 2026 · 13:40

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Law of Armed Conflict @lawofarmedconf · 11 Feb 2026 · 13:40

"There is no war."

There has been an armed attack by the forces of one state on the forces of two others, on the sovereign territory of a fourth, with fatalities. The legal threshold was crossed at 02:40 on 9 February and it does not depend on anybody using the word.

The internment at Lakenheath is lawful precisely because there is a war. You cannot have the first half of that sentence without the second.

TP The President of the United States @POTUS ·11 Feb 2026 · 13:00

This morning the British Army entered three American airbases, cut the gates, disarmed United States airmen and locked one thousand one hundred and fifty of them inside their own housing. — Written statement, the White H…

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11 February 2026 · in the recordLakenheath, and the combined command

British sappers cut the barrier interlocks at Gate 2 and 1,150 American airmen are interned in their own base housing. Paris activates Article 42.7. A second Vanguard leaves Faslan…