This destruction has been ignored by the world, and certainly not seen as a provocation.
So almost the only plausible interpretation of the planned launch is that it is a provocation.
Does the United States view that as a provocation, and how should Israel react?
The North views the drills as a provocation and as preparation for war.
She insisted it was not meant as a provocation and stressed that her son had been born on 11 September.
Many Democrats say missile defences are at best a gift to the arms industry, at worst a provocation to Russia.
In quarters where "elitist" is the dirtiest word in the English language, Buckley's very existence (the Bach, the ocean sailing) is a provocation.
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Right off, use a rhetorical question, a provocation or challenge, an anecdote, statistic, catchy metaphor, or even a juicy self-disclosure to captivate your audience.
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Pentagon spokesman George Little, who declined to comment directly on the missiles' reported removal, told reporters "what we have seen recently is a provocation pause".
He said South Korea was taking "great interest in these activities, " giving the view that such training could be "extended into a provocation at any time".
At this point, Thomas may see his continued silence on the bench as a provocation to his critics a gesture that says their contempt will not move him.
An unnamed spokesperson for the Israeli defence ministry said the creation of the Palestinian encampment, which they named Bab el Shams, "sounded like a provocation", AFP reported.
Panetta said a nuclear test would be considered a provocation and "worsen our relationship, " though he refused to discuss specific action the United States would take in response.
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But when Ariel Sharon dares to visit this site, not turning over a stone, it becomes a provocation and seems to the world (you included) as justification for riots.
The United States and South Korea held joint military drills in February, despite North Korea's warning to the South not to carry them out -- calling the exercises a provocation.
In view of an aggressive indigenous and foreign terrorism within the Netherlands itself, it is clear that Geert Wilders is answering a provocation against him that obliges him to live under permanent security controls.
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Although US leaders angrily referred to the Iranian operation as a dangerous provocation, a more constructive way to view the Iranian attack on US naval ships is as a probe.
"This is a real provocation, " Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists on Monday.
Palestinians saw this as a deliberate provocation, proving that Israel's government was not interested in resuming peace negotiations.
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Israel had repeatedly said it would stop the boats, calling the campaign a "provocation intended to delegitimise Israel".
Moreover, any attack on Pakistani territory is unacceptable and constitutes a grave provocation.
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Mr. VANO MERABISHVILI (Interior Minister, Georgia): (Through Translator) We had information that this group had been planning a serious provocation.
If Hezbollah-destined weapons were indeed hit, the movement seems to have chosen not to regard it as a direct provocation.
Guillermo Borger, head of the Amia, the Jewish association whose building was destroyed in 1994, called Gen Vahidi's presence a "provocation".
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One of the difficulties is that trolling is a broad term, taking in everything from a cheeky provocation to violent threats.
If Labour becomes as unpopular mid-term as has every recent government, its huge majority in Parliament will be a ghastly provocation to voters.
"It would be a grave provocation threatening the peace and security of the Korean peninsula and north-east Asia, " the ministry said in a statement.
The White House called the tests a "provocation, " while the U.N.
MPs as a continuing provocation to the party and its supporters.
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