However, a spokeswoman for the assembly said that it was the High Court which had ordered that the parents' challenge should bedirectedagainst the assembly as well as the council.
Evidently, he feels that even if force is used against him, it will bedirectedagainst his troops in Kuwait and exercised with a view to restoring the status quo ante, leaving him with the opportunity and the wherewithal to fight another day.
There is a reason why it is increasingly difficult for those who are interested in carrying out transnational operations directedagainst our interests, our friends, our allies, to be able to do that -- is because the space has shrunk and their capacity to operate is greatly diminished.