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The Use of Force Against Terrorism and International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Jonathan I. Charney
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 835 - 839
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

References

1 Text of President Bush’s Address Before a Joint Meeting of Congress, N.Y. Times, Sept. 21, 2001, at B4.

2 Jonathan, I. Charney, Anticipatory Humanitarian Intervention in Kosovo, 93 AJIL. 834, (1999)Google Scholar.

3 SC Res. 1368 (Sept. 12, 2001). United Nations resolutions are available at <http://www.un.org>.

4 SC Res. 1373 (Sept. 28, 2001).

5 Letter dated 7 October 2001 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations Addressed to the President of the Security Council, UN Doc. S/2001/946, at <http://www.un.int/usa/s-2001-946.htm>. The Security Council meeting is reported in Christopher, S. Wren, U.S. Advises UN. Council More Strikes Could Come, N.Y. Times, Oct. 9, 2001, at B5 Google Scholar. In fact, the United Kingdom Foreign Office tried to make the factual case since the United States had not done so. Responsibility for the Terrorist Atrocities in the United States, 11 September 2001 (Nov. 14, 2001), at <http://www.fco.gov.uk/news/newstext.aspP5556>. This updated a previous report of the same title (Oct. 4, 2001), a(<http://www.number-10.gov.uk/news.asp?NewsId=2686>. It contained no direct information linking Afghanistan or terrorist groups in that country to the September 11 attacks. See Warren, Hoge, Blair Says New Evidence Ties bin Laden to Attacks, N.Y. Times, Nov. 15, 2001, at B5 Google Scholar.

6 GA Res. 56/1 (Sept. 12, 2001).

7 Remember that the failure to conclude the actions against Iraq effectively was ultimately the result of a decision by the president of the United States and not of a clear restriction imposed by the Security Council.

8 With the sole exception of civil wars.