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UN Acts Against Terrorism - http://www.un.org/terrorism/
Latest developments, reports on the work of the General Assembly and the Security Council, conventions, declarations, links to the UN-agencies and multimedia. |
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NATO and the Scourge of Terrorism - http://www.nato.int/terrorism/index.htm
Offers basic texts and transcripts, and information on the deployment of NATO troops [some documents are translated in English, French, Ukrainian and Russian]. |
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The Debate - Is the War on Terrorism Motivated by Oil? - http://thedebate.org/
Evidence for financial motives behind the war on terror, and the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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The Right of Self-Defence under International Law - the Response to the Terrorist Attacks of 11 September - http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2001-02/02cib08.htm
Discusses if the international law relating to self-defence provides detailed guidance on the legality of the totality of the United States' military operations. By Angus Martyn, published by the Australian Parliamentary Library. |
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Anti-American has Become a Thought-killing Smear - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/04/usa.comment
Hugo Young points out the necessity of serious debate between Americans and Europeans, instead of mutual accusations. The Guardian, UK. |
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Washington Accuses Cuba of Germ-Warfare Research - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/07/international/americas/07WEAP.html
The Bush administration has accused Cuba of producing small quantities of germs that can be used in biological warfare. New York Times, US (free registration required). |
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Bush to Formalize a Defense Policy of Hitting First - http://www10.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/international/17POLI.html
Detailed commentary on the US president's new doctrine of pre-emptive action against states and terrorist groups. By David E. Sanger, New York Times, US. |
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Rumsfeld Weighs New Covert Acts by Military Units - http://www10.nytimes.com/2002/08/12/international/asia/12INTE.html
New proposals could lead Special Operations units to get involved in covert operations in countries where the US is not at open war and, in some cases, where the local government is not informed of their presence. New York Times, US (free registration required). |
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UK Caught Up in Row Over War Crimes Court - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jun/21/afghanistan.military1
America's opposition to the new international criminal court grew more aggressive when it became known that Britain had negotiated an agreement to protect its own troops in Afghanistan from war crimes prosecutions. |
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For God's Sake, Stop this Talk of War - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jan/21/afghanistan.september114
An Essay by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales. The Guardian, UK. |