GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: September 11 Attacks, Gulf War, Al-Qaeda
Document Summary
Gs 101 - a: lecture: tuesday, november 28th and december 1st: Used by g. w. bush"s administration"s to describe efforts to combat terrorism in the wake of. Includes military invasions of afghanistan and iraq. Also includes other kinds of military engagements and forms of surveillance. 9/11 and subsequent acts of terrorism represent a new form of warfare. Need new rules, new laws, new categories to deal with terrorism. Aspects of geneva convention do not apply in the new situation. Regulations for war: just cause, proportionality, public declaration of war, war as last resort. The 9/11 attacks were a clear instance of aggression. Involved use of armed force and violated america"s territorial integrity and political sovereignty. Al-qaeda was receiving substantial support from the then-government of afghanistan, known as the taliban. The taliban, a militant islamic political organization, was a material part of al-qaeda"s aggression. Commonly agreed that the us had a just cause for going to war, 28 other allied countries joined in.
