Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2002
Publication Information
7 J. Conflict Sec. L. 19 (2002).
Abstract
In the hours after the 11 September attacks on the United States, some called for counterattacks on America's enemies, regardless of any evidence of wrong-doing. Those calls were rejected and some evidence was produced linking Osama bin Laden, his organization, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban regime of Afghanistan to the attacks. The United States and United Kingdom began a bombing campaign of Afghanistan on the strength of that evidence on 7 October 2001. This article explores the law of evidence in international law. It seeks to identify what evidence is sufficient for supporting a case of self-defence to clandestine terror attacks.
Recommended Citation
Mary Ellen O'Connell,
Evidence of Terror,
7 J. Conflict Sec. L. 19 (2002)..
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