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The Vice President’s Task Force on Combatting Terrorism found the number of incidents rising to 812 in 1985. 61 This trend probably will continue upward in the years to come. 62 Approximately 25 percent of all incidents were directed against Americans; of these, the number directed against Defense Department personnel and facilities is shown in table 1. TABLE 1 International Terrorist Incidents Involving DOD Personnel, 1980—84 Year Number of Incidents 1980 43 1981 56 1982 67 1983 56 1984 60 1985 47 Source: USAF Special Operations School, Dynamics of International Terrorism Course, Class 86J, August 1986, Hurlburt Field, Florida. Figure 2 shows the number of total US casualties killed or wounded as a result of international terrorist incidents for the period 1981 through 1985. In reviewing the statistics from the late 1960s to the present, we find that fewer than 500 Americans have been killed as a result of incidents. 63 The 241 Marines and other service members who died in Beirut in 1983 comprise more than half this figure. In 1984, 31 Americans were injured and 11 killed; 160 Americans were injured and 233 killed in 812 terrorist incidents in 1985. Compared to the 45,000 American highway fatalities and the 18,000 American homicides in 1985, this threat does not seem significant. 64 The threat seems even less serious when we are told by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that for the past two and one-half years no international terrorist incidents have occurred in the United States. 65
1985 figures are preliminary and may be subject to review and revision Source: US Department of State, “Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1984,” November 1985, ii. Figure 2. Casualties from International Terrorist Attacks, 1981-85. In pure numbers the international terrorist threat appears to be overstated. “The actual amount of violence caused by international terrorism,” admits Brian Jenkins, “has been greatly exaggerated. Compared with the world volume of violence or national crime rates, the toll has been small.” 66 He also notes, “Indeed, compared with the volume of ordinary violent crime, the amount of terrorist violence is minuscule.” 67 In yet another analysis, Jenkins observes, “Without devaluating human life it might also be pointed out that terrorism at least at its current level is a bearable price. A comparison of the toll of terrorism versus the toll of ordinary crimes should serve to reduce an exaggerated sense of alarm caused by a relatively few, albeit dramatic
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Page 4 and 5: CONTENTS Page Disclaimer ii Forewor
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Page 8 and 9: ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lt Col Richard J.
Page 10 and 11: INTRODUCTION THE RELEVANCE OF INTER
Page 12 and 13: Chapter 7 summarizes the lessons le
Page 14 and 15: This Study, How Meaningful? States
Page 16 and 17: The international arena has seen so
Page 18 and 19: Combating terrorism accents this is
Page 20 and 21: 7. Many scholars and jurists have f
Page 22 and 23: Jenkins, “Combatting Terrorism Be
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Page 28 and 29: CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS TERRORISM AND HOW
Page 30 and 31: If a general definition would be so
Page 32 and 33: Terrorism is the unlawful use or th
Page 34 and 35: International Terrorism: A Working
Page 36 and 37: there is evidence that President Id
Page 40 and 41: A Threat More Serious Than Numbers
Page 42 and 43: Diplomatic relations between countr
Page 44 and 45: And what has the challenge become?
Page 46 and 47: physically or by neutralizing their
Page 48 and 49: 27. UN General Assembly, resolution
Page 50 and 51: 44. L. C. Green of the University o
Page 52 and 53: 65. Information provided by L. Cart
Page 54 and 55: 105. See Stephen Sloan, Beating int
Page 56 and 57: The law of armed conflict approach
Page 58 and 59: But, as regards terrorism, the arme
Page 60 and 61: 1. If the law of armed conflict is
Page 62 and 63: Although both approaches, law enfor
Page 64 and 65: crime involved. This initiative has
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Page 68 and 69: eaches, prosecution, and extraditio
Page 70 and 71: the latter instance, no one claimed
Page 72 and 73: international law establishing indi
Page 74 and 75: Another issue is the choice and use
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government exercises within its ter
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few states, although they do not vi
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to establish the linkage required u
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chapters 4-6 examine the second. Te
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all Members shall refrain in their
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valuable tools of self-help and of
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object the removal or destruction o
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10. Jordan J. Paust, “Entebbe and
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34. See “Terrorism’s Grim Upsur
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through activities that involve for
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CHAPTER 4 INDIVIDUAL SELF-DEFENSE A
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Strictly speaking, the right of ind
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Clearly, however, states may not re
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Although the degree of control that
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The expansive school’s belief tha
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What is the customary law on self-d
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await the arrival on scene of an ar
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Reasonable Response This element re
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Summary and Transition Individual s
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Security; Implications of Israel’
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In response to this line of reasoni
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American Society of International L
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Brownlie, “Use of Force,” 231.
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avoided if the focus is put properl
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The danger of conceding to individu
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Fifth, and finally, article 52, par
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12. See Rosalyn Higgins, “The Leg
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CHAPTER 6 OTHER LEGAL ARGUMENTS TO
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conditions necessary for invitation
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The action must be taken for a puni
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…Yet, essentially for reasons of
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The action must be necessitated by
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emained so once the operations were
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Perhaps the best ease for humanitar
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The state contemplating interventio
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Many have criticized the modern law
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NOTES 1. See J. E. S. Fawcett, ‘I
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27. Bowett writes, ‘‘Reprisals
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49. See Bowett, Self-Defence, 88. 5
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An International Journal 7, no. 2 (
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This study has considered each of t
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Piracy, which is limited to illegal
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NOTES 1. Joint Chiefs of Stall, Uni
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3. The action is taken to protect e
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Option 4: Collective Anticipatory S
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Option 8: Peacetime Reprisal Source
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8. The action is for a limited dura
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APPENDIX B UNITED NATIONS CHARTER (
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APPENDIX C STATUTE OF THE INTERNATI
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Crelinsten, Ronald D., Danielle Lab
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Almond, Harry E., Jr. “Using Law
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Clark, Roger S. “Humanitarian Int
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Harlow, Bruce, Lt Comdr, USN. “Th
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Livingstone, Neil C., and Terrell B
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Paust, Jordan 5. “Entebbe and Sel
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______. “Problems with the Applic
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Blum, Yehuda. State Terrorism and t
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“European Convention on the Suppr
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______. Arms Control and Disarmamen
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______. “Terrorist Attacks on US
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