Use of forces in Afghanistan

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ABSTRACT

The development of this research will be conducted a theoretical analysis using literature in different languages, considering the practice of States through history, as well as the jurisprudence of the Court International Court of Justice on the subject. This study concerns the theoretical analysis concepts considered important to determine whether or not there right to self-defense. In the second part, there will be a practical examination on situations before and after the case of Afghanistan, where U.S. has invoked the right to self defense.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTii

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Outline1

Background1

Rationale2

Research question2

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW3

Use of force3

Legal or illegal3

Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan4

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY5

Research design5

Literature search5

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION6

CHAPTER 5: ANTICIPATED RESULTS7

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Outline

Chapter 1: Introduction

Background

Rationale

Research question

Chapter 2: Literature review

Chapter 3: Methodology

Literature search

Research design

Chapter 4: Discussion

Chapter 5: Anticipated results

Background

By equating acts of terrorism and even the harboring of terrorists with an act of War, the U.S. administration remains under the traditional international practice. In this new kind of war, is saying, there is no neutral states and no one clear geographical confines.

The "war on terror" that says keep the United States Government has so- mined "fourth generation warfare" "asymmetric warfare” and "World War IV". In any case, these three views relate to a relative situation relatively new that has appeared in a particular type of violence that is also called "terrorist international tourism, "" transnational "or" comprehensive ", covering heterogeneous phenomena are not reduced to Al Qaeda.

Rationale

The U.S. reaction to this situation is seen as a variant of the so-called "total war", "total war at the grass-roots" "Absolute war", "long war", "permanent war", even "low intensity war ". However, reasons given are somewhat confused or have been misrepresented as shows the analysis of a dozen of books on the occupation Ira. This study importance in determining the practice of States in this respect and observe if it is a change in international law to accept preventive self-defense. Otherwise, serve to identify correspond to the performance rating of the United States, and in what way could avoid such situations in the future.

Research question

Is the use of force legal?

Can Al-Qaeda based in Afghanistan be attacked?

Is the action taken by US legal or Illegal (according to Security Council resolution or not)?

Can Afghanistan be attacked for being considered AL-QAEDA base?

Was the rest of the world secured by this war (under collective self defense?)

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

Use of force

The data, although the ...