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Reply #19: Only states can wage war.
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Spider Jerusalem
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Wed May-11-11 06:13 AM
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19. Only states can wage war. |
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Well-established principle of international law. So the answer to that is "no". They engaged in a criminal terrorist attack; this is not the same thing. Al Qaeda's attack on the US was no more "war" than were IRA bombings in London. Or Hamas bombings in Jerusalem.
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