
Published online:
01 January 2011
Published in print:
04 November 2010
Online ISBN:
9780191595059
Print ISBN:
9780199562961
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2.1. New threat, new war, new world 2.1. New threat, new war, new world
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2.2. Pre‐emption1 and pre‐emption2 2.2. Pre‐emption1 and pre‐emption2
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2.3. Adapting imminence 2.3. Adapting imminence
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2.4. Resistance to reconceptualization 2.4. Resistance to reconceptualization
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2.5. Capacity and Intent 2.5. Capacity and Intent
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2.5.1. To give WMD to al‐Qaeda for use against the United States and/or its allies 2.5.1. To give WMD to al‐Qaeda for use against the United States and/or its allies
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2.5.2. To use WMD against the United States and/or its allies 2.5.2. To use WMD against the United States and/or its allies
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2.5.3. To develop WMD 2.5.3. To develop WMD
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2.6. Conclusion 2.6. Conclusion
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2 Chapter 2 Pre‐emptive War on Iraq
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55–72
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Published:November 2010
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Brahimi, Alia, 'Chapter 2 Pre‐emptive War on Iraq', Jihad and Just War in the War on Terror (Oxford , 2010; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Jan. 2011), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562961.003.0003, accessed 15 May 2025.
Abstract
Continuing the discussion of the Bush administration's just cause began in Chapter 1, this chapter examines the arguments put forward for pre‐emptive war and responses to those arguments. The Bush administration maintains that the Iraq invasion was conducted in self‐defence—a proposition which requires an expansive conception of threat, owing to the destructiveness of WMD and the stealth of the enemy. This finesses the distinction between pre‐empting an imminent attack, largely regarded as legitimate in the just war tradition, and the more controversial doctrine of preventive warfare.
Keywords:
Iraq war, George W. Bush administration, war on terror, just cause, self‐defence, aggression, pre‐emptive war, preventive war, WMD, necessity
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