Bush weighs up options for military retaliation

Article Abstract:

The US government's likely military response to the terrorist attacks in New York, NY, and Washington, DC, is considered. Military action would have the support of Nato, which has agreed to invoke article five of its charter, under which an attack on one member state is seen as an attack on all.

National Security, National Defense, Planning, Military policy

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Bush faces biggest US crisis since Vietnam

Article Abstract:

President George Bush faces significant challenges as he seeks to manage the government's response to terrorist attacks in New York, NY, and Washington, DC. Politically, he cannot afford to handle the response incorrectly.

Political activity, Bush, George W.

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All-American nightmare: for half a century, the US has basked in the certainty of its commercial and military invulnerability. Now the confidence of the post-war era has been blasted away for ever

Article Abstract:

Coordinated terrorist attacks on the key symbols of US power have shown that the US is no longer invulnerable. Many questions will now be raised, including why intelligence procedures failed.

Intnl Political Relations, United States, Crimes against, International relations, World Trade Center (New York, New York), Pentagon (Building)

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