...word 'pre-emption' appeared several times in the National Security Strategy text, as in "While the US will constantly strive to enlist the support of the international community, we will act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of selfdefence by acting pre-emptively against such...

...and attack their leadership; command, control, and communications; material support; and ßnances ... we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our righl of self-defense by acting preemplively"160. Am 10. Oktober 2002 verabschiedete das US-Repräsentantenhaus...

...the United States has also made clear its willingness to act alone to promote its security interests: While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country. 26 The...

...zentrale Aussage dieser Doktrin ist, dass die USA es sich herausnehmen, einen Präventivkrieg zu führen. „While the United States will constantly strive...exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country."30 Allein...

...interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders. While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country; and •...

...interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders. While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country."2 -'003...

...important but if need be, the US must be willing and resolute to defend itself unilaterally.16 Indeed, "while the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country ,.."17...

...its war against terrorism "before it reaches our borders." In particular, the strategy document said: While the United States will constantly strive to...our right of self-defense by acting pre-emptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country.3 The terms...

...(and their synonyms) in the relevant passages of NSS-2002 yields the following interesting results: While the United States will constantly strive to...act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defence by the first use of armed force against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm...

...3. 2 Vgl. dazu Kapitel 4. 3 Die Taliban unterstützten und beherbergten el-Quaida Terroristen. „ While the United States will constantly strive to...to act alone, if necessary to exercise our right of selfdefence by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent themfrom doing harm to our people...