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The New York Criminal Court Trial of the 9/11 Masterminds and International Law: legal dilemma?

The New York Criminal Court Trial of the 9/11 Masterminds and International Law: legal dilemma?

Former US president George W. Bush convoluted some definitions. ‘The ambiguity began shortly after 9/11, when then-U.S. President George W. Bush defined two missions: waging a war on terror, and bringing Osama bin Laden and his followers to justice. Both made for good rhetoric. But they also were fundamentally contradictory. A war is not a judicial [...]