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=== Law of War === | === Law of War === | ||
According to Ambos and Alkatouta (2012) the law of war does not justify the killing either. | According to Ambos and Alkatouta (2012) the law of war does not justify the killing either. While international law is rather permissive with regard to (even mass) killings, its justifications do not spread all the way to cover the killing of bin Laden under the given circumstances. | ||
*First of all, they argue, the privileged legalization of killings of members of an armed enemy group qua membership (i.e. regardless of their concrete actions) does not apply to the elimination of bin Laden, since that would have reuqired bin Laden to be a member of an "organised armed group" in the sense of the law | *First of all, they argue, the privileged legalization of killings of members of an armed enemy group qua membership (i.e. regardless of their concrete actions) does not apply to the elimination of bin Laden, since that would have reuqired bin Laden to be a member of an "organised armed group" in the sense of the law | ||
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*Thirdly, there was no armed conflict between the U.S. and Al Qaeda. | *Thirdly, there was no armed conflict between the U.S. and Al Qaeda. | ||
=== Law of Peace === | === Law of Peace === | ||