[Peace] Fwd:[ANSWER]: WHY BUSH'S PREEMPTIVE WAR IS ILLEGA (3 of 3)

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are not our enemies, in a needless war for oil.

-SEPTEMBER, 2002

The authors, Carl Messineo and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard,  constitutional law and human rights lawyers, are the 
co-founders of the Partnership for Civil Justice Legal 
Defense and Education Fund, a public interest legal 
organization in Washington, D.C., and authors of the 
forthcoming book "Empire at Home: George W. Bush and John  Ashcroft v. the Bill of Rights."

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Partnership for Civil Justice LDEF
1901 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Suite 607
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 530-5630
http://www.civil-rights.net

For a formatted, printable version of this article, go to 
http://www.civil-rights.net/webdocs/illegal_war.pdf 
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To join the OCTOBER 26 NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC &  joint action in San Francisco to Stop the War Against Iraq  Before It Starts, and to learn more about anti-war 
resources, visit http://www.InternationalANSWER.org and  see below for more information.

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SOURCES
for "George Bush Plans High Crimes and Misdemeanors"

I) National Security Strategy of the United States, 
September 2002, page 29.

II) National Security Strategy of the United States, 
September 2002, page 30.

III) National Security Strategy of the United States, 
September 2002, page 18.

IV) Karen DeYoung and Mike Allen, The Washington Post,  "Bush Shifts Strategy from Deterrence to Dominance," 
September 21, 2001, A1.

V) Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, "U.S. Nuclear Arms  Stance Modified by Policy Study," March 23, 2002, A14; 
Thomas E. Ricks and Vernon Loeb, The Washington Post,  "Bush Developing Military Policy of Striking First," June 
10, 2002, A1.

VI) Principle III, Principles of International Law 
Recognized in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and in  the Judgment of the Tribunal (Adopted by the International  Law Commission of the United States, 1950).

VII) International Criminal Court Statute, Article 7, 
paragraph 2.

VIII) National Security Strategy of the United States, 
September 2002, page 31.

IX) Bob Woodward and Dan Balz, The Washington Post, "At  Camp David, Advice and Dissent," January 31, 2002, A1; Bob  Woodward, The Washington Post, "President Broadens 
Anti-Hussein Order," June 16, 2002, A1.

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