In a speech to the West Point Military Academy, President Bush outlines a new US strategic doctrine of pre-emption. He warns that containment and deterrence will not work against terrorist groups or unbalanced dictators with weapons of mass destruction: "If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long."
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| The US Attorney General, John Ashcroft, announces that the government has in custody a US citizen named Abdulla al-Muhajir (formerly Jose Padilla), who was arrested in Chicago and was allegedly "involved in planning future terrorist attacks," including the explosion of a "dirty bomb" in the United States. Ashcroft announces that al-Muhajir is being transferred to military authorities to be held as an enemy combatant. |
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In the UN Security Council, the United States vetoes a resolution extending the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, because other members refuse to exempt peacekeeping troops from countries that have not ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court from the court’s jurisdiction.
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