Germany Disarms Itself Against September 11 Attacks
am 19.02.2006 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.com
Opinio Juris: Germany Disarms Itself Against September 11 Attacks :
Germanys Constitutional Court has invalidated a law that would have permitted the German government to shoot down a hijacked plane if that plane was being used as a weapon endangering other people, like in the September 11 attacks. The Court …
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