The members of NATO agreed on Wednesday night that the terrorist attacks against the United States constitute an article five type aggression against a member of the Atlantic Alliance, and consequently the allies may act in mutual defence. Under article five of the North Atlantic Treaty, NATO members have to act to collectively defend a member of the Alliance which has been attacked. The declaration, proposed by NATO Secretary General George Robertson and approved by the ambassadors of the 19...
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