On Wednesday, the NATO allies, for the first time ever, invoked the mutual-defense clause of the alliance's founding treaty, formally declaring that "an armed attack" against one and what happened on September 11th, whether you call it terrorism or war, was certainly an armed attack constitutes an attack against all.
They can take up arms without an explicit mandate from the UN security council only "if an armed attack occurs against [them]" (article 51).
Was the UK under an armed attack?
You couldn't mount an armed attack on the county courthouse.
Staff workers undergo regular training and drills for emergencies, such as an armed attack.
Earlier this year, there was an armed attack on government buildings in the middle of Kabul.
"Indeed there has been an armed attack," said Eurwen Thomas, a spokeswoman for Shell in London.
"It has fostered an armed attack on its own civilian population.
What happened in New York was certainly an armed attack on a member, though not by a recognizable state.
WHEN Congo-Brazzaville celebrated its 40th anniversary of independence in August, few mistook the fireworks for an armed attack.
It concerned an armed attack by whites who killed 60 blacks at a political rally in Louisiana.
