The US Navy Seals operations over the week
end in Libya and Somalia, to capture well known terrorist leaders raise a
number of questions, in terms of international law. But above all, they beg the
question about how current and adjusted to today's world is the fight against
international terrorism. This is a debate that has yet to take place: how to
respond to multinational terrorist groups.
They represent a new threat to
international peace and security. They cannot be fought with conventional
means. And they cannot be convinced that they will be safe in weak states or in
chaotic societies. They have to understand that global terrorism calls for a
global response.
And that was certainly the key message the
US has sent this week end across many parts of Africa and elsewhere. The US
might have gone beyond the accepted norms. But we need to consider that the old
ways of addressing new challenges need to be thought through. With a new
approach to national sovereignty and the legitimate use of force.
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