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60 A.F. L. Rev. 29 (2007)
The 2006 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon: Aggression, Self-Defense, or a Reprisal Gone Bad

handle is hein.journals/airfor60 and id is 31 raw text is: THE 2006 ISRAELI INVASION OF LEBANON: AGGRESSION, SELF-DEFENSE, OR A REPRISAL GONE BAD? MAJOR JASON S. WRA CHFORD 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 31 II. EARLY JEWISH/ARAB HISTORY ........................... 32 III. FORMATION OF THE ISRAELI STATE ........................ 33 IV. SAMPLING OF POST-CREATION CONFLICTS .................. 35 A . Initial C onflict ................................................................... 35 B . Sinai C am paign ....................................................................... 36 C . Six-D ay W ar ...................................................................... 37 D. 1968 Israeli Attack on Beirut Airport ..................... 38 E. The O ctober 1973 W ar ............................................................ 38 F. Israeli Raid on Entebbe ................................ 39 G . A ttack on O sirak .................................................................. 40 V . INVASION OF LEBANON ........................................................... . ... 41 A. Earlier Invasions of Lebanon ............................ 41 B. Conflict with Hezbollah ............................... 42 C. United Nations Actions in Lebanon from 1978 to 2006 ......... 45 D . Invasion ......................................................................... 46 VI. EVOLUTION OF SELF-DEFENSE ARGUMENTS ................. 51 A. Customary International Law Before the UN Charter ............1 1. Grotius and Self-Defense ............................ 51 2. The Caroline Incident ............................... 52 a. Background .......................................................... 52 b. Legal Arguments Formed from the Caroline Incident 53 c. Recognition of the Caroline Doctrine ........................ 56 B . U N C harter ............................................................................. 59 1. A rticle 2(4) .................................................................... 59 2. A rticle 51 ....................................................................... 60 a. Arm ed Attack ......................................................... 62 b. Absence of Armed Attack ....................... 67 c. Security Council Action ........................ .68 Major Jason Wrachford (B.A., History, and B.A., Pre-Law, summa cum laude, Clearwater Christian College (1994); J.D., summa cum laude, Capital University School of Law (1997); LL.M, Honor Graduate, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, United States Army, Charlottesville, Virginia (2007)) is Chief International Agreements, United States Forces Korea, Yongsan Garrison, Republic of Korea. He is a member of the Ohio bar. The author expresses appreciation to Major R. Craig Burton, Professor of Law at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, and LTC Michael Lacey, Director of the Center for Law and Military Operations, for their advice and guidance. 2006 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon 29

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