Jeremy Corbyn calls on Theresa May to rule out military action in North Korea

Sure I read the thing. Interestingly maybe the letter of the thing is that article 5 "includes" all the specified territories. I'm not wholly convinced that everything else is thereby excluded. Clearly that's the implication but the letter of the thing is:

"For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack:

on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France 2, on the territory of or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer; on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer."

Article 5 does mention "by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area." So there is further emphasis on the specified region I suppose.

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