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11 Jun Targeting Again
...involvement in decisions about whom to target in U.S. global counterterrorism operations. David Luban’s thoughtful essay on the morality of targeted killing in the Boston Review last week is among the more balanced pieces I’ve come across on the topic, and unquestionably worth reading. Drawing on recent articles describing President Obama’s direct involvement in targeting decisions as informed in part by just war theory, Luban puts his finger on a truth about targeting that has largely been lost in the public debate: that targeted killing (by drones or otherwise) is...16 Jun Lethal Drone Strikes — Not Just for American Citizens Any More!
Not surprisingly, drone strikes that kill American citizens have received the most attention in the press. So it’s important to emphasize that the US kills citizens of its allies, as well, such as the two Australians recently vaporized in Yemen: TWO Australian citizens have been killed in a US airstrike in Yemen in what is the first known example of Australian extremists dying as a result of Washington’s highly controversial use of predator drones. The Australian has been told the two men, believed to be in their 20s, were killed...24 Feb The Reprieve Drone Strike Communication I — Jurisdiction
...uncontested information demonstrates that drone strikes in Pakistan are now launched exclusively from either Jalalabad Air Base and/or Kandahar Airbase in Afghanistan, which has been a State Party to the Rome Statute since 10 February 2003 . Until 2011, the drones carrying out the strikes in Pakistan were launched from both Jalalabad Air Base in Afghanistan and Shamsi Air Base in Pakistan. US Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel on the ground in both of these locations would handle the launch and recovery phase of the drone’s flight...03 May The Death of bin Laden as a Turning Point
...in the role of our justice system in the fight against terrorism, I have long known the extraordinarily small chance of bin Ladin being found, captured, subdued, transported, and tried in a court of law. But it was America’s obligation to attempt this—something that could not be accomplished with drones. Pakistani leaders have praised the operation. We can conclude that they have waived any objection to the fact the U.S. conducted the operation without their knowledge. Having shown that we can pursue wanted terrorists through law enforcement rules, it is...
01 Nov Conversation on WAR
...conflict – energy by people like you and me, if you like human rights lawyers or IHL lawyers, could be more effectively deployed in challenging the resort to war in the first place. In other words human rights lawyers should have spent more time challenging the US presence in Afghanistan and Iraq and the resort to drones there and elsewhere, and he’s making that point quite forcefully and he’s obviously had a reaction to it. And there is a second thing he’s doing with this argument, he is saying that...