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16 Jan Is Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists Terrorism?
...It makes some sense that a treaty on terrorism would consider the two seperately, even if in many cases the outcome in terms of who gets bombed or shot might be the same in practice (though not always). There's a number of reasons the CIA is a civilian agency (and should remain so, IMO). The militarization of the CIA lately (running the drones, having a serving General as agency head) is quite alarming, really. CG So, would it be terrorism for a foreign intelligence service to plant a bomb on...10 Aug Predators Over Pakistan
...repeated time and again that Pakistani forces can handle drones themselves and USA must shift drones to Pakistan. Moreover its injustice to say that 3 months ago Pakistan and specially Islamabad was going in hands of Taliban and US was terming Pakistani government incapable 3 months ago. Its all propaganda .Pakistani civilian PPP government led by Zardari is ever strong having full support of Pak army and its allies in provinces , there was insurgency to some extent in swat three months ago and PPP government , not on orders...05 Jun Targeted Killings Symposium: John C. Dehn on Richard Meyer and Col. Maxwell on Status-Based Targeting
...civilian contractors to perform various logistics and combat support functions in the theater of operations, from arming and maintaining drones to feeding and housing troops to protecting civilian government officials. Although it once performed these functions (almost exclusively) with members of the armed forces, to my knowledge it considers most if not all of these individuals to be civilians (some of which may take a direct part in hostilities), not belligerents. Under Colonel Maxwell’s proposal, most if not all could be targeted as belligerents if supporting non-state organized armed group...28 Jun That Syria War Power Debate, Continued
Cross-posted at Balkinization If, as I argued earlier this week, the 2001 AUMF passed by Congress cannot be read to authorize the growing set of U.S. military actions against Syrian and Iranian forces in Syria, does the President’s Article II power standing alone support these strikes? The best articulated argument I’ve seen that the President has the Article II power to attack Syrian aircraft (or Iranian drones or any non-ISIS force in Syria) in the interest of defending U.S.-allied Syrian government rebels goes something like this. The President surely has...
13 Feb When War Bets on Protest: Iran’s Civilians in a Double Bind
...to designate—and to lift—hostility for other states, regimes, and groups. It defines “operational action” and “information activity” by capability to endanger national security, ranging from killing and destruction to creating public fear and disrupting communications networks, information systems, and critical infrastructure. It then extends culpability well beyond classic intelligence-gathering: “assistance” can be framed across security, military, economic, financial, and technological domains, while the heaviest exposure attaches to weaponised toolsets—arms, drones, cyber disruption, and sabotage-adjacent conduct—once intent is characterised as cooperation with hostile actors. The law also pulls media circulation and...
21 Nov Russia’s Lawfare Against the West in the UN Security Council and the Law of Neutrality
...States, twenty-five of which are NATO members (except Hungary) provide military assistance that consists of weapons (initially body armor, small arms, ammunition and progressively climaxing to artillery, anti-aircraft weapons, armored vehicles, tanks, reconnaissance and attack drones, cluster munitions and a pledge for F-16 jet fighters), strategic and tactical targeting intelligence and cyber counter-offensive operations. The military assistance to Ukraine has been determined on the basis of the priorities of the Ukrainian government. It is interesting that the law of neutrality is totally absent from statements of governments providing assistance to...02 Nov Weekend Roundup: October 26-November 1, 2013
...any legal basis on which the Court can silence an accused . Kevin also pointed out problems with the appointment of a new judge in the Seselj case, which led to a very active discussion in the comments. Julian asked whether Japan’s pledge to shoot down Chinese drones violates international law. Maybe the Japanese could learn a thing or two from the British Navy and its use of Britney Spears’ songs to scare away Somali pirates along Africa’s East Coast. Finally, Sean D. Murphy summarized the International Law Commission’s work...01 Nov The Legacy of the Nuremberg Military Tribunals in International Humantarian Law
...the protection of civilians from the devastation of war. In World War II both sides resorted to the blanket bombing of cities—often at night—that killed hundreds of thousands of noncombatants. Nobody was tried for these killings; If the Axis had won the war they would surely have tried “Bomber Harris” for the RAF’s actions.Laser guided missiles and unmanned drones have made more accurate targeting feasible. Although the United States has never become a party to the Protocols, its armed forces have tried hard to minimize civilian casualties in Serbia, Iraq...23 May Starting at the End
...it will define us, mindful of James Madison’s warning that “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” …. [T]he use of force must be seen as part of a larger discussion about a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy. Because for all the focus on the use of force, force alone cannot make us safe. We cannot use force everywhere that a radical ideology takes root; and in the absence of a strategy that reduces the well-spring of extremism, a perpetual war – through drones or Special Forces...30 Jan Weekday News Wrap: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
...damage claims related to the foreign activities of multinational companies. Niger has given permission for U.S. surveillance drones to be stationed on its territory to improve intelligence on al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters in northern Mali and the wider Sahara. An Egyptian court upheld the in absentia death sentences of seven Coptic Christians and an American preacher on charges stemming from the amateur anti-Muslim film Innocence of Muslims, which sparked violent protests in the Middle East last year Israel will give Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s administration around $100 million in tax...