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11 Apr Weekly News Wrap: Monday, April 11, 2016
...warned their citizens of a high-level, imminent threat of attacks in Turkey, with Israel urging its citizens to immediately leave the country. Asia Relatives and tribal elders in southeastern Afghanistan are demanding an investigation into the killing of 17 people by US drones this week, claiming that the air strikes hit civilians, not members of armed groups. A U.S. Navy officer with access to sensitive U.S. intelligence faces espionage charges over accusations he passed state secrets, possibly to China and Taiwan, a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday. Europe The...20 Aug Online Symposium: Presumptive Validity of Executive Emergency Action?
...basis of many assertions (Iraq-al Qaeda link, uranium ore, aluminum tubes, mobile labs, drones, chemical and biological weapons, etc.) that were false. I see no grounds for presumptive validity or any automatic trust in superior expertise that resides in the executive branch. As a second point, I find it curious that the two authors regularly claim a lack of competence or expertise on their part to second-guess decisions by the executive branch in time of emergency. As they say, “as lawyers, we do not have any experience regarding optimal security...15 Apr Advice for the U.S. delegation in Kampala
Harold Koh’s ASIL speech drew lots of attention for his defense of the legality of U.S. use of aerial drones. But Koh also spent much of the speech explaining and defending the U.S. decision to reorient its relationship toward the International Criminal Court. He noted U.S. attendance (as an observer) at the ICC Assembly of States Parties in November, and U.S. plans to send a delegation to Kampala, Uganda at the end of next month for the ICC Review Conference. That meeting will be a “big” one as the parties...12 Feb Weekday News Wrap: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
...shawls, which Orthodox tradition sees as solely for men. The UN has urged a greater push toward ending forced labor. Human Rights Watch offers a Q&A about Laurent Gbagbo, the former Ivory Coast president before the ICC for the alleged commission of crimes against humanity; the confirmation of the charges hearing is set to take place next Tuesday, February 19. The LA Times has an op-ed asking the questions related to the use of drones: Are we creating more enemies than we are killing? Esquire has a piece on one...07 Jun Weekday News Wrap: Thursday, June 7, 2012
The brother of Abu Yahya al-Libi (the militant allegedly killed by a drone strike earlier this week), claims that the US’ drone program is inhumane and makes a mockery of the US claims of upholding human rights standards. IPS offers an opinion piece about how drones fire both ways. In what could have been retaliation for the killing of Abu Yahya al-Libi, a bomb has exploded outside the US mission in Benghazi, Libya. Slate has an Explainer column discussing how hard it is to shoot down a drone. The Sentencing...
05 Aug Violence Against Palestinian Children in the Gaza Strip as Indirect Evidence of Israel’s Genocidal Intent
...2025 the Israeli forces and authorities have killed 20,179 and injured 44,143 children, representing 30% and 26% of the total deaths and wounded. Many of them were shot while being within safe areas or following evacuation routes from active combat zones. Some kids suffered gunshot wounds to the head or abdomen and were hit by snipers or drones. Others were shot while waving white flags. Many were hit while being alone or accompanied by unarmed adults. In these circumstances, they could not have posed any threat to the Israeli security...03 Sep Ben Wittes’ Unconvincing “Hostage-Taking” Analogy (Updated)
...assets? I’m sure he’s shaking. This leads to my second point: The idea that Anwar al-Alauqi is being targeted for death and has no means of availing himself of his rights as a U.S. national is wrong. Like the hostage-taker, he has a remedy that will ensure his safety and give him the opportunity to defend himself: He can turn himself in. He can knock on the door of any U.S. consulate and say, “I hear you guys are looking for me.” No special forces guys, Predator drones, or air...25 May Meanwhile, Back to Important Policy Debates Over … EVOO
Though I’m as much caught up in the drones debate du jour as anyone here at OJ, there are other pressing matters internationally, and one of them is olive oil. I’ve blogged about EVOO adulteration in the past year, but the current contretemps is different. EU regulators want to require that restaurants serve olive oil at the table in sealed individual servings (I guess a little bit like the little sealed catsup bottles one sometimes sees in restaurants in the USA) rather than the common practice of serving olive oil,...20 Feb AlphaDogs, Cheetah-bots, and Mecha-Avatars
...includes the “room clearing, sentry control [and] combat casualty recovery.” And all at the bidding of their human partner. [Emphasis added.] You can place a Terminator or Avatar joke here (two James Cameron movies, huh), but I think this is a better film metaphor (and it’s by “District 9 ” director Neill Blomkamp). So, while these mecha-avatars will not be autonomous, they will be remotely-controlled armed bipedal drones. As a legal matter, one could say that this is similar to our current use of UAV’s. But I don’t think so....
27 Aug Attacking Foreign Bases in Self-Defence
...a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cyprus, when its own military presence in Cyprus for 66 years following independence also has features of such a violation. If the safety of the Cypriot people were threatened by the drones, one could argue that it is largely because the British government placed these people in the path of war with its bases. The “de-escalation” that the statement calls for would appear to be achieved not by allowing the United States to use its bases, but, on the contrary, by...