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12 Aug

...aforementioned information.I hope this helps.Obtestor Charles Gittings Hi Obtestor, * "If the Geneva Conventions protected terrorists, we wouldn't be having this discussion right now, would we?"Well they do and we are, so I guess maybe you need to work on your logic a bit.* "Think about it Charles, how are combatants that kill innocent civilians with sneaky bomb placements and suicide Shahid vests protected by the Geneva Conventions?"The same way everybody else is, including people who kill innocent civilians with Stealth bombers and Predator drones, or Marines who fire on...
12.08.05 | |

07 Mar

...was a publicity stunt, and that he posed a dumb question: . There are about a hundred interesting and difficult questions to pose to the administration about targeted killings and drones. Sen. Paul started with one of the least interesting: Can the government kill an American with a drone domestically? It’s about as interesting a question as, say, asking whether the Air Force can conduct air strikes against targets in Chicago. In fact, it’s the exact same question. And the answer to it is exactly the same: the Air Force...
07.03.13 | |

08 Jan

Alan G. Kaufman While the legal issues are fascinating and important. no less so are the strategic ones -- which implicate legal issues related to a targeted killing policy that uses tools other than drones -- e.g. ununiformed covert operatives. I recommend review of the following: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-engelhardt/the-cia-surges_b_417881.html "Army Major General Michael Flynn, U.S. and NATO forces deputy chief of staff for intelligence in Afghanistan, released a report in which he labeled military intelligence in the war zone -- but by implication U.S. intelligence operatives generally -- “clueless.” They were, he...
08.01.10 | |

04 Jun

...with the rules of IHL, which prohibit or restrict certain means and methods of warfare." Further (relevant for the U.S. in terms of who operates the unmanned drones and does the shooting), that "IHL neither prohibits nor privileges civilian direct participation in hostilities. Therefore, such participation does not in itself constitute a war crime. However, civilians having directly participated in hostilities can be prosecuted for any offence that they may have committed under domestic law even if, in doing so, they did not violate IHL." Howard Gilbert The Alston article...
04.06.09 | |

13 Jul

...Habeas and Detention, Targeting with Drones, False Pretenses for the War in Iraq and other aspects of the current conflict and accountability. May 5, 2012)" (http://www.saltlaw.org/blog/2012/05/05/stepping-out-of-line-redux-refluat-stercus-or-an-essay-in-parts-on-the-ksm-and-other-military-commissions-torture-habeas-and-detention-targeting-with-drones-false-pretenses-for-the-war-in-iraq/) (v) Our knowledge about social causality is too slight to permit confident predictions about the effects of an as yet untried system. Response: See above on worldwide experience with tribunal d'exception. Our experience is sufficient to know these military commissions are a very bad idea. (vi) [I'm modifying Elster's last point, as it was meant to apply to constitutions and not institutions generally.] After...
13.07.12 | |

06 Apr

...research activity is focused on the "creeping" modification of the traditional ius ad bellum rules due to the need to face the global terrorist threat. My last published article is about the use of drones in counterterrorism: N. Colacino, From just war to permanent self-defence: the use of drones in counterterrorism and its questionable consistency with International Law standards, www.rivistaoidu.net n. 4/2015, pp. 607-629. Hope we will have new chances to exchange our views. Best, Nicola John Heieck Thanks, Nicola. I will read your article with great interest. Best, John...
06.04.16 | |

05 May

...military commission was completely logical based on the Khan and al-Nashiri under the MCA of 2009 and earlier matters. More in due course. Stepping out of Line (Redux): Refluat Stercus or an Essay in parts on the KSM and other Military Commissions, Torture, Habeas and Detention, Targeting with Drones, False Pretenses for the War in Iraq and other aspects of the current conflict and accountability http://www.saltlaw.org/blog/2012/05/05/stepping-out-of-line-redux-refluat-stercus-or-an-essay-in-parts-on-the-ksm-and-other-military-commissions-torture-habeas-and-detention-targeting-with-drones-false-pretenses-for-the-war-in-iraq/ Not that we really give much of a damn in America about justice. Best, Ben NewStream Dream Breaking, this is a giant echo chamber....
05.05.12 | |

01 Aug

...putting the villagers into a state of panic. A villager who had fled from Srifa explained how the heavy Israeli bombardment effectively trapped people inside the village, and how the village Sheikh had ordered the terrified civilians to seek refuge in the wealthier "Moscow" neighborhood of the village, where the multiple-story homes had concrete basements that offered greater protection: After the first bombing, villagers started fleeing to neighboring villages for safety.Israel saw this from their drones, and they sent Apache helicopters to circle the village to prevent us from leaving.They...
01.08.09 | |

15 Jun

JordanPaust Response... "Stab...in the back" is appropriate. And why a private lawsuit involving private plaintiffs and private defendants should be dismissed if the U.S. could not be held accountable by a foreign state is simply incredible. To pretend that that was "the legislative purpose" is beyond belief. There is no direct proof of such a legislative intent. Several professors have started to wonder whether Harold Koh has abandoned human rights (I had not thought so with respect to use of drones) and they will surely continue to wonder, since human...
15.06.12 | |

26 Jul

...to deliver a second salvo against the Golani infantrymen as they scattered for cover. An Israel Defence Force source said Hizbollah is fighting a Vietcong-style tunnel war in the scrub-covered hills around Bint Jbeil, using a network of underground routes and bunkers dug up to 130ft below the surface to move unseen and unscathed. "They know we have reconnaissance drones and satellite surveillance of the area, so they have taken to shifting squads around the sector by tunnel to avoid the risk of attracting airstrikes or artillery fire," he said....
26.07.06 | |

17 May

Mihai Martoiu Ticu Can individuals attack states in preemptive self-defence as well? Let's say that the Iranians expect the US to attack them in the near future, or any private individual in a country with important natural resources can expect the U.S. to invade sooner or later. Or the Pakistani's might expect that U.S. drones blow up their wedding parties. Considering that the U.S. invades or bombs a country every two years, such wars are highly probable. Or is this preemptive self-defence only an U.S. privilege? [insert here] delenda est...
17.05.11 | |

14 Apr

Giorgi Nar Mr. Kenn, Thanks for updated information about the drones, this is a very interesting issue in the IHL today. Please, can you write more about the Virginia symposium, what's going on there and may be there website as well. I am very interested in this problem and want to get thorough information. Thanks in advance....
14.04.10 | |