Does human rights law apply to terrorists?

From: Middle East Quarterly | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

From Manhattan to Mindanao, Islamist zealots draw no distinction between combatants and noncombatants. Jihadists target women, children, and the elderly without even the pretence of discrimination, in June 2004, an Al-Qaeda affiliated group distributed a video proudly documenting the beheading of a U.S. civilian, proclaiming, "the mujahedeen from the Fallujah Squadron slaughtered the American hostage Paul Johnson." (1) By spurning the laws of armed conflict, Islamist terrorists have created a conundrum for democracies: how do you fight people who throw the rule book of warfare out ...

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