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Terrorism and the Laws of War
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Do the laws of war apply to the US-led "war on terror"? There are several positions. (1) The laws of war do apply and to the same extent that they apply in regular wars. (2) The laws of war do not apply; the US military has a free hand. (3) The laws of war apply but in modified form.1
This disagreement matters because the laws of war, if they do apply, could interfere with current US policy. If position (1) is correct, and a captured al Qaeda suspect is considered a prisoner of war ("P...
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Terrorism and the Laws of War
Chicago Journal of International Law
; Do the laws of war apply to the US-led "war on terror"? There are several positions. (1) The laws of war do apply and to the same extent that they apply in regular wars. (2) The laws of war do not apply; the US military has a free hand. (3) The laws of war apply but in modified form.1 This
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The laws of war and humanitarian law: a turbulent vista. (Review Essay).(Book Review)
Global Governance
; Adam Roberts and Richard Guelff, eds., Documents OIL the Laws of War, 3d ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), 765 pp. Ingrid Detter, The Law of War, 2d ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), 516 pp. Francoise Bouchet-Saulnier, The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law, 1st English
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The Role of the United States Military Lawyer in Projecting a Vision of the Laws of War
Chicago Journal of International Law
; I. INTRODUCTION Over the years dealing professionally with US military lawyers on matters of the laws of war, I have often been struck by the following disjunction. On the one hand, the public attitude of career US military lawyers who deal with matters of the laws of war has typically been
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War has changed. The laws of war must, too. The Geneva Conventions are outdated for today's war on terror. The US should lead a call to modernize them.(OPINION)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Byline: Scott Holcomb and Mark Ribbing ATLANTA AND ST. LOUIS -- One of the most striking developments of the post-cold war era has been the shift in our understanding of war itself. This most ancient of human behaviors has literally taken on a new definition. The 1985 edition of Webster's Ninth New
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the Laws of War, They Aren't POWs
The Washington Post
; The U.S. government has yet to decide exactly how to handle al Qaeda and Taliban detainees being held in Afghanistan and at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The uncertainty has kept alive the legal debate over the status of the 500 or so detainees and whether they are being denied certain
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Documents on the Laws of War
Aerospace Power Journal
; Documents on the Laws of War, 3d ed., edited by Adam Roberts and Richard Guelff. Oxford University Press (httpwww.oup-usa.org/index. html), 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016, 2000, 781 pages, $35.00 (paper), $85.00 (cloth). Sooner or later, most historical treatments of war and military
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IRAQ FLOUTING LAWS OF WAR, GENEVA CONVENTIONS
Regulatory Intelligence Data
; ... 2003 - The Iraqi regime is flouting the laws of war and the Geneva Conventions, said Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke at the news conference today. Clarke said that the deceptions have been so blatant that some liken it to terrorism. They are sending forces ...
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The laws of war; Detention at Guantanamo justified.(OPED)
The Washington Times
; Byline: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Over the past two weeks, the Bush administration has advanced a detailed and compelling justification for the continuing detention of captured al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay,
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We happy few: the U.S. soldier's laws of war, in principle and in practice. (Annotation).
Harper's Magazine
; While at war, the United States has international law on its side in at least one, strictly literal sense. U.S. soldiers are required to carry pocket cards that outline their rules of engagement ; the front and back of one such card, issued to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, are pictured here.
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The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World
Naval War College Review
; Howard, Michael, George J. Andreopoulos, and Mark R. Shulman, eds. The Laws of War: Constraints on Warfare in the Western World. New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press, 1995. 303pp. $30 The law of war is all too often understood from a positivist perspective, one that is rule-oriented, textually based,
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