Current training of Soldiers on handling detainees is very proscriptive in terms of what actions may or may not be taken. Far less time is spent on how to deal with unlawful orders, although Soldiers are told to refuse to follow one should they...
In an attempt to protect the U.S. following the horrific events of September 11th and to conduct the Global War on Terrorism, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was established. Yet the continued operation of the facility,...
As a part of the response to the Al Qaida attacks on 11 September 2001, the United States found itself having to answer many difficult questions regarding its action in the Global War on Terrorism. One of the most contentious was the use of torture...
There is little opposition to the fact that in a democratic society we assume liability to
detain and question prisoners in a time of conflict. This has been a pertinent segment of the
country’s biblical mandate in Romans 13:1-7, which is there...
Here we are in Afghanistan and we’re heading out on another patrol. We receive information that one of our "persons under control" (PUC) has information about an improvised explosive device (lED) that has been placed along our planned route and...
During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I (OIF I), U.S. soldiers waged a desperate war against a growing insurgency. Mounting U.S. casualties became the catalyst for a hidden "war within the war." Arrayed on one side of this secret conflict were leaders who...
The war on terror takes many forms, whether it's sending troops to Afghanistan and Iraq, agents into foreign countries or investigating threats at home. These are accepted by the American Public as necessary for securing our country. What America...
The preface states "the author's purpose has not been to write a history of Egypt, but to trace to their probable causes the events which have for the last decade made Egypt so conspicuous a thread in the tangled skein of Old World politics".
During war time, any person being taking into custody as an enemy prisoner of war is protected from any type of abuse or torture according to several treaties. There are numerous ways to interrogate a prisoner of war to retrieve valuable...
Prior to President Obama halting all ongoing military commissions, the United States charged six Guantanamo Bay prisoners with capital crimes. Further, his latest policy directive for new military commission rules has not excluded the death penalty...
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
This report discusses the high regard the Japanese placed on information gathered through interrogation of prisoners of war, the interrogation techniques used, and the types of information obtained. Examples of intelligence from actual...
The Niger Delta region is the nerve of the Nigerian economy. The region has witnessed series of conflicts largely due to the oil resources therein. Violent militancy in the Niger Delta assumed a new dimension in the mid nineties as the residents...
"All nations should observe the laws of warfare, but if some decide to behave less scrupulously than others, those more scrupulous in observance should not decide that they are released from their responsibilities." I3 Such responsibilities are...
Stewart, Roger D. ; Avila, Alex; Cattin, Tommie; Hokianga, Patrick; Smalls, James
Thesis Statement. Despite the best intentions of the
Geneva Conventions to instill humanitarian principles amongst nations
at war, the treaties had a minimal effect on the treatment of American
Prisoners of War during World War II (WW II), the...
Janis A. Doss, Janis A. ; Amedeo, Di Marzio; Foreman, James; Diaz, Jose F.; Lonergan, Robert
Discussion. War tribunals in past history show no evidence of deterrence for war
crimes. Rules of law are a part of moral ethics and are violated repeatedly. Atrocities
continue throughout the world and war criminals are not being held accountable....
During the Greek Golden Age, philosophy expressed a unique outlook on the world and way of life. Philosophers then asked this question; what would happen if things that were wrong were seen by society as acceptable? What, if society condoned...
Doss, Janis A.; Amedeo, Di Marzio; Foreman, James; Diaz, Jose F.; Lonergan, Robert
Thesis: War tribunals and international law do not deter war criminals. War crimes tribunals are courts of law established to try individuals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Despite the often heinous nature of the crimes that...