Targeted Killings

Photograph Source: DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos – Public Domain To hear Democratic Party propagandists and anti-Trump Republicans on the cable networks tell it, Nancy Pelosi is the shrewdest, most politically savvy Democrat in living memory. MSNBC is the worst, and Rachel Maddow is the…

Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly. For a better experience use Google Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. Islamic State attacks have surged in a “Ramadan offensive” in Syria and Iraq as…

Armed drones would be a useful purchase for Germany's Bundeswehr, the outgoing parliamentary defense commissioner says. His comments came ahead of government deliberations on what is a controversial issue in Germany. Germany's army should purchase armed drones to protect patrols in conflict areas, the outgoing parliamentary commissioner for the armed…

Yemen Press Reader 637: 30. März 2020: Angst vor dem Coronavirus im Jemen, aber heftige Kämpfe, Raketenangriffe und Luftangriffe – Stimmen aus dem Jemen – Ich habe den Krieg überlebt ... Bei diesem Beitrag handelt es sich um ein Blog aus der Freitag-Community Eingebetteter MedieninhaltEingebetteter MedieninhaltEingebetteter Medieninhalt... Ich habe den…

Yemen Press Reader 634b: 21. März 2020: Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 634, cp6 - cp18 / Sequel to Yemen War Mosaic 634, cp6 - cp18 Bei diesem Beitrag handelt es sich um ein Blog aus der Freitag-Community Eingebetteter MedieninhaltDies ist die Fortsetzung von Jemenkrieg-Mosaik 634, Teil 1 / This is the…

Drones and the Legality and Ethics of War Franklin C. Annis The use of drones is a natural evolution in the science of war. On the tactical level, militaries often seek to damage their opponent’s forces while presenting the least amount of risk to their own soldiers. Armed drones seem…

UK governments routinely claim to uphold national and international law. But the reality of British policies is quite different, especially when it comes to foreign policy and so-called ‘national security’. This explainer summarises 17 long-running government policies which violate UK domestic or international law. *** British foreign secretary Dominic Raab…

From the Peace of Westphalia to the Law of the Jungle The January 2nd American assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani of Iran was an event of enormous moment. Gen. Soleimani had been the highest-ranking military figure in his nation of 80 million, and with a storied career of 30 years,…

The assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, perhaps the second most powerful person in Iran behind Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, will reverberate in the Middle East and beyond for years, and perhaps decades. But the immediate consequences, several U.S. in…

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's decision to carry out a lethal targeted strike against an Iranian general widely said to have American blood on his hands has renewed an international legal debate about the line between warfare and assassination that has n…