Conduct of War
Conduct of War
The law of war is a body of law concerning acceptable justifications to engage in war (jus ad bellum) and the limits to acceptable wartime conduct (jus in bello). The law of war is considered an aspect of public international law (the law of nations) and is distinguished from other bodies of law, such as the domestic law of a particular belligerent to a conflict, that may also provide legal limits to the conduct or justification of war. Among other issues,... read more
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Dem Insiders Want Timetable For Afghanistan Withdrawal
From National Journal Dated 29 July 2010 In the wake of Tuesday night's vote in the House on the Afghanistan war funding bill which 102 House Dems opposed, the latest Congressional Insiders Poll offers more signs of restiveness among Dems over the Afghan conflict. In this...
Why we ignored two huge stories
From Salon Dated 29 July 2010 In the the past two weeks, two major pieces of investigative journalism have hit the Web: the Washington Post's " Top Secret America " series, about the massive expansion of our national security apparatus after 9/11; and the New York...
Sir Richard Dannatt and Sir Mike Jackson at the Iraq war inquiry - live
From The Observer Dated 28 July 2010 Live coverage as Dannatt, former chief of the army, and Jackson, former chief of the general staff, give evidence to the Chilcot panel 10.15am: "Professionally I don't think we had any points to prove at all," Dannatt says, denying...
Barack Obama enlists Afghan war leaks in support of policy switch
From The Guardian Dated 27 July 2010 Material cataloguing blunders justifies decision to deploy 30,000 more US troops, US president saysBarack Obama today claimed the disclosures about the mishandling of the Afghanistan war contained in leaked US military documents justified his decision to embark on a new...
Documents leak leaves White House on defensive about Afghanistan policy
From The Los Angeles Times Dated 27 July 2010 There are few bombshells, but the volume of data and the focus on the conduct of the war are likely to embolden critics at a time when Congress has expressed doubts about Obama's Afghanistan policy. The leaking of a trove...
Why Wikileaks, and the newspapers, were right to publish
From The Guardian Dated 26 July 2010 The Wikileaks revelations about the conduct of the war in Afghanistan have been rightly hailed as a triumph of "data journalism."There was, of course, a source of sorts, because someone leaked the 92,000 classified military documents. But the importance of...
Afghanistan war logs: Story behind biggest leak in intelligence history
From The Guardian Dated 25 July 2010 From US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how thousands of classified papers found their way to online activistsUS authorities have known for weeks that they have suffered a haemorrhage of secret information on a scale which makes even...
Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone on the Story that Brought Down Gen. McChrystal and Exposed Widening Disputes Behind the U.S. Debacle in Afghanistan
From MyAntiWar.org Dated 1 July 2010 In a rare extended interview, we speak to Michael Hastings, whose article in Rolling Stone magazine led to the firing of General Stanley McChrystal. Hastings’ piece quoted McChrystal and his aides making disparaging remarks about top administration officials, and exposed...
Grim Afghan toll as 100 foreign troops die in June
From The Age Dated 29 June 2010 A total of 100 foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have died in June, the deadliest month for NATO in nine years of conflict, intensifying concerns about the conduct of the war.
Foreign troop deaths in Afghan war hit 100 in June
From Dawn Dated 29 June 2010 KABUL: A total of 100 foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have died in June, the deadliest month for Nato in nine years of conflict, intensifying concerns about the conduct of the war. An announcement by...
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