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Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Foreign Policy on April 30th, 2010
At a Wednesday hearing of the House national security and foreign affairs subcommittee in Washington, University of Notre Dame Law School professor Mary Ellen O’Connell said that drone use was only legal on sharply defined battlefields – and only when used by the military.
“Outside of a war or an armed conflict, everyone is a civilian when it comes to the use of lethal force,” Ms O’Connell said.
She insisted that “the combatant’s privilege to kill on the battlefield without being charged with a crime applies inside an armed conflict and not outside.”
Ms O’Connell also said that “only a lawful combatant” – not a CIA agent or a mercenary – could carry out a drone strike.
“The CIA and civilian contractors have no right to do so because they do not wear uniforms and they are not in the military chain of command – and most importantly they are not trained in the law of armed conflict.”
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Foreign Policy on April 28th, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has opened an inquiry into whether a top Defense Department official violated Pentagon rules by setting up a network of private contractors to gather intelligence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that Mr. Gates was also demanding greater oversight over the millions of dollars the Defense Department spent annually to carry out
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in History on April 28th, 2010
January 27, 2010:
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in History on April 28th, 2010
Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari are blamed for the killing of Mir Murtaza in this explosive memoir, discovers Roderick Matthews
Posted by Dr. Manzer Durrani in Recent News on April 28th, 2010
He also asserted that Pakistan had not lagged behind in cracking down on elements allegedly involved in the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
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