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Mary Ellen O'Connell Quoted In The Guardian Article "Obama Hails Arab Allies And Says Isis Offensive Is Not 'America's Fight Alone' On September 23., Mary Ellen O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell quoted in The Guardian article "Obama hails Arab allies and says Isis offensive is not 'America's fight alone on September 23.

Mary Ellen O’Connell, an international law professor at Notre Dame University, called the new phase of Syria strikes “highly questionable,” particularly given the Obama administration’s adamant insistence it did not seek Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s permission to fly over Syrian airspace.

Under international law, “the Syrian government is the only party that can give consent to these airs trikes,” O’Connell said.

Mary Ellen O’Connell Was Quoted In The Guardian Article Isis Incursion Into Iraqi Kurdistan Pushing Obama To Consider Air Strikes On August 7, Mary O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell

Mary Ellen O’Connell was quoted in The Guardian article Isis incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan pushing Obama to consider air strikes on August 7

Obama’S Illegal War In Politico, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell

Politico published Mary Ellen O’Connell’s op-ed Obama’s Illegal War on September 11.

Why U.S. Raid In Libya Is A Sign Of Hope, Mary O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell

Op-ed by Mary Ellen O'Connell in CNN Opinion

Mary Ellen O’Connell Was A Guest On The Kcrw Show To The Point: Drone Warfare: Fact And Fiction On May 21, Mary O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell

Mary Ellen O’Connell was a guest on the KCRW show To The Point: Drone Warfare: Fact and Fictionon May 21.

Mary Ellen O’Connell Was Quoted In The Rueters Article Despite Obama’S New Rules, No End In Sight For Drone War On May 23, Mary O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell

Mary Ellen O’Connell was quoted in the Rueters article Despite Obama’s new rules, no end in sight for drone war on May 23.

"Here we are, a year later, asking 'what has really changed?'" said University of Notre Dame law professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, a leading expert on extrajudicial killings who has testified before U.S. congressional committees. "The drones are still flying and the president still sees the attractiveness of this cold and antiseptic means of killing."

Mary Ellen O'Connell Quoted In Ap's "Us Suspect Possibly Targeted For Drone Attack," Feb. 10, 2014, Mary O'Connell

Mary Ellen O'Connell

*Mary Ellen O'Connell* was quoted in AP's "US suspect possibly targeted for drone attack" via @NBCNews, Feb. 10. Mary Ellen O'Connell, a professor of international law at the University of Notre Dame, said there is a school of thought that the Obama administration's drone policy is "lawless." "Why should the Justice Department issue the execution warrant for anyone abroad? The fact that they give extra scrutiny only because he's an American exacerbates this negative impression," O'Connell said.