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Predators Over Pakistan, Kenneth Anderson Mar 2010

Predators Over Pakistan, Kenneth Anderson

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American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2010-06Abstract:This extended policy/political essay argues that targeted killing, by means of unmanned aerial vehicles such as Predator "drones" and including targeted killing as carried out by the CIA, is both a good policy in combating transnational terrorism and a lawful means of self-defense under international law. Lengthy (for a political magazine, at 8,000 words, but easier to read in this pdf format) and unabashedly polemical, the essay urges the Obama administration's lawyers to step up publicly and articulate their views of the legality of targeted killing, and further argues that they need to do …


Targeted Killing In U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy And Law, Kenneth Anderson Jun 2009

Targeted Killing In U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy And Law, Kenneth Anderson

Working Papers

Targeted killing, particularly through the use of missiles fired from Predator drone aircraft, has become an important, and internationally controversial, part of the US war against al Qaeda in Pakistan and other places. The Obama administration, both during the campaign and in its first months in office, has publicly embraced the strategy as a form of counterterrorism. This paper argues, however, that unless the Obama administration takes careful and assertive legal steps to protect it, targeted killing using remote platforms such as drone aircraft will take on greater strategic salience precisely as the Obama administration allows the legal space for …


Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets Feb 2006

Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets

American University Law Review

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Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets Feb 2006

Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets

American University Law Review

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Israel, Hezbollah And The Conflict In Lebanon: An Act Of Aggression Or Self-Defense?, Victor Kattan Jan 2006

Israel, Hezbollah And The Conflict In Lebanon: An Act Of Aggression Or Self-Defense?, Victor Kattan

Human Rights Brief

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