These all come courtesy of Security Law Brief: A Canadian victim of rendition is appealing to the Supreme Court. Five American terror suspects are alleging that they were subjected to various forms of torture including electric shocks by the FBI and Pakistani police. Latvia will take one of the U.S.’s Guantanamo inmates. Marc Ambinder theorizes […]
Over the weekend several newspapers ran articles on U.S. efforts to accelerate deployment of missile defenses in the Persian Gulf region. According to the New York Times, the U.S. is providing 2 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) batteries each to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman. The U.S. is also maintaining a constant presence […]
“Canceling military discussions and calling in the American ambassador have been two standard Chinese measures in response to previous American arms sales to Taiwan. But the announcement of restrictions on the Chinese operations of American companies involved in the arms sales represents an unusual twist…” quoted from a NYTimes article today on the US-Taiwan arms […]
The government of China has expressed indignation over the Obama administration’s decision to sell $6.4 billion in defensive weapons to Taiwan. Taiwan is part of China, Beijing argues, and the U.S. is meddling in a domestic dispute. See article on the arms deal. Obama — with no “reset” button on China — is acting in accordance […]
So said Lord Goldsmith, the UK’s former Attorney General, yesterday at the UK’s Iraq inquiry. In 2003, Goldsmith provided the legal okay for the UK to participate in the Iraq invasion. You can find notes on Goldsmith’s testimony at TimesOnline here. Before the invasion, Goldsmith originally believed UN resolution 1441 (downloadable here) did not provide […]
By Aarti Tikoo Singh Twenty years ago, “freedom struggle” in Kashmir meant seeking the political rights and political justice that had been denied by India since Jammu & Kashmir’s accession to the Indian union in 1947. But before the idea could even evolve into a mass awakening movement, it burst into religious extremism and cross-border […]
The UN News Centre reported earlier today that the UN 1267 Committee removed five senior Taliban members from its list of individuals subject to sanctions. You can read the UN Security Council news release here. The 1267 Committee, officially called the “Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee,” was established by UN resolution 1267 (downloadable […]
From the UN News Centre: Despite the fact that international law clearly prohibits secret detention, the practice is widespread and “reinvigorated” by the so-called global war on terror, several independent United Nations experts stated, outlining a series of steps aimed at curbing this human rights violation. In a 222-page study which will be presented to […]
Topic: Just a Typical Week in the World of Defense Issues Last week was interesting but pretty typical for those involved with monitoring national security issues. Osama Bin Laden crawled out from under whatever rock he’s been hiding under and claimed responsibility for the failed attack on Flight 253 on Christmas Day. While speaking […]
“We face three major strategic challenges: the Iranian nuclear program, rockets aimed at our civilians and Goldstone,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said. Thus, the Israeli government is currently taking action against the third threat enumerated by Netanyahu, the Goldstone Report. The Goldstone Report is the result of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission […]
Israel has a comparative advantage in medical care and specifically in treating trauma victims, which comes not only from its advanced human capital, especially in technology and health care, but also from vast experience treating victims of terror and war. Read the NYTimes article published yesterday on the subject. Israel has been treating Haiti’s earthquake victims […]
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