Monthly Archives: July 2011

July 8, 2011

Prison Hulks and Al Shabab: The Complications of the Law of War

Since the September 11 attacks,  federal judges have out of necessity plunged into the real-life facts of terrorism’s  twilight world of training camps, safe houses, and dry runs, as they review the Guantanamo dossiers of al Qaeda and Taliban suspects … Continue reading

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July 5, 2011

The Rocket’s Red Glare: Mladic and Mayhem

Half a lifetime ago, on a hot July afternoon, I sat in the living room of international war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone, glued to the screen as Dutch television newscasters announced another dreary episode in the ethnic conflict of the … Continue reading

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