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Hard Issues Raised by Jeh Johnson’s Speech
I agree entirely with Ken that DOD General Counsel Jeh Johnson’s speech on the end-of-conflict with al Qaeda “makes a serious attempt to grapple with the conditions defining the endgame” and is “a...
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A Guide to Legal Issues Raised by the Expanding Conflict in Mali
What is the United States actually doing so far, and what else reportedly is on the table? 1. So far we have agreed to provide airlift support to the French, on their dime. That is, France is going to...
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What Fate for Prisoners in Mali?
The French military intervention in Mali continues: Islamist rebels have ceded control of most of Mali’s major cities but have likely taken refuge in the country’s rugged mountains and caves. As a...
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Detention, Prosecution, and Interrogation in Mali
I asked the other day what was becoming of the persons who presumably were being captured by French, Malian, or other forces fighting the Islamist extremists in Mali. Turns out there are a couple of...
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What Happens to Captured Persons in Mali?
What is happening in Mali to people who are captured rather than killed by French, Chadian, or Malian forces? I asked this in February, but so far as I know the question remains unanswered in the...
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Mali, the Way of the Knife, and Working “By, With, and Through” Others
While we are on the subject of Mark Mazzetti’s The Way of the Knife, and for that matter while we are speaking of Mali, check out this Washington Post report on U.S. boots being on the ground in Mali...
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Remember Mali? We don’t hear much about it these days, but it still suffers from the presence of armed groups of Islamist extremists in the north, and the French military is still there and using...
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