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Yesterday I maintained that the Iraq strikes were not legally problematic to the extent that they were justified as self-defense of U.S. persons, but said that “[i]f the Iraq strikes are conceptualized a...
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This time, it's Mohammed Al-Adahi (remember him?). The opinion is by Judge Gladys Kessler.
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As Wells notes, the Obama administration is contemplating air strikes in Iraq to protect threatened religious minorities there.
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The New York Times reports:
WASHINGTON — President Obama is considering airstrikes or airdrops of food and medicine to address a humanitarian crisis among as many as 40,000 religious minorities in Iraq...
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When the court returns from recess, the parties move into argument on AE277, the defense’s motion for a judicial order compelling an MRI of Al-Nashiri’s brain to determine if he has brain damage.
The de...
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Judge Spath begins today’s hearings noting that Al-Nashiri is not present. The court first hears testimony from the Guantanamo Staff Judge Advocate who had received Al-Nashiri’s waiver, Captain G, who wa...
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The New York Times is reporting that, according to Kurdish officials, American forces have bombed ISIS targets in Iraq:
American military forces bombed at least two targets in northern Iraq on Thursday ...
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Judge Spath then moves to AE 295, a defense filing and the penultimate item on the agenda.
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In the final session for the day, Judge Spath announces he has come to a ruling on AE277. This is the defense's bid for Al-Nashiri to have an MRI examination, presumably in order to unearth the damage w...
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A reminder: Lawfare has digests of yesterday's pre-trial proceedings in United States v.
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When the Court reconvenes, Major Tom Hurley begins argument on AE 280. In it, the defense requests that summaries of classified discovery be marked with more granular classification information. Specifi...
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The military judge, Air Force Col. Vance Spath, begins the morning's hearing in United States v. Al-Nashiri---his second on the case---by ruling on two pending motions.
First, Judge Spath grants defense...