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A Critical Decision Point on the Battlefield-Friend, Foe, or Innocent Bystander

By International Association of Penal Law

View my article co-authored with Matthew V. Ezzo, A Critical Decision Point on the Battlefield-Friend, Foe, or Innocent Bystander Abstract: Unlike traditional war in which soldiers fought soldiers and tanks attacked tanks, the “unseen enemy in the dark shadows of the back alleys” characterizes the post 9/11 world. Commanders are facing many challenges targeting battlefield combatants. What increasingly complicates the battlefield commanders’ dilemma in determining the status of the individual standing before him is what we describe and define in the article as “voluntary human shields”. Commanders are faced with many decision points once terrorist organizations or enemy forces introduce human shields into the equation...continue to full post

Full post as published by AIDP Blog on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).