OPERATIONAL STUDIES www.operationalstudie.com Copyright © 2007 Targeted Killing: Self-Defense‚ Preemption‚ and the War on Terrorism By Thomas B. Hunter April 29‚ 2005 Introduction This essay will endeavor to examine the concept of ‘targeted killing’ in the international war against terrorism by assessing the norms states employ in justifying the offensive use of force in countering the threats posed by individuals involved in terrorist activity against the state. Specifically‚ due to the asymmetric
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The movie is about two marines indicted for the murder of a fellow marine in their platoon. Private First Class (PFC) William Santiago died because of lactic acidosis triggered by the assault inflicted by Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Lowden Downey. This assault was the result of a direct order by the platoon commander Lieutenant Kendrick. The order was to train Santiago to respect the Code of the Marines and the chain of command. Private Santiago had broken this chain and written directly
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decorum‚ especially when it comes to women. The two teenage girls who were shot dead last week by a cousin in Noida for daring to run away to meet their boyfriends are the latest victims of honor killings‚ a euphemism for doing away with anyone seen as spoiling the family’s reputation. Many such killings are happening with regularity in Punjab‚ Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. These are socially sanctioned by caste panchayats and carried out by mobs with the connivance of family members. The
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Honour Killings Spreading Through the Globe Honour killing is an act of murder usually done by a family member‚ predominately males towards females‚ where the victim has supposedly dishonoured the family. Honour is one of the main concepts that a family values leaving it to be held higher than almost any other concept. It is associated with pride and is carried within a family; a reputation in a sense. Honour killings are committed when the sense of honour has been disturbed. Men find that honour
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Mass killing of dolphin and whales A recent article in The Jakarta Post‚ ”Mass killing of animals and Asian values”‚ concern the slaughter of dolphin in Japan and China. The Author‚ Mario Rustan‚ tell us the information about whaling industry and dependability slaughtering of whale with the Japanese and Chinese value. I totally agree with the author’s opinion because the killings of wild rare animal can risk the nature balance for the future although have a base of honor‚ wealth and tradition. In
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10:51:05 AM IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MORALLY REQUIRED? ACTS‚ OMISSIONS‚ AND LIFELIFE TRADEOFFS Cass R. Sunstein* and Adrian Vermeule** Many people believe that the death penalty should be abolished even if‚ as recent evidence seems to suggest‚ it has a significant deterrent effect. But if such an effect can be established‚ capital punishment requires a life-life tradeoff‚ and a serious commitment to the sanctity of human life may well compel‚ rather than forbid‚ that form of punishment. The familiar
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Capital Punishment is a complex topic taking someone else’s life to benefit the others they have stolen beginning a cycle that nobody can really end. The costs and effects could be grave to the system and everyone in and around it without some sound advice and reasoning to make sense of why it is done. I chose to look at three viewpoints that define and pick apart the justifications and oppositions of capital punishment. The first view is coming from a duty point of view; the second a consequences
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Realism versus Aestheticism in Of Mice and Men (1937) Introduction: A panic-stricken young woman flees from the opening scene‚ her beautiful red dress torn. The main characters George (Gary Sinise) and Lennie (John Malkovich) are seen sprinting in the opposite direction to escape yet another dilemma that Lennie has gotten them into. The tension builds as the music intensifies‚ evoking fear in audiences early on that the two men will be caught. This opening scene‚ while out of order from the original
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Saul went in search of David in the Wilderness of En Gedi. He accidently stumbled upon the cave where David and his men were hiding. David restrained himself and his men from killing Saul. (1 Samuel 24) Many people in David’s situation would have ‘found’ many excuses to justify killing Saul. Think of what one might have said: “It was self-defense‚ because Saul was out to kill me.” “It’s all right‚ because God promised me the throne anyway.” “This is a God-given opportunity and I should take
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The justification of capital punishment has been an on going debate for quite sometime. As in the case of any argument theirs two sides too each argument. In this particular argument "society’s self defense" essay by Amber Young the opposed battle the idea of capital punishment and think that overall its unjust and falls under cruel and unusual punishment. Amber Young’s evaluations on the issue of capital punishment reaches out to everyone and leave a trembling thought in ones mind. The thought
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