HUMAN 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hors De Combat, United States Attorney General, Islamic Terrorism
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How these activities called terrorism and people called terrorist get constructed through ways of thinking proliferation of ideas, repetition of images, etc: media participation (blogs, newspapers, etc. ), academic think- tanks, academic study, entertainment (movie, television shows). Alberto r. gonzales, counsel to president bush and later us attorney. General: the new war calls for obtaining information from captured terrorists and their sponsors in order to avoid further atrocities against american civilians (176) Ticking bomb scenario: the war against terrorism is a new kind of war. It is not the traditional clash between nations adhering to the laws of war (176) The us does not need to adhere to the geneva. They should not be afforded this kind of protection. Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of. When someone lays down his or her arms, he or she should not be tortured.
