Sentences with phrase «as enemy combatants»

Next thing you know Bush will begin referring to whales as enemy combatants.

We know from the Jose Padilla case that US citizens can be detained in the US and held without charge for several years if the POTUS labels them as enemy combatants.

(7) it is REDACTED consistent with U.S. law and the laws of war for the Secretary of Defense to detain Mr. Padilla as enemy combatant.

Accordingly, you are directed to receive Mr. Padilla from the Department of Justice and to detain him as an enemy combatant.

For example, a self - proclaimed terrorist from the Animal Liberation Front could not be detained as an enemy combatant, but that is not among the terrorist organizations that Congress has declared war on in the AUMF.

For example, the Declaration that supported the Padilla detention as an enemy combatant was as follows:

The rules can change from day to day and, under the view of the Government of the United States, even if acquitted, our client could be detained indefinitely as an enemy combatant.

The charges were dropped against both Hamdan and Omar Khadr in 2007 because the CSRT classified him as an enemy combatant, whereas the commission only allowed detention of alien «unlawful» enemy combatants.

Not exact matches

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

Tying MMA into a sermon is as incompatible with Christianity as comparing following Jesus with soldiers attacking an enemy combatant.

• Enemy combatants: I am a just war theorist, and affirm proportionality as a means of using force.

There have also been military commission cases since Padilla, but they go to the question of the proper scope and process to apply in military commissions of enemy combatants imposing some punishment beyond indefinite detention as a quasi-prisoner of war for the duration of the war on terrorism authorized by the AUMF.

Question 2 The OP doesn't specify which parts of the Geneva Conventions he is referring to, but I believe it is in regards to the treatment of suspected terrorists, also known as «enemy combatants.»

On September 19th Mr Mohamed officially re-emerged when he was taken from Bagram airbase in Afghanistan to Guantanamo in Cuba, being held there without charge as an «enemy combatant» until the following autumn when he was charged with conspiracy, although these charges were later dropped and replaced with new military commission accusations at the end of 2008.

Precise, intelligent, and absorbing on an intellectual as well as gut level, it portrays a world of suspicion where emotions are a worse enemy than any conventional combatant could be.

Lone Survivor portrays the United States as having a distinct technological advantage over enemy combatants in Afghanistan.

They also can be used as scouts, going ahead of the humans in their unit to look for enemy combatants, explosive devices, or other dangers that might wait for them.

The 20 new screenshots showcase some additional moments from the «Savior» trailer that was released yesterday, as well as some new images of Lightning as she does battle with some enemy combatants.

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Shovel Knight will bring shovel - fueled justice to enemies in Blade Strangers with melee attacks as well the ability to dig up jewel projectiles and bounce off the heads of other combatants.

Survivor skills include rapid crafting for faster crafting of throwable objects and ammo when running to evade enemy attacks; resourceful combatant provides greater XP for killing or knocking out enemies with crafted handheld objects; avid learner produces an XP bonus for finding survival caches, documents and relics as well as completing challenges; and much more besides.

As before players take on waves of enemy combatants and mechs as they progress through semi-linear stages, jumping, shooting, using sights, and seeking cover as they engage periodically in combaAs before players take on waves of enemy combatants and mechs as they progress through semi-linear stages, jumping, shooting, using sights, and seeking cover as they engage periodically in combaas they progress through semi-linear stages, jumping, shooting, using sights, and seeking cover as they engage periodically in combaas they engage periodically in combat.

Combat is never an easy encounter (if you decide to go this route) as even on normal difficulty the enemy combatants will swarm your location, flush you out with EMP grenades or activate extra defenses in order to take Adam Jensen down.

Players can play cooperatively as Templar Denz de Bayle and Esteban Noviembre to siege the castle's defenses, defeat the enemy combatants, and confront a de Bayle family friend, Martin d'Algais.

In showing understanding without praise, the game's story manages to walk a thin line between having the player act as part of what is arguably a local insurgent group and siding with said groups, the end goal of which is a more considered viewpoint which treats enemy combatants as human beings rather than koopa troopas.

A prime example of what to expect as far as combat goes would be how our character leaped three stories onto an enemy and proceeding to slice through a whole room that was filled with republic scum as to which he paused momentarily to spin kick another enemy in the face and proceeded to force choke the last combatant.

It would be like trying to prosecute a war on terror without the threat of WMDs, without a global, well - financed network of enemy combatants, and without an event such as 9 - 11.

And soon, he will likely have «foonote in history» to add to his resume, as the Supreme Court's decision in the detainee case will clarify the legal rights of enemy combatants / detainees for the remainder of this administration and moving forward.

Under the Detainee Treatment Act, the Circuit Court has the authority to provide limited review of military decisions to continue holding Guantanamo prisoners as «enemy combatants.»

As an attorney in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel during the administration of President George W. Bush, John Yoo helped write the so - called torture memos, justifying the use of «enhanced interrogation techniques» against «enemy combatants.»

The United States has designated Hamdan as an «enemy combatant.»

As Andrew Sullivan writes here, Mukasey supported alleged enemy combatant Jose Padilla's right to consult with counsel — a position opposed by the Bush administration.

For example, the writ of habeas corpus has been sought to seek the release of people held as «enemy combatants» rather than pursuant to a criminal conviction.