In an attempt to catch up on some other projects, here are three items I have been planning on writing about for a few days now. Enjoy!
Annotated bibliography on IDPs in Georgia
The following annotated bibliography on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia was compiled by Benjamin Shubik Sweeney, a researcher with Transparency International Georgia.
Israel Used Phosphorus to Flame Hamas Hideouts: Human Rights Watch
During its war with Hamas, Israeli troops deliberately blasted crowded buildings — including a school and a hospital — with incendiary white phosphorus rounds. It was part of a concerted strategy to scorch terror hideouts in and around Gaza City, Human Rights Watch senior military analyst Marc Garlasco tells Danger Room.
Update: You can read the full HRW report here.
Room for Debate: Civilians Caught in Urban Combat
Are there rules of engagement that can minimize civilian casualties?
Christopher R. Albon is a political science Ph.D. specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.
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I always gasp when someone asks this question. More often than not follows it by a condemnation of the performance of the coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then a recitation of how many civilians were killed in an attack on a wedding party. ALL rules of engagement limit civilian casualties. Were this year 1943, we would have dispensed with the Taliban, al Qaeda, and practically everyone else in Iraq and Afghanistan by now. It’s not as if we don’t have the fire power. Not only the ROE, but International norms restrain the military’s performance.
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