Browsing by Subject "War on Terror"

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    Competing Frames? The War on Terror in Campaign Rhetoric
    (2007-06) Kaufman, Heather L.; Seybold, Peter James, 1950-; Wittberg, Patricia; Foote, Carrie
    The Iraq War and the War on Terror were pivotal issues in the presidential race for the White House in 2004. Competing frames about the meaning of September 11, 2001, terrorism, and American power were constructed by the rival candidates and established a limited debate that marginalized alternative interpretations of war and peace. It is likely that the dilemma over U.S. forces in Iraq and the War on Terror will continue to be a major issue in the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election. Therefore, the campaign speeches of the presidential candidates, President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry, during the 2004 Election regarding terrorism were important to understanding the themes that initiated public debate in the U.S. about the conflict in Iraq and the War on Terror. In this document analysis, these candidates’ public addresses illustrated how the role of the U.S. power to combat terrorism shaped a particular perspective about the post-9/11 world. Ideas that challenged “official” debate about war and national security were excluded from mainstream media coverage of the campaign. In order to examine the narrow debate over terrorism and how alternative “ways of seeing” war have been and continue to be marginalized, this study compared how the candidates framed the war in contrast to anti-war voices. Cindy Sheehan, who is an emergent leader in the peace and social justice movement, and more “official” voices of dissent like Representative Dennis Kucinich, have criticized “official” framing of the war. Dissenting perspectives about the Iraq War and the War on Terror invite a different understanding about U.S. hegemony, terrorism, and the consequences of the War on Terror for foreign and domestic policies. The impact of the war upon domestic policy and national crises, such as the widely televised and heavily criticized federal response to Hurricane Katrina Summer 2005, were examined to explore how domestic crises undermine “official” framing of the Iraq War and the War on Terror and empower alternative understandings of war and peace.
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    Guantanamo Bay Fair Trial Manual for U.S. Military Commissions: An Independent & Objective Guidefor Assessing Human Rights Protections and Interests of the Prosecution, the Defense, Victims and Victims’ Families, Witnesses, the Press, the Court, JTF-GTMO Detention Personnel, NGO Observers and Other Military Commission Stakeholders
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2015-04-17) Edwards, George
    This project introduces how in the post-9/11 “War on Terror”, the U.S. transferred 800 prisoners to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the last 3 years, U.S. Military Commission criminal proceedings began against 7 of these prisoners charged them with crimes including masterminding the 9/11 World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. Everyone associated with Guantanamo Bay, including these criminal defendants, have the right to a fair trial or related interests. This project categorizes internationally-recognized rights to fair U.S. Military Commission trials, identifies international and U.S. law sources of those rights and interests, and explains how U.S. and international courts have interpreted and applied them. Military Commission stakeholders include defendants, the prosecution, victims and victims’ families, judges, witnesses, media, governments with detained citizens or whose citizens were injured by the alleged crimes, Guantanamo detention staff (JTF – GTMO), and the international and U.S. publics. Guantanamo prisoners not charged with any offenses are also stakeholders. The project explores treaty and customary international law fair trial rights arising under international human rights law, international humanitarian law (“law of armed conflict”), and international criminal law. Treaties that bind the U.S. include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Geneva Conventions of 1949. These rights and interests are also provided for under U.S. domestic law, including the U.S. Constitution, the Military Commission Act of 2009 and associated Military Commission instruments, and other federal statutes. The project lists hundreds of questions to guide NGO Observers seeking themselves to ascertain whether fair trials rights and interests are being afforded to and met for all Guantanamo Bay Military Commission stakeholders. Project results are incorporated into the 450-page Volume I and Volume II of the Guantanamo Bay Fair Trial Manual, which NGO Observers and others use at Guantanamo Bay to facilitate their work.