http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/geneva-convention Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:53:16 -0400 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:53:16 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/775/the-law-of-attack-in-cyberspace-considering-the-tallinn-manuals-definition-of-attack-in-the-digital-battlespace By Michael J. Norris - A lawful attack in armed conflict is predicated on four cumulative conditions. First, the target must be a 'military objective.' Second, the 'means' and 'method' employed to attack the target must be lawful. Third, the attacker must take specified precautions. Finally, the attack must not cause damage to civilian objects or civilians excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military objective anticipated.[3] Attacks which do not meet these four conditions are considered unlawful. However, operations that do not meet the threshold of attack are not subject to the aforementioned conditions... Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:33 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/775/the-law-of-attack-in-cyberspace-considering-the-tallinn-manuals-definition-of-attack-in-the-digital-battlespace http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/276/the-bush-administration-torture-policy-origins-and-consequences By Jeffrey P. Fontas - In March of 2002, US intelligence and law enforcement agents, in collaboration with Pakistani security forces, raided a compound in Faisalabad, Pakistan, where they captured the first “high value detainee” in the War on Terror. Their target, Abu Zubayda, was the alleged logistics chief of Al Qaeda, an organization he joined after teaming up with the jihad against the Soviet Union during their war in Afghanistan. In the raid, he suffered three gunshot wounds, but remarkably survived; but he continued to suffer complications from them long afterward. In any event, the United States believed... Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/276/the-bush-administration-torture-policy-origins-and-consequences http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/254/president-bush-the-iraq-invasion-and-enhanced-interrogation By Chelsey E. Hay - Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote that “to ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.”[1]  Although this statement was meant towards the civil rights movement, the idea equally applies in other instances, especially in times of war.  In March of 2003, the United States invaded Iraq in a preemptive attack against the tyrannical rule of Saddam Hussein.  Despite the fact that President Bush and his administration had advertised the war as necessary in order to protect against the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that Hussein would use in the imminent future, it became... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:42 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/254/president-bush-the-iraq-invasion-and-enhanced-interrogation