Washington Times: New Pentagon manual declares journalists can be enemy combatants
The Pentagon’s new thick book of instructions for waging war the legal way says that terrorists also can be journalists.
The description appears in a 1,176-page, richly footnoted “Department of Defense Law of War Manual” that tells commanders the right and wrong way to kill the enemy. It says it’s OK to shoot, explode, bomb, stab or cut the enemy. Surprise attacks and killing retreating troops also are permitted. But a U.S. warrior may not use poison or asphyxiating gases.
Going back decades, this is the Pentagon’s first comprehensive, all-in-one legal guide for the four military branches, who over the years had issued their own law of war pamphlets for air, sea and ground warfare.
WNU Editor: The "US Department of Defense Law of War Manual" is here. What's my take .... this has the potential of opening a Pandora's Box on who is (and is not) a journalist when it comes to covering wars and conflicts.
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"The description appears in a 1,176-page, richly footnoted “Department of Defense Law of War Manual” that tells commanders the right and wrong way to kill the enemy."
Pocket size for ease of use in adverse conditions.
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