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International Law Studies Volume 80 Issues in International Law and Military Operations Richard B. Jaques Editor Naval War College Newport, Rhode Island 2006 International Law Studies Volume 80 Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Issues in international law and military operations / Richard B. Jaques, editor, p. cm. -- (International law studies v. 80) ; Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-884733-39-0 ISBN-10: 1-884733-39-5 1. War (International law) 2. Humanitarian law. 3. War, Maritime (International law) 4. War on Terrorism, 2001—Law and legislation. 5. Iraq War, 2003. I. Jaques, Richard. KZ6385.I87 2006 341.6-dc22 2006025972 Table ofContents Issues in International Law and Military Operations Foreword ix Introduction xi Preface xiii PART I: JUS AD BELLUM: IRAQ I Iraq's Transformation and International Law Ruth Wedgwood 3 II Iraq and the Law ofArmed Conflict ThomasM. Franck 15 III International Law and the 2003 Campaign against Iraq NicholasRostow 21 PART Air and Land Warfare Operational Challenges II: IV Jus in Bello Issues Arising in the Hostilities in Iraq in 2003 Yoram Dinstein 43 V Query: Is There a Status of"Unlawful Combatant?" Marco Sassdli 57 VI Special Forces' Wear ofNon-Standard Uniforms W.HaysParks 69 VII Strategic Targeting and International Law: The Ambiguity ofLaw Meets the Reality ofa Single-Superpower World JefferyK. Walker 121 VIII Air Power, Accuracy, and the Law ofTargeting: Why No Brave New World? Adam Roberts 133 IX Targeting and Humanitarian Law: Current Issues MichaelN. Schmitt 151 X Coalition Operations and the Law M. H. MacDougall 195 PART Maritime Operational Challenges III: XI Current Legal Issues in Maritime Operations: Maritime Interception Operations in the Global War on Terrorism, Exclusion Zones, Hospital Ships and Maritime Neutrality WolffHeintschel von Heinegg 207 XII The Legal Efficacy ofFreedom ofNavigation Assertions DaleStephens 235 XIII Military Activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone: Preventing Uncertainty and Defusing Conflict Hyun-SooKim 257 XIV The Unique and Protected Status ofHospital Ships under the Law of Armed Conflict & D. L. Grimord G. W. Riggs 263 PART IV: THE FUTURE OF LAW IN WAR: Different Application or Different Rules? XV Legal and Tactical Dilemmas Inherent in Fighting Terror: Experience ofthe Israeli Army in Jenin and Bethlehem (April-May 2002) Alan Baker 273 XVI International Humanitarian Law: Should It Be Reaffirmed, Clarified or Developed? Jean-Philippe Lavoyer 287 VI