High Level Military Group Releases Report on Democratic Militaries’ Challenges in Battling Lawless Terrorist Enemies
Washington (PRWEB) February 02, 2016 -- The High Level Military Group (HLMG) today released an in-depth report detailing the complex state of modern warfare as terrorist organizations and irregular, non-state forces abuse the rules of war with no respect for life or law. Through real-world examples, the study illuminates two sides to this global issue: terrorist forces who abuse the protections of international law, and democracies whose militaries must navigate increasing challenges to deal with the threats.
This expert comparative assessment brings to light the hard choices that democratic and Western militaries are forced to make in gravely difficult scenarios as they fight enemies who abuse the Laws of Armed Conflict by hiding among their own civilians. The report provides insights that can be useful to the U.S. and other democracies in the fight against terrorist groups such as ISIS, Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as organized criminal fighting forces including Latin American drug cartels and other groups across the globe.
“Today’s battlefield has become truly multidimensional, densely populated, blurred in distinction between combatants and civilians, and exposed to the public 24/7 in real time. Tactical decisions have to be made in an environment more complex than ever before,” said Rafael Bardaji, one of the reports authors. “Hopes for the eradication of or conduct of a form of ‘humanised’ war as set against the brutality shown by our enemies, offset by the ethical behavior of our troops in the face of the systematic abuse of any and all norms of war by our opponents are a challenge to our democracies.”
The report is being released at an event featuring a distinguished group of retired senior military officers and foreign affairs officials of the High Level Military Group, including: David Deptula, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Power Studies, Richard Kemp, former Commander of British forces in Afghanistan, and Pierre-Richard Prosper, former United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues.
A copy of this new report from the High Level Military Group can be found online at: http://www.high-level-military-group.org/pdf/hlmg-lawless-media-savvy-terrorist-adversaries.pdf
About the High Level Military Group
Consisting of military leaders, diplomats, and officials from NATO and other democratic countries, the High Level Military Group was formed in early 2015 by the Friends of Israel Initiative. The group’s mission is to add a professional military and legal element to debates about warfare in the 21st Century, which at times have been ill-informed and politicized, and which are of vital importance to our own armies and alliance partners.
Evan Nierman, Red Banyan Group, +1 (954) 789-9112, [email protected]
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