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2. Punishment: Retribution and Deterrence

3. Individual Punishment

4. Targeted Killings: Justifications  Deterrence  Last resort  Obtain permission from target country

5. Targeted Killings  Benefits of Use  Adverse Consequences

6. Arrest or Targeted Killing?

7. Imagine that US Special Forces had captured Osama bin Laden during their raid of his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He is currently being held at Guantanamo Bay. 1. What security risks would arise from his detention? 2. How might his followers react to his capture and detention? 3. In hindsight, was capture and detention, instead of killing a better option?

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9. Targeted Killing?

10. Just Deserts for Terrorists: A Case for Life Imprisonment or Capital Punishment?

11. Collective Punishment

12. House Demolition

13. Regulation 119(1) of the Defense Regulations of 1945 holds that: A military commander may by order direct the forfeiture to the Government of Palestine of any house, structure or land from in which he has reason to suspect that any firearm has been illegally discharged, or any bomb, grenade or explosive or incendiary article illegally thrown detonated, exploded or otherwise discharged or of any house, structure or land situated in any area, town, village, quarter or street the inhabitants or some of the inhabitants of which he is satisfied have committed, or attempted to commit, or abetted the commission of, or been accessories after the fact to the commission of, any offence against these Regulations involving violence or intimidation or any Military Court offence, and when any house, structure or land is forfeited as aforesaid, the Military commander may destroy the house or the structure or anything in or on the house, the structure or the land.

14. Article 53 of the Geneva Convention states that Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.

15. Closed Borders and Blockades

16. Sanctions

17. How effective is collective punishment as a counterterrorism practice?

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