Challenges to US Military Policies
Hindustan Times: US military changes female policy in Saudi Arabia
http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/230102/dLFOR14.asp
Nando Times: Military stops requiring servicewomen in Saudi Arabia to wear Muslim-style clothing
http://www.nando.net/nation/story/226315p-2180756c.html
Washington Post: Detainees' Protest Wins US Reversal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19634-2002Feb28.html
St. Petersburg Times: 72 hours at Camp X-Ray
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/20/Worldandnation/72_hours_at_Campa_X_r.shtml
LA Times: Pentagon Closes Besieged Strategy Office
http://mv.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000014950feb27.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
Civil Liberties Groups Challenge USA Patriot Act
http://www.cnsnews.com/Nation/archive/200201/NAT20020121a.html
BBC News: Camp X-ray -- The legal options
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1843000/1843966.stm
The Guardian: Play it by the Law Book
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,659097,00.html
Military Ethics
http://ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/Military/index.asp#Internet
In the aftermath of September 11th, the US military has undergone both domestic and international challenges to numerous key policies. With the aid of extensive US and foreign press coverage that has made Donald Rumsfeld and Ari Fleischer household names, ethical and legal questions have saturated the public psyche daily. In the past month, a flurry of coverage has occurred on a wide scope of issues, including the treatment of US servicewomen in Saudi Arabia, the legal and religious rights of Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners in Cuba, and the allegations surrounding the Office of Strategic Influence and its dilemma of intentional misinformation. In all these instances, opposition has influenced, if not forced, certain choices by US government officials. In the end, the practicality of the War on Terrorism have compelled both US officials and the public as a whole to recognize the sometimes fragile balance that human rights issues play in the United States' understanding of itself and other cultures' perception of the United States.

Articles from the Hindustan Times and the Nando Times discuss the new policy toward and the continuing controversy of US servicewomen working in Saudi Arabia. Next, the Washington Post offers a report about the results of a hunger strike by Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners in Cuba, while the St. Petersburg Times's magazine piece should help elucidate the conditions and life in the Cuba prisons. The next three links provide background, historical context, and commentary on the legal implications of the detention of Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners. Finally, In the News ends with a military ethics Web site that informs and illustrates by giving materials that include scholarly journal articles, classical texts, case studies, and more. [TS]
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