| ID | 153371 |
| Title Proper | US detention policy towards ISIS |
| Other Title Information | between a rock and a hard place |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Arsenault, Elizabeth Grimm |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The United States’ resort to torture in responding to past terrorist threats raises questions about how the country will deal with captured members of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL). As a US-led coalition seeks to retake the ISIS stronghold in northern Iraq – and after that Raqqa, the group’s Syrian headquarters – the United States has opted to delegate responsibility for detainee handling to Iraqi and Kurdish forces. US involvement against ISIS thus far has comprised an air campaign supported by special-forces troops on the ground, limiting the possibility for detainee capture. Nevertheless, the policy of delegating responsibility for any prisoners generates two key questions: what steps should the United States take to ensure the humane treatment of detainees at the hands of its allied partners, and how will the United States craft a detention policy if the fight extends beyond the current air campaign? |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 59, No.4; Aug-Sep 2017: p.109-134 |
| Journal Source | Survival Vol: 59 No 4 |
| Key Words | Intelligence ; Counter Terrorism ; United States ; Middle East ; Islamic States |