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| US Army Captain Sues Barack Obama |
| US Army Captain Sues Barack Obama Over 'Illegal' War Against ISIS
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 5-May-2016
11:32:12 AM |
| A 28-year-old American Army officer deployed to Kuwait has sued President Barack Obama because he believes the war against the ISIS terror group is "illegal" as it has not been authorised by Congress.
The plaintiff, Capt. Nathan Michael Smith, voiced strong support for fighting the ISIS but, citing his "conscience" and his vow to uphold the Constitution, he said he believed that the mission lacked proper authorisation from Congress, the New York Times reported.
Smith is seeking "a declaration that President Obama's war against ISIS is illegal because Congress has not authorised it," according to court documents.
"To honour my oath, I am asking the court to tell the president that he must get proper authority from Congress, under the War Powers Resolution, to wage the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria," he wrote in court documents filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday.
Smith, who was commissioned in 2010 and deployed to Afghanistan for eight months in 2012, is now stationed at Kuwait as an intelligence officer with the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, which is responsible for overseeing the fight against the ISIS.
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