· washington—the leader of the fort sill apache tribe is asking president barack obama for a formal apology for the government’s use of the code name “ geronimo ” for osama bin laden. Was geronimo a code for osama bin laden? Why did barack obama announce operation geronimo? Did obama make a legally correct choice regarding operation geronimo? A senate committee is to investigate the naming of the “ geronimo ” mission to kill osama bin laden after an outcry from native americans. · the use of geronimo as a code name for osama bin laden sparked outrage among native american communities and scholars. Many viewed the association as disrespectful and misleading, given geronimo s status as a hero and freedom fighter. Operation to kill osama bin laden used the code name geronimo to refer to either the overall operation, to fugitive bin laden himself or to the act of killing or capturing bin laden. The code name geronimo controversy came about after media reports that the u. s. Geronimo was a famed nineteenth century apache leader who And mexican governments,” wrote jeff houser, chairman of the fort sill apache tribe. · native american leaders in the united states expressed outrage wednesday that the name of legendary apache warrior geronimo was used as a military code name during the raid that killed osama bin laden. It is critical to discuss the legality of operation geronimo in the context of international laws, mainly the principles of the hague rules of 1907 and the geneva convention of 1949. “we are quite certain that the use of the name geronimo as a code for osama bin laden was based on misunder-stood and misconceived historical perspectives of geronimo and his armed struggle against the u. s. Is operation geronimo a moral operation?

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