Tim is right. According to the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949 and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol l), 8 June 1977, launching an attack on a military target that is being shielded by civilians is not off limits. Part of this states "(c) effective advance warning shall be given of attacks which may affect the civilian population, unless circumstances do not permit."
Of course when you read all of it, they go to great length to deter such operations, but it's not prohibited per se. http://www.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/470-750073?OpenDocument On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > No...it wasn't flares...it was explosive ordinace. > > Taught by who? Atilla the Hun? If you were taught what they have done is > OK, then the Army sure has changed A LOT since I was in. Israel has never > avoided collateral damage. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:21 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: Slaughter of civilians by Israel... > > > In the first instance you're talking about flares, not an offensive weapon. > > The others aren't war crimes, they have acted within the rules of land > warfare as I've been taught them. > > Civilian population used as shields have the same legal rights as sand > bags. > > They've gone out of their way to avoid collateral damage. > On Jul 15, 2014 3:07 PM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> > wrote: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
