The Geneva Conventions have been in force since 1864. http://www.globalissuesgroup.com/geneva/history.html
To quote from the site: -- The first Geneva Convention was signed in 1864 to protect the sick and wounded in war time. This first Geneva Convention was inspired by Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross. Ever since then, the Red Cross has played an integral part in the drafting and enforcement of the Geneva Conventions. These included the 1899 treaties, concerning asphyxiating gases and expanding bullets. In 1907, 13 separate treaties were signed, followed in 1925 by the Geneva Gas Protocol, which prohibited the use of poison gas and the practice of bacteriological warfare. In 1929, two more Geneva Conventions dealt with the treatment of the wounded and prisoners of war. In 1949, four Geneva Conventions extended protections to those shipwrecked at sea and to civilians. The Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property was signed in 1954, the United Nations Convention on Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Techniques followed in 1977, together with two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, extending their protections to civil wars. -- larry On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:12:28 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are all valid examples of past actions that today, would be considered > war crimes. But in the day, before the Geneva Conventions, this was how wars > were executed. > > Since the conventions, the purposeful targeting of civilians during a state > of war is a war crime. > The systematic targeting of civilians when a state of war does NOT exist, > would have to be considere terrorism. > > And that is what these palestinians are engaging in. > > > > Not to mention the 117 cities the US firebombed in Japan prior to the use > of Nukes > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:03 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Dying for the United Nations > > > > > > Look up the Dresden and Hamburg Firestorms. Those were deliberate > > attacks on civilian targets by allied forces, especially the Dresden > > bombing. > > > > larry > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:28:25 -0400, Michael Dinowitz > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > German positions means military positions. Tell me what German > elementary > > > schools were bombed on purpose in WW2. > > > But that brings up an interesting issue. Are you equating the > Palestinians > > > attacks against Israel with a war? If so, then Israel should have every > > > right to treat them as an invading army and not hold back. 30 civilians > > > accidentally killed during the last Gaza incursion would multiply to > tens of > > > thousands if Israel meant to kill civilians. Should Israel treat this as > a > > > war? Should they go all the way? Your implying that it is a war. > > > > > > > > Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > > > > Not 100% true. Children are not in the military. When > > > > Palestinian terrorists > > > > > go out of their way to attack school buses and blow up > > > > pizza stores loaded > > > > > with mothers and children, they can not use the 'everyone > > > > is a soldier' > > > > > excuse. > > > > > > > > If they believe that all Israelis are an invasion force that is > > > > occupying their land then they can use that argument. For example, > > > > the allies had no problem carpet bombing Germans cities in WWII. In > > > > addition the allied forces bombed German positions in France, killing > > > > French and German women and children. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132268 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
