How terribly hard it must be on the soldiers who are ordered to carry out these missions, even given that they are permitted. Knowing that you are firing on non-combatants must be awful
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:371598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
