On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:59:58 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 03/28/07 15:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On 25 Mar, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > [snip] >> Actually, the war itself is a "war of aggression", which is a >> war crime. Other actions which may be war crimes: >> >> Torturing prisoners. >> Using white phosphorus against combatants and civilians >> (as opposed to its legal use for battlefield illumination). > > WP is a *really* effective weapon. ..see my response to Celejar on excessive collateral damage. >> Using cluster munitions in occupied areas. Bombing civilian >> neighborhoods. > > Civilians support the military, grow it's food and make it's bullets. ..and remain civilian status outside military assets, moral support, growing food etc for the people. They become "fair game" only when supplying bullets or even food to the military for the war effort. >> Collective punishment (e.g. Fallujah I and II). > > Is it a war crime to not wear uniforms, hide in among the civilians, > using them as shields? ..yes (except as "invasion speed" prevent proper mobilization), yes, yes, even on the West Bank and Gaza. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
