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Israel/Palestine

ProgressiveProfessor

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3. I am stating was is the equivalent of the letter of the law

Reply to azurnoir (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 29, 2013, 07:30 PM

Apr 2013

Unless you can prove intent, there is no war crime.

It is different for poison gas. If you attack an enemy weapons depot and there is an unintended release, the attacking country bears some culpability if they had knew or should have known it was there.

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Israel gives up white phosphorus, because 'it doesn't photograph well' [View all] azurnoir Apr 2013 OP

WP is allowed to be used as an obscurant, but not against personnel. Key is intent. ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #1

so your saying that firing WP into a densely populated urban area azurnoir Apr 2013 #2

I am stating was is the equivalent of the letter of the law ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #3

Unless you can prove intent, there's no proof of a war crime? delrem Apr 2013 #4

Your beef is with the current codified international law, such that it is. ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #5

one can state any intent however evidence such as azurnoir Apr 2013 #6

Assuming that it was actually targeted and its neutral status has not been compromised. ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #7

it was a hospital and hospitals are granted neutral status azurnoir Apr 2013 #8

Unless compromised which can make it a target ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #9

It was a hospital azurnoir Apr 2013 #10

well the burden of such proof is hard to establish at least for one side azurnoir Apr 2013 #11