SHOULD INTENTIONALLY HITTING CIVILIAN TARGETS BE CONSIDERED A WAR CRIME?

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political : SHOULD INTENTIONALLY HITTING CIVILIAN TARGETS BE CONSIDERED A WAR CRIME?

[+] serious ballot by herzog
created Thu Aug 17, 06
Not collateral damage when you intended to hit a military target but missed, or hitting weapons factories, bridges and the like that are civilian but have a military application.

No, this question is for a commander that specifically orders his troops to fire on targets he knows to be of an entirely non-military nature. And it is done in such a way as to leave no doubt that they are targeting civilians and not military targets.

Should this be a war crime, punishable at the hague?

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes
It already is a war crime

by Lovelynice on Thu Aug 17, 06 7:38am [+]

Voted : Yes
And that goes for any side.

One area this will get tough is when certain civilian araes are targeted due to their military/ strategic support (e.g., electrical facilities, telecommunications locations, etc.).

by Cathexis on Thu Aug 17, 06 7:38am [+]

And herz, before you spring your perceived 'gotcha' ... yes, raining rockets indiscriminately down on a civilian city is unacceptable.

Is it a 'War Crime?' Perhaps ... depends on if one quibbles about whether a Nation-State has to be involved in order to qualify.

For me, a paramilitary organization is enough of a qualification.

by Cathexis on Thu Aug 17, 06 7:42am [+]

It depends.

If those being targeted are stinking Jewballs or loudmouthed Yanks or pompous Limeys then it's not a war crime.

If those doing the firing are stinking Jewballs loudmouthed Yanks or pompous Limeys then yes it is a war crime and they should all be given battery acid enemas gang raped and hung. Oh and punished by The Hague for their despicable acts.

Is that the kind of joined up honest answer you were looking for Herz?

by B_P on Thu Aug 17, 06 8:06am [+]

Being serious though any military act which ends up in the death of innocent civilians is a tragedy, intentional or otherwise. The killing of innocent civilians by so called accident is no more nobler than by intention, the fact remains those killed will remain dead.

by B_P on Thu Aug 17, 06 8:10am [+]

Voted : Yes
Killing civilians on purpose in war is a crime, as is deliberately strapping on explosives and boarding a bus or subway to intentionally murder innocent humans. Jihadi (holy war) terrorism around the world is unabated and continues to claim thousands
of innocent lives each year.

by Jinn_the_Kafir on Thu Aug 17, 06 10:41am [+]

Voted : Yes
Every time.

by Truthseeker013 on Thu Aug 17, 06 11:20am [+]

So cath, for you hezbollah would be held accountable as a paramilitary organization?

So if we're to follow through on that (since they are clearly guilty of exactly this) shouldn't the UN work towards aprehending the leaders of this terrorist organization and put them on trial for their war crimes as they've done for milosevic? Instead they are dealing with them as equals with no mention of punishment for those who ordered the indiscriminate bombing of targets that were no where near a legitimate military target.

Isn't this wrong?

by herzog on Thu Aug 17, 06 3:02pm [+]

Voted : Yes
oh but how can I say this is wrong without picking a side in the wars of assholes? (...?)

Oh please excuse me y'all, I'm ashamed from now on of being on this effing planet.

by Jyl on Thu Aug 17, 06 3:59pm [+]

Voted : Yes
So-called 'Collateral damage' is wrong and unacceptable. Intentionally targeting civillians is even worse.

by xxxxxxxx on Fri Aug 18, 06 1:03am [+]

And intentionally targeting civilians and then lying about it is bad, too.

MAG_afro

by cranky on Sat Aug 19, 06 9:51pm [+]

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