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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoAre you trying to say they’re targeting it at the combatants and therefore it is OK to use it in a civilian area? Because the photo just above makes it pretty obvious that it isn’t a weapon that can be used in a targeted fashion.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoYes, that’s legal under international humanitarian law. Being in a civilian area does not protect combatants from being targeted. Proportionality applies, but that’s it. That means attacking combatants in a civilian area has to serve a military objective.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoIs it not “use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against military targets in civilian areas” ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons .
Are you trying to say they’re targeting it at the combatants and therefore it is OK to use it in a civilian area?
Because the photo just above makes it pretty obvious that it isn’t a weapon that can be used in a targeted fashion.
Yes, that’s legal under international humanitarian law. Being in a civilian area does not protect combatants from being targeted.
Proportionality applies, but that’s it. That means attacking combatants in a civilian area has to serve a military objective.
Is it not “use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against military targets in civilian areas” ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons .