Surely it can't be a crime. "It" is the now infamous "double tap." The Americans like to do it with Hellfire missiles delivered from their drones. The Saudis do it with airstrikes.
It works like this. First you hit a designated target - an enemy emplacement, a wedding, a funeral, a hospital, whatever. Then you sit back and wait for people nearby to come running to help the original victims. Just to prove that no good deed goes unpunished, not when you're around, you then drop another weapon or two to clean out the rescuers too.
Which leads us to this finding by a UN panel investigating the Saudi airstrikes on a funeral in Yemen believed to have slaughtered over a hundred mourners and their rescuers:
IHL, international humanitarian law, not sure that cuts much ice with our allies especially our really good allies, the United States, the Saudis, or the Israelis. What's the point of having all that expensive hardware if you can't slaughter civilians, including medical personnel when the opportunity arises?
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ReplyDeleteAnon, don't come here spreading conspiracy theory nonsense. It's not needed. It's not welcome. Take it somewhere else where people think your way. I could give you a few suggestions but you would probably find them insulting.