I imagine if radar can be counted as an offensive weapon, so would pointing a pair of binoculars in the direction of a foreigh aeroplane.

"My opinion is that Iraq's reports of civilian casualties are fabrications for the sole purpose of generating sympathy from the gullible." When people drop bombs and fire rockets it's virtually impossible to avoid what is rather grotesquely referred to as "collateral damage" - it might be nice to tell yourself that nice friendly US and UK weapons don't kill civilians, but it's not true.