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Thread #75558   Message #1329096
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
16-Nov-04 - 05:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: America commits war crimes.
Subject: RE: BS: America commits war crimes.
And the other question is, how were wounded prisoners (they had been disarmed by the previous unit it appears) left unguarded and uncared for? There is an obligation to look after people once they have surrendered.

I would think the soldier who did the killing will claim that, since they weren't in any kind of military custody, he was entitled to think they were still hostile. And that could be quite a good defence.