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Thread #92618   Message #1806065
Posted By: beardedbruce
10-Aug-06 - 07:28 AM
Thread Name: BS: Gaza Strip 28/9 June 2006
Subject: RE: BS: Gaza Strip 28/9 June 2006
"That can only have been a deliberate attack on civilians."


Hardly. If Israel determines the location of the launch of Hezbollah rockets, and attacks THAT point, it is NOT a "DELIBERATE" attack against civilians. It IS a war crime on the part of Hezbollah to have launched from such an apartment block.


YOUR logic would require that a baseball player who hit a ball into the stands ( which all of them try to do!) and hits someone is guilty of deliberate assault! After all, someone was hurt, and he hit the ball.

International law is specific about this: If the target is a military one,such as a launching site for illegal area mass bambardment rockets, and civilians have been warned, the attacker is NOT in violation.


"even if part of the block had been (and I have yet seen no evidence to that effect) used to launch or plan a Hezbollah attack."

And where have you looked for such evidence? It has been demonstrated that the BBC is being given guided tours by Hezbollah, being shown only what Hezbollah wants you to know. What other sources have you even loooked at?