• Asafum@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      And we add it to the pile…

      Another day another war crime from this piece of shit country…

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        8 hours ago

        Attacking a reservoir is illegal (war crime) as it is a piece of civilian infrastructure. All attacks on civilian infrastructure are crimes of war and can be punished under the Geneva Conventions.

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          Deliberately starving a civilian population by destroying or blocking access to food, water, and other survival necessities is a war crime. This includes interfering with humanitarian relief supplies. A 2019 amendment to the Rome Statute extended this prohibition to non-international armed conflicts, closing a significant gap in the law.

          Unless they can prove that the reservoir was being used as part of the military or military support operations,it’s off limits.

          • mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Since the usa was in negociations and even said that it was a retaliation against the shooting for the helicopter. The principle of necessity and proportionality is not there.

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          8 hours ago

          I understand that. I’m making a statement that there were no mentions of war crimes. Let’s do another round?

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            7 hours ago

            They bombed a reservoir.

            That is a war crime.

            The article doesn’t need to explicitly say “they gone and done some war crimes” for that to be the case.

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              6 hours ago

              Almost certain that the person you’re replying to is saying that the article should say that it’s a war crime, not that it isn’t one because the article doesn’t say so.

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                This exactly. For the mouth-breathers out there who don’t understand why it’s a bad idea to bomb reservoirs, it’s important to state clearly this is a war crime.

                Of course, the fucking US Government has done countless war crimes and not been prosecuted. So… yeah.

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        4 hours ago

        So you need a news reporter to declare its a war crime before you will use your own brain and understand the definitions of war crimes, is that whats going on here?

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          37 minutes ago

          They are criticizing the article for being non-comprehensive.

          You are criticizing them because you misunderstood their point and I guess you felt the need to keep digging until you started throwing insults.

          You know - I don’t think I need to offer further commentary. The facts are in evidence.
          Take a deep breath. Think of something you’re grateful for, and tell someone you care for them. That is your penance.

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          Yes. For the dummies, you do. What is hard to understand about this? Not everybody is well informed or educated enough to know what is and is not a war crime.