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Looks like somebody has decided to try and hold the Butchers of BushCo accountable:
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 - Human rights experts said Friday that American soldiers might have committed a war crime on Thursday when they sent fleeing Iraqi civilians back into Falluja.
Citing several articles of the Geneva Conventions, the experts said recognized laws of war require military forces to protect civilians as refugees and forbid returning them to a combat zone....
....James Ross, senior legal adviser to Human Rights Watch, said, "If that's what happened, it would be a war crime."
Apparently, however, butchery is non-issue due to the 'research and vetting' edict:
"...A Defense Department spokesman, Lt. Cmdr. Joe Carpenter, defended the actions of American troops in Iraq, saying: "Our forces over there are not haphazardly operating indiscriminately, targeting individuals or civilians. The rules of engagement are researched and vetted, and our forces closely follow them."
So, our question is, does the research and vetting edict have anything in common with the memo about the quaintness of the Geneva Conventions?
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Thanks to sic transit gloria USA posting on moonofalabama for the link.
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