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Originally Posted by Maxture
No, I didn't dismiss the Human Rights Watch. All I said was: "nowhere does it contain an independent statement which for certain asserts that the Hezbollah is using human shields".
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The fact that Hezbollah placed its missiles in crowded neighborhoods and launches from there is proof, IMO.
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Wow, now that was a brave admission! Now do you support that?
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I believe that I said I didn't support it. It's been a long day. I was in an auto assembly plant fixing a problem from very early this AM.
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As we have concluded, there is NO evidence which supports that war Greuel propaganda. Not even you have been able to find anything credible.
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The evidence is the fact that Hezbollah is launching their missile attacks from neighborhoods. That is a violation of international law. The attack on such sites is supported by international law, however.
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Please, I used that as an example of the zero credibility of biased sources, particularly in a war. Please re-read what I wrote: "Well, those evidently are other pieces of biased propaganda. You would be justified to dismiss that as evidence of a US policy of using Iraqi children as human shields. Maybe now you can understand why resorting to such invalid sources only is harmful to your cause?"
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As I said, my initial post was made in haste from work while multi-tasking. My mistake.
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Just like your so-called "sources" on the Hezbollah's alleged use of human shields: zero credibility.
So far, no one in the whole world has been able to come up with any credible source on Hezbollah's alleged use of human shields. Your method only serves to convince the doubtful that there really is no evidence of such a murderous tactic.
I am totally opposed to Hezbollah's ideas and methods, but we don't need Israeli lies. (I also am opposed to the ideas of the state of Israel and many of its methods, and I don't think we need lies in order to condemn the policy of the state of Isreal.)
Either you go and find evidence on Hezbollah's alleged use of human shields, or you admit that the only side which is using human shields is the Israeli side. This is the position which any intellectually honest person has to hold, until new evidence arrives.
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Since you didn't dismiss HRW:
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Is Hezbollah’s firing of rockets into Israel lawful under international humanitarian law?
As a party to the armed conflict, Hezbollah has a legal duty to protect the life, health and safety of civilians and other non-combatants. The targeting of military installations and other military objectives is permitted but Hezbollah must take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm and is prohibited from targeting civilians, launching indiscriminate attacks, or attacking military objects if the anticipated harm to civilians and other noncombatants will be disproportionate to the expected military advantage. Hezbollah’s commanders must choose the means of attack that can be directed at military targets and will minimize incidental harm to civilians. If the weapons used are so inaccurate that they cannot be directed at military targets without imposing a substantial risk of civilian harm, then they should not be deployed. Deliberately attacking civilians is in all circumstances prohibited and a war crime.
While Human Rights Watch has not yet conducted a field examination to determine whether any of these attacks aimed to target a military object, preliminary information suggests that rockets fired by Hezbollah may be so inaccurate as to be incapable of being targeted, but are rather used to target a generalized area. As Human Rights Watch said in a 1997 report on Lebanon and Israel, “Katyushas are inaccurate weapons with an indiscriminate effect when fired into areas where civilians are concentrated. The use of such weapons in this manner is a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.” That is, their use in civilian areas violates the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks and would be a war crime. Customary international law prohibits such bombardment near or in any area containing a concentration of civilians, even if there are believed to be military objectives in the area.
Can Israel attack neighborhoods that house Hezbollah leaders or offices? And what are Hezbollah’s obligations regarding the use of civilian areas for military activities?
Where the targeting of a combatant takes place in an urban area, all parties must be aware of their obligations to protect the civilian population, as the bombing of urban areas significantly increases the risks to the civilian population. International humanitarian law obliges all belligerents to avoid harm to civilians or civilian objects.
The defending party – in the case of Beirut, Hezbollah – must take all necessary precautions to protect civilians against the dangers resulting from armed hostilities, and must never use the presence of civilians to shield themselves from attack. That requires positioning its military assets, troops, and commanders as much as possible outside of populated areas. The use of human shields is a war crime.
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006...ebano13748.htm
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