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minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·1 month agoIs this not explicitly a massive violation of international law and war crime?
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·1 month agoYes it is, and not because of whether the attacks were targeted. “It is prohibited to use booby-traps or other devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects which are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material.” This is a US West Point essay BTW.
minus-squareclutchtwopointzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoThere’s no one to enforce “international law”
Is this not explicitly a massive violation of international law and war crime?
Yes it is, and not because of whether the attacks were targeted.
“It is prohibited to use booby-traps or other devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects which are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material.”
This is a US West Point essay BTW.
There’s no one to enforce “international law”