Needless Deaths in the Gulf War: Civilian Casualties During the Air Campaign and Violations of the Laws of WarHuman Rights Watch, 1991 - Всего страниц: 402 Based on interviews conducted during the war with those who fled bombing as well as subsequent research and analysis, this challenges the report of allied commanders that they took every feasible step to avoid civilian death and injury. It also examines Iraqi attacks on Israel and Saudi Arabia. |
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... weapon systems , and munitions ; the role of the law of armed conflict in the planning and execution of military operations by U.S. and coalition forces , including collateral damage and civilian casualties ; the rules of engagement for ...
... weapon systems , and munitions ; the role of the law of armed conflict in the planning and execution of military operations by U.S. and coalition forces , including collateral damage and civilian casualties ; the rules of engagement for ...
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... weapons that proved capable of astonishing precision . By means of the bombing campaign , the allies overwhelmed the foe to the point where once the long- dreaded ground war got underway -- it quickly became a rout and coalition forces ...
... weapons that proved capable of astonishing precision . By means of the bombing campaign , the allies overwhelmed the foe to the point where once the long- dreaded ground war got underway -- it quickly became a rout and coalition forces ...
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... weapons and surveillance technology available to the United States and its allies increased their capacity still further to avoid harm to civilians . Despite this exceptional opportunity to conduct the allied bombing campaign in strict ...
... weapons and surveillance technology available to the United States and its allies increased their capacity still further to avoid harm to civilians . Despite this exceptional opportunity to conduct the allied bombing campaign in strict ...
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... weaponry -- so - called " dumb " bombs -- with a reported estimated accuracy rate of only 25 percent . While downtown Baghdad was said to have been attacked with only precision weapons , the Pentagon and its allies have remained silent ...
... weaponry -- so - called " dumb " bombs -- with a reported estimated accuracy rate of only 25 percent . While downtown Baghdad was said to have been attacked with only precision weapons , the Pentagon and its allies have remained silent ...
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... weapons from high altitudes -- may not have been capable of distinguishing civilian tankers from those used for military purposes . If that proves to be the case , the Pentagon must explain why it issued public statements suggesting ...
... weapons from high altitudes -- may not have been capable of distinguishing civilian tankers from those used for military purposes . If that proves to be the case , the Pentagon must explain why it issued public statements suggesting ...
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Needless Deaths in the Gulf War: Civilian Casualties During the Air Campaign ... Human Rights Watch (Organization) Недоступно для просмотра - 1991 |
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Стр. 51 - Refrain from deciding to launch any attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.
Стр. 32 - The civilian population as such, as well as individual civilians, shall not be the object of attack. Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.
Стр. 33 - The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.
Стр. 34 - Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces. 2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements...
Стр. 47 - ... those which employ a method or means of combat which cannot be directed at a specific military objective; or c) those which employ a method or means of combat the effects of which cannot be limited as required by this Protocol; and consequently, in each such case, are of a nature to strike military objectives and civilians or civilian objects without distinction.
Стр. 31 - In order to ensure respect for and protection of the civilian population and civilian objects, the Parties to the conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives and accordingly shall direct their operations only against military objectives.
Стр. 51 - Take all feasible precautions in the choice of means and methods of attack with a view to avoiding, and in any event to minimizing, incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians and damage to civilian objects...
Стр. 58 - It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove, or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population...
Стр. 58 - ... 3. The prohibitions in paragraph 2 shall not apply to such of the objects covered by it as are used by an adverse Party: (a) As sustenance solely for the members of its armed forces; or (b) If not as sustenance, then in direct support of military action, provided, however, that in no event shall actions against these objects be taken which may be expected to leave the civilian population with such inadequate food or water as to cause its starvation or force its movement.
Стр. 178 - The United States Strategic Bombing Survey was established by the Secretary of War on 3 November 1944, pursuant to a directive from the late President Roosevelt. Its mission was to conduct an impartial and expert study of the effects of our aerial attack on Germany, to be used in connection with air attacks on Japan and to establish a basis for evaluating the importance and potentialities of air power as an instrument of military strategy, for planning the future development of the United States...