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from Baghdad Burning

Do you know what yesterday marked? It marked the 13th anniversary of the Amiriyah Shelter massacre- February 13, 1991. Can you really call it an 'anniversary'? Anniversary brings to mind such happy things and yet is there any other word? Please send it along if you know it.
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Important Side Note:For those of you with the audacity to write to me claiming it was a legitimate target because "American officials assumed it was for military purposes" just remember Protocol 1 of the 1977 Geneva Conventions, Part IV, Section 1, Chapter III, Article 52: ... 3. In case of doubt whether an object which is normally dedicated to civilian purposes, such as a place of worship, a house or other dwelling or a school, is being used to make an effective contribution to military action, it shall be presumed not to be so used. (Like that would matter to you anyway)

Chilling, that meanspirited fuckers would claim that these are legitimate targets. Of course the precedents are many, including the firebombing of Dresden and firebombing & A-bombing Japan (not to mention the German Buzz bombs, shit, war is hell, don't get me started......)
posted by degustibus at 1:04 PM