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"bombardment of cities, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings not in the immediate neighborhood of the operations of land forces"
"In cases where (legitimate targets) are so situated, (aircraft) must abstain from bombardment" if doing so disproportionately harms civilians.
The 1945 Nuremberg Principles prohibit "crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity."
These include "inhumane acts committed against any civilian populations, before or during the war."
Indiscriminate killing and "wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity" is strictly forbidden.
In 1968, a General Assembly Resolution on Human Rights prohibits attacks on civilian populations. Washington, key NATO partners, and Israel do it repeatedly. State terror is policy. Strategy prioritizes murdering defenseless people.
Lest we forget, remember Guernica 1937, the 1940-41 London blitz, Dresdan 1945, fire-bombing Toyko 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945, North Korea 1950-53, Southeast Asia 1964-75, Iraq 1991 and 2003, Serbia/Kosovo 1999, Afghanistan 2001, decades of Israeli wars on Palestinians and other Arabs, Libya 2011, many other US-led Western crimes, and now Bani Walid.
Progressive News Hour regular James Petras said on air that most NGOs skim 90% of donations for themselves. They're predators, not humanitarians. They serve political agendas for profit.
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