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Comment by yyyk

2 years ago

>Not true.

Some of us have direct memories of the time and it was very much true...

>I certainly wouldn’t refer..

They weren't even aware they weren't any patients. And it's not the only hospital attacked at Mosul. Most hospitals there were attacked:

https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraq-rebuilding-hospital-r...

If you want the legal brief, see Article 8.2.e.iv. with an explicit carveout ("provided they are not military objectives"):

https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/RS-Eng.pdf#page=...

Yes, I do have direct memories of the time. Perhaps you were in one of those pro-war bubbles that didn't see any opposition.

  • I actually remember quite a bit of opposition. Just not on these grounds.