a little reminder ... what is a war crime?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1420133.stm

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Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention defines war crimes as: "Wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including... wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement of a protected person, compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power, or wilfully depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular trial, ...taking of hostages and extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly."

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The tribunal defines crime against humanity as crimes committed in armed conflict but directed against a civilian population. Again a list of examples is given in article 5:

Murder
Extermination
Enslavement
Deportation
Imprisonment
Torture
Rape
Persecutions on political, racial and religious grounds.

. . . aren't we.

Bush's handlers and lil Al must have used the list for check off purposes to make sure they got all of them covered.

Sad....sad......sad.