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Kinross · 03-20-2003, 05:51 AM

What exactly is a war crime?

I did a google search and couldn't find what constitutes a war crime acording to the UN.

Dibble Helix · 03-20-2003, 05:58 AM

Ha! It's all a matter of how history is written. By and large, a 'war crime' is some attrocity committed by the LOSING side in a conflict.

Years later the losing side may try and re-write history (a good example is the German classification of the fire-bombing of Dresden as a war crime) but this seldom succeeds.

Dibble

hezekiah jones · 03-20-2003, 05:59 AM

Rome Statute

See Article 8.

Kinross · 03-20-2003, 06:07 AM

Thank you.

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Dibble Helix Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: UK Posts: 473	Ha! It's all a matter of how history is written. By and large, a 'war crime' is some attrocity committed by the LOSING side in a conflict. Years later the losing side may try and re-write history (a good example is the German classification of the fire-bombing of Dresden as a war crime) but this seldom succeeds. Dibble

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hezekiah jones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: WI Posts: 4,357	Rome Statute See Article 8.

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Kinross Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: . Posts: 1,281	Thank you.

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