Is Trump threatening a war crime in attacking civilian infrastructure? published at 14:06 14:06 Tom Bateman

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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c8jke9v9xv9t

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US President Donald Trump's threat to blow up electricity plants, oil wells and water desalination plants in Iran could amount to a threat to commit potential war crimes, according to terms set out in international treaties and convention on the laws of war.
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The deliberate destruction of energy infrastructure could have a devastating effect on civilian life - even if the plants are also argued to have a military or government purpose.

Luis Moreno Ocampo, founding chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) - to which neither the US nor Iran are party - told me last week that Trump's bombing Iranian power plants, as well as attacks by both Iran and Israel on energy infrastructure, would not amount to legitimate targets.

Under the Rome Statute, which established the court, "intentionally directing attacks at civilian objects... which are not military objectives" is defined as a war crime, Moreno Ocampo said.
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1. Allow hegseth and rubio and 47 to proceed with war crimes

They should be held accountable

[Bayard]

2. War crimes are a bonus for the Three Stooges

They don't think anyone can touch them.