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According to the relevant parts of international law, it doesn't matter if they're uniformed military--if they're unarmed and loading wounded into a vehicle for medevac, you let them go.

My point is not that the killing was just. I was just objecting to where the parent suggests the pilot opened fire on civilians knowingly.

You're correct in that, but civilian or not is a technicality, not the issue.

Some unarmed unmarked men.

You must assume Y. You can't just start shooting on the balance of probabilities. It might be forgivable if there was some imminent danger to... somebody. But I'm not seeing that.

Doesn't matter. You aren't allowed to shoot wounded combatants who are out of the action.

There was a little girl in the van. I guess shes an insurgent too