Drone strikes of innocents, including US citizens, are an easy one.
Illegal kidnapping, detention, and torture, of mostly innocent people at that, is another easy one.
Illegal kidnapping, detention, and torture, of mostly innocent people at that, is another easy one.
They knew the target was innocent civilians?
Looks like they were pretty keen to wipe out that guys entire family; 16 year old son two weeks later and eventually nailed the 8 year old daughter. You dont often see bipartisan action like that.
'Accidentally' killing kids is A-OK, so long as the kid is standing next to a 'legitimate' target when you drop a bomb on them.
Article 51(5)(b) forbids any attack ‘which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated’. Such attacks will be classified as a war crime.
https://legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/hot-topics-80-internation...
Given the fact USA drone strikes have bombed at least a handful weddings, under that definition those actions go very close to being a war crimes.
According to the United Nations, the Taliban and its allies were responsible for 76% of civilian casualties in Afghanistan in 2009, 75% in 2010 and 80% in 2011.