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Needless Deaths in the Gulf War: Civilian Casualties During the Air Campaign and Violations of the Laws of War

Needless Deaths in the Gulf War: Civilian Casualties During the Air Campaign and Violations of the Laws of War


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Commanders of the allied bombing campaign of Iraq have sought to convey the impression that they took scrupulous care to avoid civilian casualties. While noting that some loss of civilian life is unavoidable in armed conflict, allied commanders have suggested that they took every feasible step to avoid civilian death and injury, as required by the laws of war. This report challenges that. Its conclusions are based on scores of interviews conducted during the war with those who fled the bombing, as well as substantial subsequent research and analysis. Middle East Watch concludes that while the allies avoided systematic violations of the laws of war, hundreds of Iraqi civilians died as a result of several allied decisions to take less than the maximum feasible precautions to avoid civilian casualties, as required by the laws of war. The report also examines the Iraqi missile attacks on Israel and Saudi Arabia. Most of these attacks are found to have violated the laws of war by targeting civilians or by being fired into areas where the missiles were not technologically capable of distinguishing between civilian and military targets. Some of these attacks also violated the laws of war because they were accompanied by rhetoric designed to terrorize the civilian population of those countries.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 The legal standards: the legal regime governing the conduct of air warfare. Part 2 The air war against Iraq: background - operation desert storm; US public statements; the means and methods of attack; objects attacked - the need for full disclosure and accountability; the view from the ground - eyewitness accounts of civilian casualties and damage. Part 3 Iraq's missile attacks against Israel and the Gulf States: overview; targets in Israel and the Gulf States - Iraq's public statements; means and methods of attack and defense; civilian casualties and damage - Israel; civilian casualties and damage - Saudi Arabia; maps.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780300055993
  • Publisher: Human Rights Watch
  • Publisher Imprint: Human Rights Watch
  • Height: 226 mm
  • Weight: 580 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0300055994
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 1993
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Sub Title: Civilian Casualties During the Air Campaign and Violations of the Laws of War
  • Width: 156 mm


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