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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (272372)	12/30/2009 3:40:10 PM
From: SARMAN	Respond to of 281500

The ones that you defend dearly, and they can never do wrong are accused of crimes against humanity. Deal with it. However, it is not their fault, the blame should fall squarely on us. We supported them, we funded them, we armed them and we defended the in UNSC. OMG, the chosen ones are using human shields, say it ain't so. (i) Use of human shields 1722. The Mission investigated several incidents in which Israeli armed forces used local Palestinian residents to enter houses which might be booby trapped or harbour enemy combatants (this practice, known in the West Bank as “neighbour procedure”, was called “Johnnie procedure” during the military operations in Gaza). The Mission found that the practice constitutes the use of human shields prohibited by international humanitarian law. It further constitutes a violation of the right to life, protected in Article 6 of the ICCPR, and of the prohibition against cruel and inhuman treatment in Article 7 of the ICCPR. 1723. The questioning of Palestinian civilians under threat of death or injury to extract information about Hamas and Palestinian combatants and tunnels constitutes a violation of Article 31 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits physical or moral coercion against protected persons.