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Originally posted by Pathfinder
Unintentional deaths occur in any conflict. As I understand the event; this Tank Commander did not make a mistake. He intentionally fired upon unarmed civilians (as I recall killing one or more children) in broad daylight, because he thought a curfew was still in place (it may have been), but curfew or not, this is a clear cut case of a War Crime and if the men under his command fired also, they too are guilty of a War Crime.
Maybe you can find out for me what punishment he received? In this country he would be confined to our military prison for a large number of years.
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Please link me to an article... What I remember was that the commender thought the curfew was not lifted as you said, but that he saw a group of people approaching his position.. When a hostline enemy (as he thought) approaches you, you fire. As you know often its not easy to tell if someone is a militant or a child, palestinian gunmen do not wear uniforms have been known to shoot behidn groups of civilians etc.