Originally Posted by
Steepclimb
The 'human shield' thing is all very well but it's largely a stunt. Aimed at the western media who Iran believes is on their side. This is hardly surprising given their coverage.
Nevertheless given the precision of the usual attacks it's likely that the flag waving citizens are in limited danger. They'll just have a grand stand seat of the destruction of their facilities.
Again, I apologize for intruding upon the conversation.
More recently, the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions bans the practice...
The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations, in particular in attempts to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield, favour or impede military operations. The Parties to the conflict shall not direct the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations
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How this applies to a bridge or a power plant I'll leave to someone far better informed in military law than I am, or ever was.