Air to Air kill over Raqqa

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Originally Posted by sandiego89

XFC I agree. ORAC you are not reading it correctly, or are trying too hard to make the US look bad. According to the article you linked The SU was in the process of attacking or had just delivered an attack and was shot down. It still had weapons. Clear self defense (remember self defense can be defense of others). The SU does not get a free pass just because it dropped it's load.

Absolutely - collective self-defense applies.

If a sniper shot at your comrades and then turned his back away from you, your ROE should still allow you to shoot back. We can't have armchair experts then saying "oh no the sniper was no longer hostile, how can you show he still had hostile intent?" He was hostile because he JUST SHOT AT YOU seconds ago.

Sadly, the UK has prosecuted its soldiers in this sort of circumstance during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. I am reliably informed that the correct answer under cross-examination is that he was moving to take up a better fire position and most certainly not running away. Note that every shooting incident involving British troops is investigated to ensure that ROE were followed correctly.