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The original order of assassins killed their targets in broad daylight in crowded areas, with a rule to not kill any civilians. A contemporary Jewish historian wrote of them: "they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings."
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1994 American-born Israeli Baruch Goldstein, opened fire on unarmed Palestinian Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29,wounding 125. Up until then Hamas had refused to attack civilian targets inside Israel, and the change in Hamas' policy was a result of Goldstein's massacre
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what was the goal of the german decision to focus on civilian targets?
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In 2012 it was leaked that the military had changed its nuclear doctrine secretly, and was signed by President Carter. Instead of Mutually Assured Destruction, The military would concentrate its nukes on military targets and try to avoid harming civilians pointlessly.
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In 1954 Israel tried to create a false flag attack in Egypt by planting bombs in Egyptian, American, and British civilian targets. Muslims were to be blamed in order to convince British troops to stay in the Suez canal. Israel denied any involvement before awarding the agents 51 years later.
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US President Harry S Truman believed that Hiroshima was a "purely military" target when he authorized its bombing in 1945, and was surprised to learn of the many resulting civilian casualties.
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Until the end of World War II, there was no international law preventing the bombing of civilians around "defended" targets. That's why the atomic bombings are not considered war crimes
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The Rotterdam Blitz of May 14th 1940, caused the Allied policy to change from "only military bombing" to "Civilian targets allowed"
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The Mukadareeb Massacre, where 42 Iraqi civilians were killed by American bombing on a "suspected safehouse". It took the US command only 30 seconds to decide on bombing the target
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The 'Lavon Affair' refers to a failed covert operation in Egypt in 1954. Bombs were planted inside Egyptian, American and British-owned civilian targets, cinemas, libraries and American educational centers. The attacks were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian Communists.
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In1962, US Dept of Defence & Joint Chief of Staff requested CIA to commit terrorist acts on US civilian & military targets; blame it on Cuba to justify military intervention. Kennedy rejected
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In 1945 having nothing else to shoot at, US fighter pilots deliberately targeted and killed lone German civilian farmers in their horse-drawn wagons
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The Battle of Copenhagen which is considered the first "terror bombardment" by a foreign power [England] on a civilian target with no military objective.
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In 1942, during WWII Britain purposefully bombed civilians and lied to others saying they were military targets.
Non-explosive concrete bombs were used by the US against Iraq during the No-Fly Zone conflict to minimize collateral damage and killing civilians. When used by France in 2011 against Libyan targets the news of concrete training bombs led to rumors that France had run out of munitions. - source
During the Korean war, the US dropped more bombs on North Korea than it dropped in the Pacific during all of World War II, often targeting civilian areas and ultimately killing off 20 percent of the population. - source
USA military drops leaflets in Syria and Iraq, before bombing the targets, to avoid civilian casualties.
When can military wear civilian clothes?
Due to the Germans intentionally targeting civilian ships with their U-boats in WWI, President Wilson signed an executive order to arm United States merchant ships. Guns aided escape and about one submarine per month was sunk (most by Q-ships) while attempting a surfaced stop.
How many civilian deaths in hiroshima and nagasaki?
Up to 90% of US drone strike casualties in 2015 were not the intended targets. Around 49 out of every 50 victims were civilians, many whom were women or children.
Before the Atomic Bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Americans Dropped 5 million leaflets above those cities, which warned that the city was considered a target and urged the civilian populations to evacuate.
As part of the false flag operation, a group of Egyptian Jews were recruited by Israeli military intelligence to plant bombs inside Egyptian, American, and British-owned civilian targets, cinemas, libraries and American educational centers.
An episode from The West Wing's first season, in which the US President, emotionally affected by an atrocity committed by the Syrian government, weighs response options and finally decides on striking an evacuated military target so as to minimize civilian casualties.
