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Posts Tagged ‘Human Shields’

Strategic Barbarity – Psy war and collateral damage

By Guest Post • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Newswire, Resistance, War

WRITTEN BY FABIO MINI – By definition, collateral damages are those which happen to the civilian population’s detriment while military targets are being struck. They can be predicted or unexpected and they are caused by inaccuracy of weapons or mistakes. During the war in Kosovo, the NATO spokesman used the term in an extensive and [...]

Iqbal Tamimi – Israeli soldiers using Palestinian children as human shields

By Iqbal Tamimi • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Children's Corner, Documents, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Quotes, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

Israeli Soldiers force Palestinians to approach, enter and search buildings where they believe gunmen may be hiding.
The civilians are subjected to different forms of manipulations to use them as human shields during operations to acquire control of the houses, detaining inhabitants in one place (often in one room of the house) and turning the houses [...]