Shooting at downed pilots is also against the Geneva Convention, but there were Iraqi troops shooting into the river where they thought they were hunting a downed American.

Zoe

 Ray Saintonge <saintonge@telus.net> wrote:

The Iraqis havc stated that they will follow the Geneva Convention. The
alleged violation that triggered this discussion had nothing to do with
rape or torture, but with the much less serious violation of displaying
the POWs on TV.