[WikiEN-l] Mosque as military target

[Christiaan Briggs]

On 27 Aug 2004, at 7:15 pm, Poor, Edmund W wrote:

> What is the stance of the Islamic community on armies attacking 
> militants who take refuge inside mosques?

Well you probably won't get to know the opinions of those Muslims who 
are there. It seems most journalists are been rounded up to make way 
for a little bit of US-taxpayer-funded massacre.

> Who is the desecrator:
>
> * the armed men who take refuge inside the mosque and use it as a base
> to attack enemies; or,
> * those who attack the armed men inside the mosque?

In terms of established law it seems you already have your answer. In 
terms of morality, when you're the armed men and women of a government 
that has committed the supreme international war crime (according to 
the Nuremberg Tribunal), a war of aggression, and illegally occupies 
that nation on spurious justification I think those attacking the men 
inside the mosque could be regarded as the desecrators.

Christiaan