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27 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Thread: 1/ To those calling illegal Israel's killing of Iran nuclear weapons program chief Fakhrizadeh: US Army JAG Corps has explicitly taken the position that such killing is legal during international armed conflict, using as an example the U.S.'s own nuclear weapons program.
2/ Per the JAG Corps' memorandum: "More than 90% of the World War II Project Manhattan personnel were civilians, and their participation in the U.S. atomic weapons program was of such importance as to have made them liable to legitimate attack."

law.upenn.edu/institutes/cer…
3/ Per BBC, Fakhrizadeh was not only participant but "head of the ministry of defence's research and innovation organisation," and "senior officer of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," which has in its entirety been designated by US as terrorist org.
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US JAG Corps memo: Project Manhattan civilians were legit targets because were "civilian scientists occupying key positions in a weapons program regarded as vital to a nation’s national security or war aims." Fakhrizadeh thus legit target on 2 counts: that+was IRGC military ofcr.

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Orde F. Kittrie Profile picture
28 Nov
Thread: 1/ EU is wrong to call killing of Fakhrizadeh "a criminal act." The U.S. Army JAG Corps has explicitly taken the position that such a killing is legal during international armed conflict, using as an example the U.S.'s own nuclear weapons program. law.upenn.edu/institutes/cer…
2/ Per the JAG Corps' definitive memorandum: "More than 90% of the World War II Project Manhattan personnel were civilians, and their participation in the U.S. atomic weapons program was of such importance as to have made them liable to legitimate attack." law.upenn.edu/institutes/cer…
3/ The US JAG Corps memorandum explains that Project Manhattan civilians were legitimate targets for killing during wartime because they were "civilian scientists occupying key positions in a weapons program regarded as vital to a nation’s national security or war aims."
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28 Nov
Thread: 1/ EU is wrong to call killing of Fakhrizadeh "a criminal act." The US Army JAG Corps has explicitly taken the position that such a killing is legal during international armed conflict, using as an example the U.S.'s own nuclear weapons program. law.upenn.edu/institutes/cer…
2/ Per the JAG Corps' memorandum: "More than 90% of the World War II Project Manhattan personnel were civilians, and their participation in the U.S. atomic weapons program was of such importance as to have made them liable to legitimate attack." law.upenn.edu/institutes/cer…
3/ The US JAG Corps memorandum explains that Project Manhattan civilians were legitimate targets for killing during wartime because they were "civilian scientists occupying key positions in a weapons program regarded as vital to a nation’s national security or war aims."
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27 Nov
1/ No, the Fakhrizadeh killing is not a violation of international law. The reasoning of the US Military Academy's law department (in the Soleimani case) explains why. Iran & Israel are engaged in an international armed conflict.

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2/ Fakhrizadeh, an IRGC official, was developing a weapon designed to enable Iran to achieve its genocidal vow to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Israel has the right to defend itself, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter.
3/ Further explanation as to why Israel's killing of Fakhrizadeh did not violate international law is set forth in the US Defense Department's "Hays Memorandum." The international armed conflict Iran has engaged in against Israel means that

law.upenn.edu/institutes/cer…
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Thread: 1/ Hezbollah just proved accurate #Netanyhu UN speech revealing 3 missile factories next to or under civilian homes. After speech, in effort to debunk, #Hezbollah gave tour of site. Tour video shows IT IS A MISSILE FACTORY, w/ missile production machines clearly visible.
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@AOC needs a history lesson. #Rabin's funeral was attended by Pres. Mubarak of Egypt & King Hussein of Jordan, which lost the '67 war to Israel led by Rabin. Hussein gave a eulogy: "You lived as a soldier, and you died as a soldier of peace." baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-19…
2/ @AOC: At Rabin's funeral King Hussein said, "As long as I live I will be proud to have known him, to have worked with him as a brother, a friend." Hussein was King of Jordan in '67 when it lost to IDF led by Rabin, and made peace with Israel only the year before Rabin's death.
3/@AOC: What's your excuse for withdrawing from the memorial for Rabin, who was such a brave peacemaker he was eulogized at his funeral "as a brother, as a friend" by King Hussein who was literally defeated in the '67 war by that same Yitzhak Rabin when he was IDF chief of staff?
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