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to think that putting explosives in devices such as pagers and walkie talkies can lead to indiscriminate injuries and killings

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cakeorwine · 18/09/2024 18:27

Let's get the first thing out of the way - it's not right to fire missiles and rockets at people - as that can cause indiscriminate injuries as well.

Putting explosives in devices such as pagers and walkie talkies - it sounds clever. Just send a signal and an explosion goes off potentially injuring and killing your opponent who has it. It will also disrupt communication methods.

But once you put the explosive in it, you lose control of where it goes and when it gets blown up. It could be a child has it. It could be on a plane - and might not be picked up by security.

You don't know where it ends up. Which means that it has the potential for unintended consequences.

What about any that didn't go off? Are there objects that have been booby trapped and are just potentially waiting to explode - and who knows where they are? The thing about booby traps is that you just don't know who will set them off.

Booby traps seem to be against the International Humanitarian Law if they can injure civillians.

Customary IHL - Rule 80. Booby-Traps (icrc.org)

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule80

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Auvergne63 · 22/09/2024 21:09

DdraigGoch · 22/09/2024 20:58

It was being on the brink of military defeat that brought the IRA to the table.

Military defeat? The IRA wasn't an army. I also suggest you read the link I posted above. It explains how terrorism is defeated.

EasternStandard · 22/09/2024 21:18

Auvergne63 · 22/09/2024 16:09

Sorry, I forgot to post the link to the study:
How Terrorist Groups End: Implications for Countering al Qa'ida | RAND

This report seems to suggest policing for 40% success rate. How would you do that in Gaza with Hamas?

Is the structure there to do the policing?

EasternStandard · 22/09/2024 21:20

In Lebanon the army is weaker as in pp, but no mention of the police and how it would fare against Hezbollah

Maybe there is more to it and there is a way?

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