U.S. President Donald Trump has doubled down on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime.
Last Updated Monday, January 6, 2020 8:41AM ESTWASHINGTON, UNITED STATES -- U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime.
"You are threatening to commit war crimes," Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the top Democrats hoping to challenge Trump in November's election, wrote on Twitter."Targeting civilians and cultural sites is what terrorists do. It's a war crime," added fellow Senator Chris Murphy. "We'll behave lawfully. We'll behave inside the system. We always have and we always will," Pompeo told the ABC network.
"A reminder to those hallucinating about emulating ISIS war crimes by targeting our cultural heritage: Through MILLENNIA of history, barbarians have come and ravaged our cities, razed our monuments and burnt our libraries," said Foreign Minister Zarif.Nicholas Burns, who served as U.S. ambassador to NATO under president George W.
But one former official expressed skepticism that military planners would agree to target cultural sites.
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