A. P. V. Rogers
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It follows from the rule on the protection of civilians and civilian objects that attacks must be limited to military objectives. The importance of military objectives was recognized, first, in the Hague Naval Bombardment Convention of 1907, which for the first time acknowledged that the military significance of the target was a more relevant factor than whether a town or place was defended. It is relatively easy to single out military objectives of a purely military nature. Before the Gulf war, a leader writer urged allied forces to attack Iraqi military potential. Targets attacked during the NATO bombing campaign were very similar to those attacked during the Gulf war of 1991. A tentative list of military objectives and of objects protected from attack is set out in the conclusions to this chapter.

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