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The protection though only extends to medics who are not armed with a weapon which 'can be used offensively'.
by elemeno 14y ago
The protection though only extends to medics who are not armed with a weapon which 'can be used offensively'.
- martey 14y agoWhile this is what the Wikipedia article states, it does not make very much sense. Furthermore, it is not upheld by the actual text of the Geneva Conventions (which is the source of the article section I previously linked to). See Articles 21 and 22: http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebART/365-570026?OpenDocument http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebART/365-570026?OpenDocument http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebART/365-570027?OpenDocument http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebART/365-570027?OpenDocument