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Blowing up civilian sites in Iran would not be a war crime, Trump says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US President Donald Trump says blowing up bridges and power plants in Iran would not be war crimes “because they killed 45,000 people in the last month.”
The comments appear to refer to Iran’s gunning down of thousands of protesters earlier this year.
“You know what’s a war crime? Allowing a sick country with demented leadership to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump adds.
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