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[–] Geobloke@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was in hospital because shrapnel had severed his spine. In the west bank. You can throw semantics at it, but going by the context I'd put money on him not being actively engaged in combat as he was incapable by your words

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think the best way to explain it is take the example to the extreme end - would bin laden have been capable of planning the 9/11 attacks from a hospital bed while not able to walk?

Law and precident are literally semantics - the difference between a war crime with the penalty of death and a frowny face is literally the details.