US Secretary Of Defence Hegseth Promises Iranians ‘No Quarter’ – A War Crime

The term is defined as refusing to spare surrendering troops and killing them instead, a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions.

Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPost

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Defence and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, who has mocked “stupid rules of engagement” for US service members, on Friday declared that Iranians under attack in President Donald Trump’s war would receive “no quarter” — a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.

“We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies,” he said at a Pentagon news briefing.

Neither the Defense Department nor the White House responded to HuffPost queries about Hegseth’s threat.

Trump, however, appeared to set the tone for it just after midnight Friday in a social media post in which he bragged about killing Iranian........

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