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Tucker Carlson: “And when civilians are killed, by definition it's murder…”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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Published | Video Starts at 1:05:51

… which again supports the contention that many of us have spoken about saying that this is evidence of, of, of indiscriminate, deliberate whatever, but, but mass targeting of civilian populations. And when civilians are killed, by definition it's murder because they're not part of it. Absolutely. They committed no crime. What are injuries like from high explosive missiles, bombs? So we, we don't see those who are within a few hundred meters because they're killed outright. (1:05:51–1:05:57)

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Asserts that killing civilians is murder because they are not combatants.

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