ABSTRACT
The principle of Non-Combatant Immunity is a necessary distinction that must be delineated in order to prosecute a just war. Any attack on non-combatant civilians or civilian objects is a violation of the constraint imposed by the Principle of Non-Combatant Immunity. In order to promote their views and acquire an audience, terrorists deliberately hope to violate the principle of non-combatant immunity and conventional rules of war by assaulting civilian non-combatants. As an instrument of the Taliban, Al-Qaida fighters detained in Afghanistan who carried out the attacks are properly deemed unlawful enemy combatants. Al-Qaida fighters were engaged in armed conflict in support of Taliban military forces in resistance to the American invasion. The Project on Defense Alternatives tracked Iraqi non-combatant casualties through hospital surveys and demographic analysis. The group estimated that the number of non-combatants killed during major hostilities combat was between 3,200 and 4,300.
