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Practice Relating to Rule 21. Target Selection
III. Military Manuals
Madagascar’s Military Manual (1994) states: “The military commander must choose the solution which will cause the least civilian losses and damage to civilian objects.” 
Madagascar, Le Droit des Conflits Armés, Ministère des Forces Armées, August 1994, Fiche No. 5-O, § 39.
In this respect, the manual specifies that: “Among tactically equivalent alternatives, the direction, objective, aim and target of an attack must be chosen in order to cause the least civilian damage possible.” 
Madagascar, Le Droit des Conflits Armés, Ministère des Forces Armées, August 1994, Fiche No. 6-O, § 21.