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To: zonder who wrote (2127)1/13/2003 7:40:40 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 15987
 
There has been no such tribunal and there has been no verdict on POW status. That is a slight problem, don't you think?

Depends on what you define as a "competent" tribunal Zonder.. The definition of the Geneva convention is rather vague. I'm fairly positive that all Al-Qaida and Taliban POWs have had their cases reviewed by tribunals of military officers. Thus, they have assigned their status.

I mean.. you don't really believe that some lowly private is taking these guys prisoner and sending them to Guantanamo on his own authority, do you? :0)

The point of tribunals, in the first place, is to insure that POWs and irregular combatants are properly accounted for and taken care of, so that they don't just "disappear"..

Hawk
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