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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (127786)3/30/2004 11:03:58 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
As I understand it, there are three significant legal consequences of not being covered by the Geneva Conventions which matter here -- 1) unlike prisoners of war, they can be interrogated; 2) unlike prisoners of war, they can be prosecuted as common criminals; and 3) unlike prisoners of war, they cannot expect to be repatriated at the cessation of hostilities.

I am not aware of any cogent legal argument for treating members of Al Qaeda as if they were entitled to any of these 3 particular legal protections. Perhaps you can advance one.
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