"I didn't even put on the list the abandonment of Geveva conventions for the treatment of detainees in Iraq. When will this president learn?"
The detainees do not qualify for POW status under the
Geneva Conventions, so why would you, the liberal left &
the liberal media want to pretend that they were
abandonded?
....As a recognized expert on POW, MIA and the Geneva
Convention, Mark does bring up a very valid point. One
that we looked at some time ago regarding detention at
Gitmo and elsewhere. To be eligible for protection under
the Geneva accords, you must be a member of an organized
and recognized armed force and be wearing a clearly
recognizable uniform. If you do not meet this requirement,
under the rules, it is widely accepted you can be shot as
a spy.....
....The following is part of the “Law of Land Warfare”
that pertains to the detainees not ruled to be POWs. US
Army Field Manual (FM) 27-10 is the bible for this
subject. It states...
"a. Domestic and Occupied Territory.
Where, in the territory of a Party to the conflict, the latter is satisfied that an individual protected person is definitely suspected of or engaged in activities hostile to the security of the State, such individual person shall not be entitled to claim such rights and privileges under the present Convention as would, if exercised in the favour of such individual person, be prejudicial to the security of such State.
Where in occupied territory an individual protected person is detained as a spy or saboteur, or as a person under definite suspicion of activity hostile to the security of the Occupying Power, such person shall, in those cases where absolute military security so requires, be regarded as having forfeited rights of communication under the present Convention. "
From: unclewest
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