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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (190962)7/5/2006 9:58:17 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
No... because we are war with their organization, Al Qai'da, which declared war and attacked the United States.

How do you know any of them are members of Al Qaeda? That lawyer in that article that I posted to you earlier claimed that 8% of them were members of Al Qaeda. The article is in this week's Economist.

But personally speaking, these guys were involved/affiliated with an organization that declared war upon the US.

You have no way of knowing this. Of all the people in Afghanistan when the coalition invaded, what % were not involved or affiliated with Al Qaeda?

The problem with your analysis is you define the detainees as a certain category ("they were involved with or supported Al Qaeda") with zero proof that that is a fact. Zero.

At the very least, the detainers (us!) have the obligation to prove that the basis of their detention ("they are affiliated or involved with Al Qaeda") is correct. Yet that proof likely doesn't exist, or our government would provide it for the world to see....
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