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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: jlallen who wrote (441409)12/19/2008 1:13:48 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1578288
 
"If we did it was probably because there was a legal basis to do so under the Geneva Convention or some other treaty ..."

Correct.

" ....in this case Al Quaida is not a signatory to those conventions....hence no legal basis....."

Umm, no. Behavior is constrained on the signatories and it applies whether or not the opposite side(s) are signatories. Now, al Qaeda does fall into a gray area because they aren't regular military forces. Yet, they aren't really civilians, either. Still, the military wanted to apply Geneva Convention standards because they believe it gives the US moral authority when their troops get captured.

So much for that idea.
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