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To: TigerPaw who wrote (2341)	1/27/2002 3:25:27 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

There is another article by Seelye in today's paper. Since I still must face the morning's peril--installing my new contacts--I haven't read the entire article. I skimmed it. One paragraph that caught my attention: "The administration has said that it is treating the prisoners humanely and in accord with many of the Genevea Conventions. But it is reluctant to confer prisoner-of-war status officially because it wants flexibility in interrogating the prisoners and deciding what to do with them." Excerpt from article: Powell Asks Bush to Review Stand on War Captives By Katharine Q. Seelye The New York Times Sunday, January 27, 2002 Page 1 Late National Edition TP, my concern is: "because it wants flexibility in interrogating the prisoners and deciding what to do with them." I worry that the prisoners will be tortured! And who are these prisoners, anyway? What do we know about their backgrounds? Many of the Taliban soldiers were illiterate and grew up in an orphanage.