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To: zonder who wrote (52667)	10/17/2002 1:27:12 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I would be interested in seeing the legal argument that terrorists are covered by any Geneva Convention regarding prisoners of war. The nations which ratified the Geneva Convention agreed to treat each other's captive soldiers in a humane way. It's a multilateral agreement between nations. Terrorists, by definition, are not soldiers in the service of a nation. For example, according to the Geneva Convention, captive soldiers have the right of repatriation upon cessation of hostilities. What nation has requested that their captive soldiers be repatriated? I'll give you the answer - none. These prisoners are eventually going to stand trial and be convicted of violation of US law. They are not going anywhere. But in what sense does it matter? They are receiving exactly the same humanitarian treatment which they would receive under the Geneva Convention if they were captive soldiers of a nation.

To: zonder who wrote (52667)	10/17/2002 1:49:40 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Nadine - You and I are not qualified to pass judgement on these issues, I feel. The lawyer who wrote that opinion is well aware of all you are saying (as is anyone else who has read a paper or watched TV in the past year) and that is his legal opinion. I do not feel qualified to criticize it. Hey, no qualifications needed on FADG, my friend! Still, when lawyers quietly pass over salient points without any comment, I tend to get suspicious...

To: zonder who wrote (52667)	10/17/2002 6:32:11 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Cold Turkey online.wsj.com ... a WSJ article criticizing the EU for not offering a roadmap to Turkey for joining the EU. I'd vote for the inclusion of Turkey. It's a shame that one of the main opponents of Turkey's membership is the German Mr. Günter Verheugen: europa.eu.int ... a member of the oh-so-tolerant social democrats. This topic confirms what I wrote about 13000 messages ago (#39306): antisemitism is less a problem nowadays in Germany than, how should I call it?, a "hesitancy" of a considerable part of the population towards Turkey. JJ@ilovedoener.de P.S. Here's a Döner shop search engine: doener365.de P.P.S. And here's the home page of one of the funniest German comedians, Django Asül, a pseudonym which is a wordplay on "DJ", the gypsy musician Django Reinhardt and the topic of "asylum", a national code word for xenophobia battles: django-asuel.de Django Asül is of Turkish origin and grew up in Bavaria. His mixture of the special Bavarian dialect with anti-PC jokes is unbeatable.