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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (2127)	1/13/2003 7:40:40 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

There has been no such tribunal and there has been no verdict on POW status. That is a slight problem, don't you think? Depends on what you define as a "competent" tribunal Zonder.. The definition of the Geneva convention is rather vague. I'm fairly positive that all Al-Qaida and Taliban POWs have had their cases reviewed by tribunals of military officers. Thus, they have assigned their status. I mean.. you don't really believe that some lowly private is taking these guys prisoner and sending them to Guantanamo on his own authority, do you? :0) The point of tribunals, in the first place, is to insure that POWs and irregular combatants are properly accounted for and taken care of, so that they don't just "disappear".. Hawk

To: zonder who wrote (2127)	1/13/2003 8:01:37 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

I want to find out what you want done differently, if anything, with the detainees. You're complaining about something so you think some injustice is being done to them by the US. Do you want the detained Taliban and Al Qaida released or not? Or do you want them held under other conditions? Are we allowed to interrogate them or not? Do you think a tribunal you approve of would decide to free detainees we are holding? Please tell me you actually understand what I am saying and this is a joke. A tribunal I approve of?... Geez, I'll reword it then. Do you think a competent tribunal would free the detainees we are holding? It's your opinion I'm trying to get at not more words about the Geneva convention, ICJ, competent tribunal, etc.