To: zonder who wrote (6965 ) 2/16/2004 9:18:58 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to First, I read your post and you seem to be confused on a point though you don't recongize it:Persons belonging to ANY ONE OF THESE CRITERIA are covered by the Convention. any one of these criteria is in the Geneva conventions you posted. It seems to be your personal interpretation and it is clearly incorrect. Here's the relavant section. The list of criteria (2a through 2d) should ALL be met not just any one of them.2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: Another point you have chosen to ignore is that the Geneva Convention states very clearly that if any doubt .. What, exactly, in your opinion, is the difference between the Iraqis captured during the invasion of Iraq who fought US forces and the Afghans captured during the invasion of Afghanistan who fought US forces that one merited POW status and the other didn't? (a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
