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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (573705)	5/10/2004 4:26:21 PM
From: AK2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

crimesofwar.org "....However, the US opposes the new rules in the Protocol concerning prisoner of war status (POW) for irregular combatants. Thus, Article 4 of the 1949 Third Geneva Convention (POW Convention) is the source of legal standards governing entitlement to POW status in the Iraqi conflict as among the various warring parties. ....... Specifically, in order to qualify as privileged combatants entitled to POW status, members of irregular groups must comply with the following stringent conditions set forth in sub-paragraph 2 of Article 4A: 1) they must belong to an organized group; 2) they must belong to a party to the conflict; 3) they must be under responsible command; 4) they must have a fixed, distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; ...... as you see insurgents do not qualify and you are clearly mistaken. POWs are only Iraqs original regulars most of whom were freed after the war