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To: Wayners who wrote (668127)1/11/2005 2:17:37 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
"I don't think the definition of illegal combatant... They are designated on whether they meet 4 definite criteria such as organization and uniforms."

Yes. And they can ONLY be designated by a competant tribunal (a judicial proceeding) so says the Geneva Protocols which we mostly WROTE, and which we signed (& have never withdrawn from)... so they have the force of law.

Irregular detainess, captured in war, are PRESUMED to have the status of POW until ruled otherwise....