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Originally posted by span
enemy combatants aren't POW's
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Who decided that david hicks and others sharing his fate are enemy combatants??.....actually the term is 'unlawful combatants'
The US has made this decision ...which in itself contravenes the Geneva Convention.
The Conventions stipulate that all combatants captured in the course of a war must be accorded POW status unless and until it is
proven, by means of a competent tribunal, that they are guilty of criminal actions.
The detaining power does not have the right to unilaterally classify an entire class of captured fighters as “unlawful combatants” or “terrorists,” and on this basis deny them their rights under the Conventions.
The tribunal never happened.... as I said....... a law unto themselves.