Civil plea for Hicks

[Wenchie]

Originally posted by span
if i remember correctly there are 3 stipulations a prisoner must meet to be a POW, take orders from a military figure, wear a nations official military dress and something else i can't remember, but it doesn't matter, when you're fighting for Al-Queda just those 2 alone disqualify you.

Well a few more than three.....
and no fighting for al queda doesnt automatically disqualify you ....except when the US is applying its own brand of 'law'

which shouldn't apply to david hicks as he is classed as a Taliban fighter , not al queda ( even by the US!!)

And after all that, should we be in any doubt, the Convention also gives us this:
"Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal"