From: "Geo." 

"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
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> And even that is not quite right.  Neither term is used in the actual
> GC, but combatants are described which do not fall under the protection
> of the GC.

Al Qaeda obviously doesn't meet the criteria for the GC to apply. However
that's not what I'm saying, I'm saying the status of "enemy
combatant" is a made up status that did not exist prior to Bush taking
office. It is not some defined official terminology.

Geo.

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