From: "John Beamish" 

This is an old discussion aired thoroughly here.  You and I have different
conclusions.  One of us is wrong.

"Mark"  wrote in message
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>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> > Actually, the Geneva Conventions do apply.  The US government has
> > unilaterally decided that they won't pay them any heed.
>
> No John, they simply do not apply to the Gitmo prisoners. No doubt, the
> categorization details have been posted before:
> *The detainees in question must have been "commanded by a person
responsible
> for his subordinates"
>
> *They must have worn "a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a
distance"
>
> *They must have carried their arms "openly"
>
> *And they must have conducted their operations "in accordance with the
laws
> and customs of war"
>
> They probably carried their arms openly (except for any suicide bombers to
> be that were snagged, if any), but other than that they don't qualify.
That
> does not then translate to because they don't qualify they are
automatically
> tortured.
>
>

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