From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples."

I think that's the loophole... 


Antti Kurenniemi


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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> Article 3 of the Geneva Convention DOES apply in Guantanamo, just  as some
> of us always said it did:
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/washington/12detain.html?hp&ex=1152676800&e
n=1049c4d41c477faa&ei=5094&partner=homepage
>
> After the Pentagon released the memo, the White House confirmed that it
> had
> formally withdrawn part of the 2002 order and accepted that Article 3 now
> applied to Qaeda detainees. That article prohibits "humiliating and
> degrading treatment" of prisoners and requires trials
"affording all the
> judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized
> peoples."
>
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>  +44 7833 654 800
>
>

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