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To: Non-Sequitur
See? All nice and legal.

Not at all. From The Law of Land Warfare, Chapter 6, Occupation

358. Occupation Does Not Transfer Sovereignty

Being an incident of war, military occupation confers upon the invading force the means of exercising control for the period of occupation. It does not transfer the sovereignty to the occupant, but simply the authority or power to exercise some of the rights of sovereignty. The exercise of these rights results from the established power of the occupant and from the necessity of maintaining law and order, indispensable both to the inhabitants and to the occupying force.

It is therefore unlawful for a belligerent occupant to annex occupied territory or to create a new State therein while hostilities are still in progress. (See GC, art. 47; par. 365 herein.)

359. Oath of Allegiance Forbidden

It is forbidden to compel the inhabitants of occupied territory to swear allegiance to the hostile Power. (HR, art. 45.)


158 posted on 06/23/2005 11:33:57 AM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: archy
Not at all. From The Law of Land Warfare, Chapter 6, Occupation...

And when were those adopted? Just curious.

159 posted on 06/23/2005 11:43:21 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: archy
thank you for posting a FULL REFUTATION of N-S's PROPAGANDA, which he KNOWS to be FALSE!

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166 posted on 06/23/2005 2:33:11 PM PDT by stand watie (being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
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