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Captured Terrorists Now Referred to as "Unprivileged Enemy" in Dept. of Defense Manual
Pundit Press ^ | 11/27/14 | Aurelius

Posted on 11/27/2014 3:02:58 PM PST by rightistight

The Department of Defense will no longer call captured terrorists "unlawful combatants," but will now refer to these people as "unprivileged enemies."

In a joint publication released this month, terrorists captured and detained by the United States will no longer be called "unlawful combatants," which is now apparently an obsolete term.

Instead, a more polically correct term, "unprivileged enemies," has been chosen.

The manual explains, "Belligerent. In general, a person who is engaged in hostilities against the US or its multinational partners during an armed conflict. The term belligerent includes both privileged belligerent and unprivileged enemy belligerent."

It also includes this chart to explain the change:

Detainee Categories

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: changingthelanguage; dod; enemycombatant; moreinsanity; terrorism; terrorists; unlawfulcombatant; unprivilegedenemy; waronterror
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To: rightistight

Good name for a football team. The Washington Unpriveledged Enemies.


21 posted on 11/27/2014 3:49:10 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: rightistight

Does unprivledged refer to them not having geneva convention rights or does it mean they get obama phones?


22 posted on 11/27/2014 4:00:54 PM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Hope the holland tunnel gets the makeover I suggested.)
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To: rightistight

Our FERAL Government is a bunch of hand ringing touchy feely pussies


23 posted on 11/27/2014 4:05:24 PM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: rightistight

Civilian Internee?? Interesting implications.


24 posted on 11/27/2014 4:11:50 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Moonman62

How about Enemy and To be released?


25 posted on 11/27/2014 4:12:40 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: rightistight

The mechanics of them killing you and raping your family have not changed despite how the left labels them.


26 posted on 11/27/2014 4:23:49 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: rightistight

I prefer “muslim scum”. Though I also like what we used to call the indians during George Washington’s time, Savages.


27 posted on 11/27/2014 4:28:33 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (It's better to die free than live as a slave)
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To: EvilCapitalist
Savages

The Declaration of Independence has a good passage on that. Applies today to our current savages.

28 posted on 11/27/2014 4:31:26 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: MeshugeMikey

No, those are the ones spying for US.

Turned agents of the enemy.

They aren’t paid.


29 posted on 11/27/2014 4:53:04 PM PST by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: rightistight

I’m worried about who the ‘civilian internees’ are!


30 posted on 11/27/2014 4:54:02 PM PST by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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To: rightistight

As if they couldn’t get ridiculous enough


31 posted on 11/27/2014 4:56:07 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

What the heck is the diff between a “privileged” and “unprivileged” enemy? Oh I got it - privileged is muzzie. Like the spoiled savages at Gitmo. Unprivileged would be...tea party detainees. Much less privileged than “civilian” detainees - they must be the illegals invading from the south. Makes sense if you think of the US as a huge internment camp.


32 posted on 11/27/2014 5:22:28 PM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Just read this to my husband and can’t repeat what he said.


33 posted on 11/27/2014 5:29:47 PM PST by surrey
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34 posted on 11/27/2014 6:13:32 PM PST by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: rightistight

So Obama is a PRIVELEGED enemy.


35 posted on 11/27/2014 6:29:42 PM PST by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: rightistight

During Clinton’s administration they changed “THREATCON” to “FP (Force Protection) CON.”

Alinsky said something about controlling the language lets you control the argument.


36 posted on 11/28/2014 9:11:14 AM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: rightistight

So does then mean after capturing underprivileged enemies one is supposed to give them a beer and a cookie then send them on their merry way?


37 posted on 11/28/2014 9:15:21 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Could be a non alcoholic beer if the underprivileged individual is a Muslim. They sell plenty in the Middle East.

Will our troops also be required to feel sorry for them?


38 posted on 11/28/2014 9:19:34 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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