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Are Terrorists Criminals or Enemies in War II?
The Provocateur ^ | 06/11/2009 | Mike Volpe

Posted on 06/11/2009 10:54:18 AM PDT by fiscon1

When I wrote a piece on this yesterday, I never thought how timely it would be. Right now, we are having a debate about just how many rights terrorists get. That debate, at its heart, is dependent on how you see terrorists: as criminals or enemies in war. Now, a story, first reported in the Weekly Standard, has added some very troubling new context to this debate.

A senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing the Obama administration of quietly ordering the FBI to start reading Miranda rights to suspected terrorists at U.S. military detention facilities in Afghanistan.

(Excerpt) Read more at theeprovocateur.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: military; obama; terorrists

1 posted on 06/11/2009 10:54:19 AM PDT by fiscon1
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2 posted on 06/11/2009 11:00:00 AM PDT by drpix
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To: fiscon1

I believe that the Werewolves were shot on the spot.


3 posted on 06/11/2009 11:06:26 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (God is great, beer is good and people are crazy.)
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Can you imagine our troops executing terrorists on the field of battle without a fair trial?


4 posted on 06/11/2009 11:11:19 AM PDT by G Larry (ObamaCare = "DYING IN LINE!")
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they are not criminals, they are not leagl combatants covered by the geneva convention, they are terrorists. they should be treated as the scum they are.
understand i am using the normal definition of a terrorist, not the definition put forth by the zero administration.


5 posted on 06/11/2009 11:18:52 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (NO I WON'T)
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