[expatpat]

Quite a quandary. If they can't persuade the Iraqis to let them stay for a while longer, what to do with 'em? Maybe give them back their guns on condition they go out and fight Ansar-al-Aslam, or however you spell it.

[Billthedrill]

I wasn't actually aware such an action was contemplated. Well, we do have a certain responsibility inasmuch as they trusted us (or feared us) enough to give up their arms. I'm thinking maybe this issue should just disappear and we start having serious conversations with these folks about what happens in Iran after the mullahs fall.

[Tailgunner Joe]

[irv]

Washington must provide the "relevant protection offered to members of the (MKO) by the Geneva Convention, which categorizes them as civilians.

An organized militia bearing arms in an attempt to overthrow an established government = civilians?

I haven't actually checked in with the Geneva Convention on this, but I'm highly suspicious of the conclusion, and of the kinds of people who use such "questionable" tactics.