[Grendel9]

Mr. Lapkin should do his homework...(typical of the breed of reporters today!) The American Red Cross is NOT the
organization that complained about prisoner treatment. It was the INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS and the affiliated CRESCENT RED CROSS that wrote up the "humanitarian/dignity" report.

[AFPhys]

Every word == Truth.

AlQ has not signed the Geneva Conventions, and terrorists do not abide by those Conventions, almost by definition. The GC does NOT APPLY at all to them.

[Citizen Tom Paine]

These persons who fight without the authorization of any national government, that do not wear uniforms, and carry no official ID cards are nothing but irregulars and hence, are not covered by the Geneva conventions.

Another way to look at it is that they have the status of pirates. As such they may be hunted and killed by any recognized government agency.

[GVnana]

The Red Cross used to be one of my favorite charities, but I don't donate anymore. They are too bureaucratic and political.

[exnavychick]

Al-Qaeda fights outside the Geneva Conventions and so is not protected by them, writes Ted Lapkin.

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Al-Qaeda doesn't FIGHT, they TERRORIZE.

[Travis McGee]

Amen.

[wildbill]

One wonders what the IRC has for an agenda--simply pissing off the Americans?