[BenLurkin]

Isn't there legal precedent in handling terrorists?

Specifically, why not treat them as pirates -- and hang them?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Specifically, why not treat them as pirates -- and hang them?"

Because hanging is obsolete. They should be shot. Unless of course they are of any intelligence and/or propoganda value in which case such value should be extracted utilizing all necessary means, after which they should be shot (or hung, if you hopeless romantics prefer.)

[doberville]

"Isn't there legal precedent in handling terrorists? Specifically, why not treat them as pirates -- and hang them?"

EXCELLENT question.

On an earlier thread, a poster stated that the Geneva Conference only applied to uniformed soldiers. During WWII, any combatives caught out of uniform were summarily put up against a wall and shot.

Makes sense to me.