Agreed! In the context of current events, fourth Geneva Convention status has certain rights associated with it. The MEK did not resist coalition forces by order of the PMOI leadership. They were non-belligerents which are essentially non-combatants. Read about Ansar Al-Islam, the other designated terrorist organization at the outset of operation Iraqi Freedom. They were terrorist combatants and were not awarded fourth Geneva Convention status. Like the MEK, Ansar was bombed initially but unlike the MEK fought back and coalition forces never stopped bombing them. Had coalition forces continued bombing the MEK, our troops would have been in violation of the law. Remember, we're talking about the United States Army not the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp.
Yes!
I know what US Army stands for!
But given the true facts about this marxist/islamist group, they should have been bombed too!