Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: GrandEagle
Couple things, the Taliban was not considered a legitimate government, not by the US and not by the UN:(from 1998)

"The United Nations Tuesday refused to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government for the third time in as many years and kept the U.N. seat with the representative of ousted President Burhanuddin Rabbani."

So the Geneva convention would not be granted to them.

Also, even if they had been a legitimate government, if their soldiers do not abide by the rules of war, ie uniforms, then they are considered spies and all bets are off.

Either way, cremating the dead and insulting the enemy is not a violation of the Geneva convention.
125 posted on 10/19/2005 1:39:37 PM PDT by Starman417
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 121 | View Replies ]


To: Starman417
You may want to actually read the GC.

I was suprised.

GE
126 posted on 10/19/2005 2:03:24 PM PDT by GrandEagle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 125 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson