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To: Dinsdale

No, but according to the Geneva Conventions if someone partaking in armed resistance fails to identify themselves as such then they are using civilians as part of their weapon.


21 posted on 05/30/2006 3:42:51 PM PDT by oldleft
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To: oldleft
Which controls weather the Geneva convention applies but does'nt determine weather someone is an insurgent or a terrorist.

Not wearing a uniform is not a reasonable definition of terrorist. Were the Jewish resistance fighters of eastern europe (WWII) terrorists? Were the 'Orange Men' any less terrorists because they wore paramilitary uniforms?

Like I said, it's a tricky definition.

26 posted on 05/30/2006 3:49:32 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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