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To: jude24
Article III of the Third Geneva Convention applies even to "illegal" combatants.

Only as "individuals", not prisoners of war, and then only minimal protections. Individuals may be sentenced by a "regularly constituted court", and that is interpreted by the executive as military tribunals and treaty law is superior to the Constitution and courts.

69 posted on 10/08/2006 7:50:43 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Striving to obtain liberal victim status.)
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To: Navy Patriot
Individuals may be sentenced by a "regularly constituted court", and that is interpreted by the executive as military tribunals and treaty law is superior to the Constitution and courts.

There we go. Those are still minimal protections that were being violated in Guantanamo Bay. (That provision requires such legal mechdanisms as are required in civilized jurisprudence. Due Process is certainly included in that list.)

74 posted on 10/08/2006 7:53:21 PM PDT by jude24 ("I will oppose the sword if it's not wielded well, because my enemies are men like me.")
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