[Beckwith]

Geneva Conventions -- Article 4

A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:

1. Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.

2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions:

(a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; -- al Qaeda and Taliban ignore this condition.

(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;-- al Qaeda and Taliban ignore this condition.

(c) That of carrying arms openly;-- al Qaeda ignores this condition.

(d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.-- al Qaeda and Taliban ignore this condition.

Kill the bastards on the battlefield.

[tatsinfla]

kill them first...if we must take prisinor the torture the hell out em for info....but if we kill them then the left wants to prosecute the military....