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To: raybbr

Another thing that makes me laugh. How is a JAG like Lindsy this ignorant of the law?

The term ‘unlawful enemy combatant’ means: a person who has engaged in hostilities or who has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its co-belligerents who is not a lawful enemy combatant (including a person who is part of the Taliban, al Qaeda, or associated forces)

In the United States, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 codified the legal definition of this term and invested the U.S. President with broad discretion to determine whether a person may be designated an unlawful enemy combatant under United States law

The Geneva Conventions do not recognize any lawful status for combatants in conflicts not involving two or more nation states. A state in such a conflict is legally bound only to observe Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and may ignore all the other Articles. But each one of them is completely free to apply all or part of the remaining Articles of the Convention.[6]


6 posted on 03/04/2016 1:42:25 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: MNJohnnie

Well said, thanks. Linda is just trying to stir up some fantasy sh!t and slander.


11 posted on 03/04/2016 1:45:30 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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