[JohnHuang2]

Quote of the Day by Alberta's Child

[Restorer]

Rights groups also note that the Geneva Conventions specify that in cases of doubt, a prisoner taken in a military conflict should be presumed to be a formal POW "until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal."

Sounds logical to me. So convene the tribunal and determine their status. Shouldn't take long. It's not like they have the civil rights of an American citizen.

[cincinnati_Steve]

The Red Cross is on my blacklist, as of now. No more blood, no more money. Generations of donations end here. Get your lucre elsewhere, you communist pigs. We will do what is necessary, and to hell with you.

[poet]

I'm really confused now. If what they did to the towers in NY was an act of war as has been stated time and time again, how can they not be POWs if they were captured in a massive military operation? What does "illegal combatants mean?

[Caipirabob]

We should be detaining a few of these Human Rights groups, too.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

" By saying that the status of the prisoners at Gitmo are "in limbo," this article is repeating the legal lie put out yesterday by Amnesty International and days before by the International Red Cross. There is clear law about the status of these prisoners, and the government's use of the phrase "illegal detainees" reveals that status. There is a 20-page, unanimous Supreme Court decision, written in plain English, that makes crystal clear the status of these prisoners and the trials that await them. ……" posted on 1/17/02 4:40 AM Pacific by Congressman Billybob

[Eternal_Bear]

Al Qaeda irregulars clearly served under the auspices of the Taliban regime. That should entitle them to the status of POW's but it doesn't absolve them of any criminal activities. POW's can still be tried as war criminals so I'm not sure why Rumsfeld is so ambiguous on this.

[RetiredArmy]

I just love how the liberal-socialist-commie-nazi crybaby whinebag slimeball asswipes love to back the poor, downtrodden, murders of 3,000. I say we give these liberals to the Taliban and let them deal with them.