[spunkets]

That's right he said the GCs should be obeyed.

Here's a copy of a US govm't doc that specifies the prisoners are to be treated as POWs.

See the Taguba report.

"4. (U) EPWs and Civilian Internees should receive the full protections of the Geneva Conventions, unless the denial of these protections is due to specifically articulated military necessity (e.g., no visitation to preclude the direction of insurgency operations). (ANNEXES 19 and 24) "

[R. Scott]

That's right he said the GCs should be obeyed.

The Secretary of Defense said it? And you offer the article 15 report as proof? Where is the connection?

Here's a copy of a US govm't doc that specifies the prisoners are to be treated as POWs.

I see you are either not familiar with legal or military writing and word usage.
“EPWs and Civilian Internees should receive the full protections of the Geneva Conventions…”
It does not state that they shall receive . There is a difference.