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To: Artemis Webb
In refusing to disclose the prisoners' whereabouts or acknowledge the detentions, Human Rights Watch said, the U.S. government has violated international law, international treaties and the Geneva Convention. The group called on the government to bring all the prisoners "under the protection of the law."

Seeing as terrorists don't meet the definitions included in the Geneva conventions, I'm not sure what this whining is about. Is there some treaty the US signed on to specifying how to treat terrorists that I missed?

Traditionally a terrorist would be executed, generally after torture. This is one of the reasons that terrorism is more common now that such an end so much less likely.
27 posted on 10/11/2004 6:03:55 PM PDT by swilhelm73 (I think Iraq is the most serious and imminent threat to our country -John Edwards)
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To: swilhelm73

The group called on the government to bring all the prisoners "under the protection of the law."


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Why don't we rather bring THEM to the PRISONERS, wherever they may be - and leave them there.


70 posted on 10/11/2004 7:03:21 PM PDT by maine-iac7
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