[steve-b]

There are several conditions described in the Geneva Conventions (wearing of a uniform or other visible identification, presence of an accountable chain of command, compliance with accepted norms of civilized warfare) which al-Qaeda (and terrorist organizations generally) manifestly fails to meet. Case closed.

The only real due process requirement (which admittedly require scrupulous care in order to forestall obvious possibilities for abuse) is a fair evaluation of evidence concerning whether or not 1)a given organization is, in fact, a terrorist group, and 2)whether or not a given prisoner is, in fact, an agent of said organization. If the answer to both questions is "yes", then the prisoner is the enemy general of mankind, to be dealt with as wolves are.

[stop_fascism]

dealt with as wolves are

Sent to Yellowstone Park and allowed to prey on ranchers' livestock? ;-)