On Mon, 17 May 2004 17:10:47 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Isolation, insults, threats, and humiliation are "tantamount to
torture"? LOL.

Maybe not, but sodomy, rape, and murder are. Oh, and the incidents at Abu
Ghraib are starting to look like the tip of an iceberg.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/inter...217973,00.html


The war on terrorism is an unconventional war being fought by *illegal*
combatants as defined by the Geneva Convention. If the terrorists are
illegal combatants, then they're not guaranteed the protection granted
to "legal" combatants by the Geneva Convention. Humiliation, insult,
threats, and isolation are not "torture" anyhow.

BS, the Geneva Convention doesn't define *illegal* combatants. It does
contain this clause.

" Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a
belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to
any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy
the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status
has been determined by a competent tribunal. "

So, when was the tribunal?

I would also suggest that this clause pertains, at least to Afghanistan
captives.

" Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the
enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without
having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they
carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war. "

Text of the Third Convention:

http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/0/6fef85...8?OpenDocument

Text of the Fourth Convention:

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/His...s/geneva1.html