On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:38:13 -0400, P.Fritz wrote:


But I believe the Geneva Convention applies to soldiers, i.e those in
uniform,. not those that act as terrosits dressing in civilian clothes and
hiding in civilian buildings.


Call them terrorists or illegal combatants, it's irrelevant. We, George
Bush included, do not determine whether the Geneva Convention applies.
That duty has historically and formally been entrusted to the
International Committee of the Red Cross. Perhaps you would like to read
what they say:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...aq_feb2004.htm

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0...256C5400268136

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:24:36 -0400, thunder wrote:

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:38:13 -0400, P.Fritz wrote:


But I believe the Geneva Convention applies to soldiers, i.e those in
uniform,. not those that act as terrosits dressing in civilian clothes and
hiding in civilian buildings.


Call them terrorists or illegal combatants, it's irrelevant. We, George
Bush included, do not determine whether the Geneva Convention applies.
That duty has historically and formally been entrusted to the
International Committee of the Red Cross. Perhaps you would like to read
what they say:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...aq_feb2004.htm

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0...256C5400268136


From the first source: "The information contained in this report is based an
allegations collected by the ICRC in private interviews with persons deprived of
their liberty during its visits to places of internment of the Coalition Forces
(CF) between March and November 2003."

Of course, all these persons deprived of their liberty are upstanding,
trustworthy folk, right?



John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:20:33 -0400, John H wrote:


From the first source: "The information contained in this report is based
an allegations collected by the ICRC in private interviews with persons
deprived of their liberty during its visits to places of internment of the
Coalition Forces (CF) between March and November 2003."

Of course, all these persons deprived of their liberty are upstanding,
trustworthy folk, right?


Whew, thank you for pointing this out to me. The International Committee
of the Red Cross is now totally discredited in my eyes. I can now rest
easy knowing that *no* prisoner abuse happened under the coalition forces.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 15:14:39 -0400, thunder wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:20:33 -0400, John H wrote:


From the first source: "The information contained in this report is based
an allegations collected by the ICRC in private interviews with persons
deprived of their liberty during its visits to places of internment of the
Coalition Forces (CF) between March and November 2003."

Of course, all these persons deprived of their liberty are upstanding,
trustworthy folk, right?


Whew, thank you for pointing this out to me. The International Committee
of the Red Cross is now totally discredited in my eyes. I can now rest
easy knowing that *no* prisoner abuse happened under the coalition forces.


Good. Much better than blindly accepting anything a prisoner says without
question. I wonder how many prisoners in *any* prison would say their captives
are a bunch of great guys?

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!