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1, if they are guilty of war crimes, then try them in court, allow them legal representation, and if they are found guilty they can be punished.
2, if they are prisoners of war, then they must be treated as such, in complete accordance with the Geneva convention.
3, If they have committed crimes in Afghanistan, then let them face the justice of the Afghan state, as long as they do not claim asylum from this due to an expectation of torture.
The fact that British citizens were imprisoned illegally by America, without charge or human rights, was an act of war, and we should have certainly been threatening America with sanctions and the withdrawal of diplomatic relations.
Luckily, most people in the UK are not as willing to abandon the rule of law as aphex, and we at least do not wish to live in a police state where the government can inprison people without trial and allowing them no human rights (although the internment act, used in N Ireland in the 70's was pretty close)
I'm with Castro "this island shall sink into the sea before its inhabitants consent to be slaves"
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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