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Originally posted by Wax_off
Please... Those Iraqis were not prisoners of war. They were enemy combatants or detainees and as such they have no Geneva Convention rights, only those granted to them by the US military. Apparently the miilitary didn't think they needed the right to not be tortured. [/devils advocate]
But please take my point. These Iraqis were not members of an organized national military force and the Geneva Conventions may or may not apply.
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1. The enemy combatant definition is absolute absurdity considering its current application of putting American Citizens in solitary for years ,and I'm willing to bet money that the supreme court will issue a stern condemination of it this Summer.
2. The Iraqi's in Abu Garib(?) were infact Prisoners of War. I guess that means the abuse by our troops was wrong.  Kinda reminds me of the statement Senator Inholf (OK-R) made at the Taguba hearing yesterday which ammounted to "These were bad people who were being tortured, they deserved it".
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in614063.shtml
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/i...-scandal_x.htm
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