Because someone was picked off the battlefield does not immediately classify them as PoW's. If you read the Geneva Convention:
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Section II. Combatants and Prisoners of War
3. In order to promote the protection of the civilian population from the effects of hostilities, combatants are obliged to distinguish themselves from the civilian population while they are engaged in an attack or in a military operation preparatory to an attack.
4. A combatant who falls into the power of an adverse Party while failing to meet the requirements set forth in the second sentence of paragraph 3 shall forfeit his right to be a prisoner of war, but he shall, nevertheless, be given protections equivalent in all respects to those accorded to prisoners of war by the Third Convention and by this Protocol. This protection includes protections equivalent to those accorded to prisoners of war by the Third Convention in the case where such a person is tried and punished for any offences he has committed.
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SO... they were non-uniformed. The only time they get equal protection under the Geneva Convention is when they are tried for their crimes. If they are not tried, and the war continues, they have no rights.
Come on Host, for all those numerous items you look up, at least google the actual laws in place.
http://www.genevaconventions.org/