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Originally posted by Daval
My complaint is not how they are being treated while in Gitmo. My complaint is that they are in limbo and are not allowed access from red cross, their own countries diplomatic missions, or legal representation.
The fact that the US arbitrarily invented a term called 'illegal combatant' and placed anyone they felt like under that umbrella and can keep them in limbo indefinately is what bugs me.
Either charge, prosecute and imprison them or let them go. None of this limbo bullshit.
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The people being held in Gitmo are Al-Qaeda combantants. And according to the terms of the Geneva convention Al-Qaeda combantants don't qualify for POW status nor do they qualify for the protections and amenities that POWs recieve. So we don't have to give the red cross access, nor do we have to give them access to their countries' diplomatic missions and legal representation doesn't need to be provided.
And because they don't qualify as POWs, they are 'illeagal combantants.' So they should consider themselves lucky that they haven't been lined up and shot by now because I'm sure that's what would have happened to them if they were in the custody of a nation like China.