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Originally posted by Phaenx
International law doesn't apply to them, because the international law says it doesn't, which is why they're called illegal combatants, and which is why we can and should do what we are. The military knows its shit, let them do their jobs.
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it's not the military that made this distinction. it's the civilians in the executive branch (namely gwb and his cabinet) that made this choice.
military did an excellent job of fighting this war and capturing this
alleged terrorists.
these people are human. and i think all
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Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
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that article 11 from the UN charter. the treatment of the "illegal combatents" clearly violates this. they are considered guilty until proven innocent, and even AFTER being proven innocent, they are still considered guilty.