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Originally posted by Liquor Dealer
You got it! The Geneva Conference applies to the military of a country - thats means they are obviously military - uniform, insignia, etc. It does not apply to those who jump out from under a blanket - shoot people, and crawl back into civilian clothes or commit murder by driving an explosive laden vehicle into a building etc. The rag-tag crap from a bunch of countries banned together to carry out acts of terrorism are not organized national military - and make no attempt to even appear as such.
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Some of us might be making opinions based on ethics and morals, not loopholes in the internatinoal treaties...Wether or not they are protected by the Geneva convention, I believe they deserve the same treatment as everybody else.