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60 minutes, Saddam, Rumsfeld and the Geneva convention
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in588518.shtml
Quote:
Lesley Stahl: Tell us about, if you can, where he is and what conditions under what conditions he's living. What can you tell us?
Secretary Rumsfeld: He's obviously not been living a good life lately
spending all of his time running hiding and moving frequently. Even during the war, we had information that he moved around Baghdad in a taxicab, and, in fact, some nights even slept in a taxicab. So it was not a surprise to see there was a taxicab in the farmyard near where he was, in fact, captured.
Lesley Stahl: Really? Do you think that's the one he was driving around in?
Secretary Rumsfeld: Well, I don't know that but it's a reasonable assumption it was one of the ones he moved around in. His circumstance is he is at an undisclosed location for obvious reasons. He is being accorded the protections of a prisoner of war and his treatment will be governed by the Geneva Convention.
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What are your thoughts on this matter?
This was posted in a blog ( http://jogin.com/weblog/archives/000477/ ) and what follows is a pretty interesting discussion on the subject...
Comment #31 was especially interesting.
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