On Fri, 7 May 2004 02:20:34 -0500, Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <but forgot to include the url>
> Washington Post - > > The lawlessness began in January 2002 when Mr. Rumsfeld publicly > declared that hundreds of people detained by U.S. and allied forces in > Afghanistan "do not have any rights" under the Geneva Conventions. > That was not the case: At a minimum, all those arrested in the war > zone were entitled under the conventions to a formal hearing to > determine whether they were prisoners of war or unlawful combatants. > No such hearings were held, but then Mr. Rumsfeld made clear that U.S. > observance of the convention was now optional. Prisoners, he said, > would be treated "for the most part" in "a manner that is reasonably > consistent" with the conventions -- which, the secretary breezily > suggested, was outdated. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5840-2004May5.html
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