Afghanistan didn't have a recognized government. We either recognized the royals or the northern alliance.
While I would agree with your statement when speaking of uniformed soldiers of Iraq, how does that pertain to the new foreign fighters that are swarming in, out of uniform? How do you deal with all the people from Syria, Kosovo, Saudi, Egypt and other third party countries that are there as jihadi? -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:45 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: speaking of Sam wrote: > Article 4 paragraph 2 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: > > Nationals of a State which is not bound by the Convention are not > protected by it. Nationals of a neutral State who find themselves in > the territory of a belligerent State, and nationals of a > co-belligerent State, shall not be regarded as protected persons while > the State of which they are nationals has normal diplomatic > representation in the State in whose hands they are. Iraq, Afghanistan and the USA have all signed the Fourth Geneva Convention. Obviously none of them were neutral. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164362 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
