On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Anonymous wrote: > The U.S. official's way of behaving like Texas rednecks are > embarrassing. Not only are they cheering "we got him" like a child who > can not withhold his enthusiasm. Displaying Saddam the way they did > are also possibly a clear violation of the Geneva convention as far as > I can tell.
The Geneva conventions require, among other things, that soldiers wear uniforms. Maybe it was just the movies, but I do believe that in the first and second world wars combatants dressed in civilian clothes were routinely shot. -- Jim Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel +44 117 982 0786 mobile +44 797 373 7881 http://xlattice.sourceforge.net p2p communications infrastructure
