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Originally Posted by TteFAboB

The Geneva Convention was designed, and can only be applied, with conventional armies in mind.

It does not cover terrorists and should not cover terrorists.

You want to earn the rights of the Geneva Convention? Then raise a standing army.

Have you read the Geneva Convention Brad? Why don't you count how may violations terrorists commit. I've stopped at 32 after it got too repetitive and boring: General Provisions lots of violations, General protection of POWs more violations, subsequent parts violated by default, Religious, intellectual and hpysical activities, discipline, etc. it's all violated. Everything from then onwards is violated. And a terrorist group is no legitimate "Party" because they do not recognize the right of the other side to exist.

The CIA can do as they please with terrorists. Had CIA agents been captured by Jihadists, they would not even think about applying the Geneva Convention to them, as they didn't with the hostages (violation) captures who were beheaved (violation), forced to convert to Islam(violation), deprived of physical, intellectual and religious activities (violation, violation, violation).

You want to know what's right and what's wrong? It's wrong to release a terrorist and all information about him if that's an advantage to terror cells. And it is right to lock him in a hole without sunbathing and use psychological torture on him if that serves to prevent another 3000 direct and how many more indirect victims of a terror attack plus their main goal of political victory.

The Hizbullah is sponsored by Iran...

One tiny bit of legality better be thrown in here. The fact that Bush declared war on them means he should probably abide by the GC. This gave Bush special powers by declaring war since if he did not, then the 9/11 happanings would be a police matter only. So there is a fine a line to be walked.

-S