We've captured dozens of Saudis, Syrians, Iranians, Jordons
(is that right?) and they are all being held as unlawful combatants..

IIRC, quite a few Americans went to Spain in the late 1930s to fight
fascism. (Ironically, one WAS a "Jordan"-- the fictitious Robert
Jordan in_For Whom the Bell Tolls_.) ((:-))

Were they considered to be "illegal combatants"?

How about the Americans who flew for the RAF before December 7, 1941?

Just a question, not a criticism of your post.

vince norris