"Iain Rae" wrote in message
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TinCanMan wrote:
"Jim Watt" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 06:25:37 -0700, "TinCanMan"
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They are not, therefore they have no rights as POW's

In the UN declaration of Human rights, which the US
purports to support it says:

Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

You can find the rest at
http://www.gibnet.com/texts/udhr.htm


--
Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com


Oh, my! Perhaps in your zeal to find some justification, any
justification
for your belief, you've skipped over the operative word. That word is
arbitrary. Did you miss that or did that part not suit your preconceived
agenda? You see, they are detained within the laws of war and are
detained
in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. The reason is because they
are
combatants or supported combatants. Nothing arbitrary about it at all.
Very
objective. Get caught under arms, get locked up for the duration.



or indeed, get grabbed by the Pakistani police, find yourself in a
cellar in Afghanistan, get locked up for the duration.



Actually they were taken by the Pakistani Army with the assistance of their
security agency and turned over to the U.S. as Al Qaeda members. In acting
as a stateless army they will find themselves on the battlefield wherever
they might be. They choose the venue. The U.S. responded. That they hide
among the populace till they perform their good deeds costs them the
privledges of POW status.