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Scott MacEachern Wrote:
My understanding is that that article bans reprisals against non-combatants (civilians, POWs and etc), although probably not against combatants. Well, every JAG that's ever briefed me used non-combatants as an example of the Law. The school bombing example I wrote was one example given in the last Laws of Armed Conflict class I had last June. I haven't had a chance to look, but when I get a chance I'm going to google "Law of Reciprocity". BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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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 |
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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"? The Spanish Republicans formed a Spanish military unit called the Republican's International Brigade. This brigade was made up Americans, French, British and even Soviets (although the Russians sent entire military units, like Germany to participate). They wore Spanish uniforms and were formally indoctrinated into the Spanish military. This made them legal combatants. How about the Americans who flew for the RAF before December 7, 1941? The Yanks in the RAF were legal combatants in the same way the Spanish volunteers were. They wore RAF uniforms and were indoctrinated into the British military. The only unlawful combatants from the U.S. I know of were the Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group). These pilots and ground crew were mercenaries, who were not inducted into the Chinese military or even wore any distinctive military uniform. They entered China posing as tourists with passports listing their profession as teachers. They did not serve under a Chinese officer, their chain of command ended with Clair Chennault whose only ties to the Chinese military was a personal relationship with Chiang Kai-Shek and his wife who was Chief of the Chinese Air Force (or what was left of it by 1940). Not that any of this mattered as the Japanese disregarded nearly every article in the Geneva Accords and these guys were unlikely to be treated within the protocals even if they were legal combatants. BUFDRVR "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips everyone on Bear Creek" |
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