[Peace-discuss] Geneva Conventions

[Ricky Baldwin]

Actually, I don't think it's clear at all that the
conventions don't apply at Guantanamo.  There are
different conventions, after all, for civilians in
wartime and for POWs, just for starters.  

But I think more importantly, just because the Bush
Admin says someone isn't a POW doesn't mean he or she
isn't.  That determination, according to the
conventions, just isn't up to the US government, but
would legally be decided by tribunal.  It hasn't been,
to my knowledge.

Ricky
--- jencart <jencart at mycidco.com> wrote:
> Good news, Carl.  Wonder if it's gonna be low enuff
> in November to override all the voting scams planned
> by the Bush Administration.... and which none of the
> Democrats seem to be noticing/opposing....
> 
> So the Geneva Convention guidelines DO apply in
> Iraq, and look @ not only how they were abused, but
> how they were interpreted prior to the  abuses being
> exposed.  Can anyone even begin to imagine what's
> going on in Guantanamo, where the Geneva Conventions
> DO NOT apply???  Surely there's something we can do
> about this?
> 
> Jenifer C.
> 
> 
>
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> [although it doesn't include the new "Newsweek poll
> released Saturday [that] put Bush's overall job
> approval at 42 percent, the lowest yet in that poll
> ...  Bush's approval on how he has handled Iraq has
> dipped to 35 percent in the Newsweek poll, compared
> with 44 percent in April. Some 57 percent of
> respondents said they disapprove..." --CGE]
> 
> http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm
> 
> 
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