Posted on 09/06/2006 2:36:58 PM PDT by bnelson44
Some Reports Claim "High-Value Detainees Will Be Given Prisoner-Of-War Status."
But Neither The President's Proposed Legislation Nor The Detainees' Transfer To Guantanamo Gives The Detainees POW Status
The President's Legislation Specifically Authorizes The Creation Of Military Commissions To Try These Suspected Terrorists For War Crimes. The Bill ensures that these commissions are established in a way that protects our national security and ensures a full and fair trial for the accused.
Detainees Have Been Transferred To The Custody Of The Department Of Defense, At The U.S. Naval Base At Guantanamo Bay.
Neither The President's Proposed Legislation Nor The Detainees' Transfer To Guantanamo Gives The Detainees POW Status. # # #
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MSM, too stupid to know the various classifications under the Geneva conventions. They assume anyone classified under them is a POW. Never heard of unlawful combatants.
What a pack of maroons.
But the Democrats in the House and Senate will be forced either to vote for the terrorists, or for America. So be it.
Congressman Billybob
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Waiting with baited breath for "JAG Boy" Graham to weigh in on this one . (sarcasm)
the Conventions dictate that anyone caught fighting out of uniform or in the wrong uniform may be shot out of hand...
That is a law we can live with.....
It's interesting that the Comsympliberalbottomfeedingscumsuckers were demanding this, and now it's going to kill the beneficiaries.
Stuff happens eh!
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