FACTBOX: Quotes on Guantanamo case at Supreme Court

Al-Reuters ^ | 12/5/07

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Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in a case to decide the legal rights of terrorism suspects held in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Following are quotes about the case taken from legal briefs and interviews.

U.S. GOVERNMENT (in brief):

"Congress has authorized a war against an international terrorist organization with no uniformed soldiers, and the detention of its members and supporters is a critical component of any such war."

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Not mentioned in this article is another FACT: the man arguing for the terrorists before the Supreme Court is BILL CLINTON'S SOLICITOR GENERAL, Democrat appointee Seth Waxman.

Clinton cronies: defending terrorists even before the Supreme Court.

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RETIRED U.S. MILITARY OFFICERS (in brief):
“If the United States detains ‘enemy combatants’ without providing a fair and meaningful hearing, it increases the likelihood that foreign forces capturing American troops in the future will ignore the Geneva conventions entirely — thereby putting the lives of American prisoners at risk.”

Are the terrorists and “insurgents” currently abiding by the Geneva Conventions?