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Gonzalez Hearing, Al-Qaeda; and the Geneva Conventions
As the Senate Committee hearing to confirm AG nominee Gonzalez is set for Thursday, I thought we should post this refresher on the Geneva Conventions as the apply to AQ.

Geneva Conventions
(Hat tip: Rush)

The 4 Conditions of the Geneva Convention Relative to POWs

Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of
International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva
from 21 April to 12 August, 1949. Entry into force 21 October 1950

PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 4

A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:

1. Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.

2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfill the following conditions:
(a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;

(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;

(c) That of carrying arms openly;

(d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.

Posted by: Captain America 2005-01-05
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