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2007-12-20 Home Front: WoT

Bin Laden's driver to receive POW review

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 If he is a POW then apply the penalty for non-lawful combatants: the firing squad.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-12-20 05:42|| 2007-12-20 05:42|| Front Page Top

#2 The judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, said in a ruling on Monday that he would undertake a POW review for Yemeni prisoner Salim Ahmed Hamdan

Was he waving a koran?

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-12-20 09:15|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2007-12-20 09:15|| Front Page Top

#3 I am not a lawyer, but as I recall, the Geneva Convention is pretty clear about who is a POW: they have to be in uniform when captured. If not, it's to the firing squad as an illegal combatant.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-12-20 10:45|| 2007-12-20 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 I can only hope that the good Captain is doing this in the 'not leaving any terns unstoned' category; by proving the creep doesn't deserve GC protection, then the illegal combatant model can prevail.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2007-12-20 13:37|| 2007-12-20 13:37|| Front Page Top

#5 The ruling came down this afternoon. He is NOT a POW. Don't have the link, though.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-12-20 21:25|| 2007-12-20 21:25|| Front Page Top

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