From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.inka.de)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 02:58:15 MST
Cees de Groot <cg@cdegroot.com> wrote:
> > As I've repeatedly stated on this list, it appears that far too many
> > people are either ignorant of the Geneva Conventions, or just don't
> > give a damn about them.
>
> Lots of people. Like CNN, the Pentagon, ...
>
> Or have I dreamt that I saw lots of Iraqi POW around a week before the
> US POW's were shown on TV?
Arguably the Iraqi POWs weren't presented as individuals. They
were shown from a bit of distance and they weren't interviewed on
TV. The US POWs were presented in personal closeups and were
subjected to taunting questions. This is an awfully fine line,
though.
It would have been hilarious if the Iraqis had declared the captured
US troops to be "unlawfull combattants" rather than POWs. After
all, we do have some precedent for this, and without Security Council
sanction this war violates international law (according to the legal
experts in this part of the world). In fact, has there even been
a proper declaration of war?
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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