See here's the stickler: "provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war"
They certainly don't respect the rules of land warfare, and most times they aren't carrying arms openly, whether it's planting an IED, or dropping their weapons and disappearing back into the local population after a fight. -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:11 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: speaking of loathe wrote: > 2. From our classes, and we never went into articles, us dumb grunts don't > need to know that sort of stuff, we were told that if they weren't in > uniform and they weren't carrying a government issued military id card than > they were saboteurs or spies and could be summarily executed. That is a slightly more narrow definition then the one in the treaty: "6 Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war." http://wikisource.org/wiki/Third_Geneva_Convention#Article_4 Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164369 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
