On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:33:28 -0700, zfh wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Sorry to break into your offtopic rants, but I can't resist this one. > Under the Geneva Conventions, enemy combatants that wear no uniforms and ..like the passengers onboard flight UA93 on 9/11? > commit acts of murder and sabotage are considered to be spies and may be ..you speak of murderers, saboteurs and spies, who may only be shot after having received a verdict so ordering in a trial for the murderer, and in an Article 90 hearing _and_ a trial for the saboteur and the spy. The latter 2 generally need to commit some war crime to earn a verdict, but can still be held as POW for the duration of the war without committing any war crimes, read especially the commentary to Article 46 for background: http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebART/470-750056?OpenDocument http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/COM/470-750056?OpenDocument > leagaly shot on sight. ..this applies only to mercenaries, who first needs to be identified as such under Article 47: http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/WebART/470-750057?OpenDocument http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/COM/470-750057?OpenDocument > During the cold war, the understanding developed that everyone has > spies and that if you don't kill mine I won't kill yours. ..true, and irrelevant, as the high contracting powers instead agreed to go after mercenaries. > Are you old enough to remember that famous antiwar photo from > the Tet offensive in Vietnam of an ARVN soldier shooting a captured > vietcong agent in the head? Under the geneva convention, that was > legal. ..citation? ;o) > Al Queda and the Taliban don't care about anyones rights or > freedoms. We need to follow the rules because we are who we are and > need to stay that way if free nations are to survive. Though there have > been some abuses, military tribunals and Gitmo are not necessarily > outside the rules when dealing with an organized terrorist threat. ..really? ;o) They are. On one line: http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/ihl-article-300906? opendocument ..a good starting point for further reading: http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/section_ihl_in_brief? OpenDocument -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
