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fiction416
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: High-Value Detainees Will Be Given Prisoner-of-War Status |
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Quote: ept. 6, 2006 — ABC News has learned that President Bush will announce that high-value detainees now being held at secret CIA prisons will be transferred to the Department of Defense and granted protections under the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It will be the first time the Administration publicly acknowledges the existence of the prisons.
A source familiar with the president's announcement says it will apply to all prisoners now being held by the CIA, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept.11 attacks, and senior al Qaeda leader Ramzi Binalshibh.
The source says there are "about a dozen" prisoners now being held by the CIA.
Until now, the U.S. government has not officially acknowledged the existence of CIA prisons.
The Bush administration has come under harsh criticism for its handling of detainees captured in the U.S.-led military campaign to root out al Qaeda terror cells abroad.
Many detainees have been given the legal status of "enemy combatant," which includes both lawful enemy combatants and unlawful enemy combatants.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2400470 |
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lilwolf
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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| If they are declared POW status then okay...no problem with that . |
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Alizard
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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lilwolf wrote: If they are declared POW status then okay...no problem with that . I agree.
But shouldn't all the people siezed have that status? |
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lilwolf
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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I honestly am not to familiar with what the criteria is for determination of status.
Correct me if I am wrong but if a person is caught on the field of battle then to me that person coule or would be considered a person that should have POW status.
But a person that is not engaged in actual fighting but has knowledge of bad guys would not be granted POW status.
Maybe I am wrong here but somehow that seems logical. :-| |
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