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- It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib…
- President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.
- Applying different standards to al Qaeda does not abandon Geneva, but only recognizes that the U.S. faces a stateless enemy never contemplated by the Conventions.
- Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and…
- Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition…
- While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for…
- Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating.
- This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law.
- That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that have…
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- The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions. — Barbara Bush
- The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not… — Barbara Bush
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- When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles… — Nicolas Chamfort
- It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained… — John Yoo
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- There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists… — George Santayana
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