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It doesn't matter if he's guilty or not, he could be Hitler for all I care. He should be charged and tried, not tortured for 10 years.

• vxNsr 14y ago
  Should he be? What are the official laws regarding a POW? Certainly not that of naturalized citizens... After skimming the UN Laws for POWs[1] and reading the parts that seemed to deal with internment and time length, it's not really clear to me why he should have to be tried. Once he's be associated with the enemy he can be held until the end of Hostilities at which point the "host" country can decide when and how to exchange him with "ex-enemy" . That last part will be a little difficult because I don't think Al-Qaeda takes many prisoners. That said, they might be violating laws regarding torture but that's a whole nother ball of wax. [1]http://www.un.org/arabic/preventgenocide/rwanda/text-images/Geneva_POW.pdf http://www.un.org/arabic/preventgenocide/rwanda/text-images/...
  • jeltz 14y ago
    If he is a POW he should be released since the war was over 10 years ago.
    • twoodfin 14y ago
      It was? That's news to the Taliban.
      • acjohnson55 14y ago
        Is he part of the Taliban??
        • sigzero 14y ago
          Sadly, it doesn't matter since we are now in the ethereal "War on Terror".
        • twoodfin 14y ago
          What "war" was the post referring to, then?
• pekk 14y ago
  Being in prison is not the same as being tortured. You may be thinking of Abu Ghraib