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Perhaps "outside of your civil jurisdiction, involving people who aren't your country's citizens" is a better way to put it (the only, so far, exception to this
by strlen 17y ago
Perhaps "outside of your civil jurisdiction, involving people who aren't your country's citizens" is a better way to put it (the only, so far, exception to this seems to be Jose Padilla-- yet even then he didn't "disappear"). However, that's odd for me to have this sort of argument, I am against extra-judicial detention. Either someone is a PoW (if they're a member of an army that follows the rules of war) or they're a criminal.
- yummyfajitas 17y agoJust a note: you don't need to be a member of an army to get POW protections. All you need to do is fight openly and wear a distinctive uniform. (Admittedly, most terrorists don't meet this criteria, and are therefore spies/saboteurs with none of the rights of POWs.)
- jacquesm 17y agoMakes you wonder how they recognize those terrorists on sight doesn't it ?
- yummyfajitas 17y agoTypically when they start shooting at you from a crowd of civilians.