Hatfield wrote:
#26 David: ""Rumsfeld claims many of these ''detainees'' were snatched
off the battlefield but refuses to treat them as prisoners of war.
Can't do that. ""

All depends on whether they were in military uniform or not. Anyone in
combat on the battlefield who is dressed as civilian, or not otherwise
clearly displaying his side by recognizable military insignia, has
forfeited all his international rights, and is a criminal according to
international law.


So, the thousands of snipers now in the pay of the US government are
international criminals?





mike