Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 03/29/07 14:36, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
> On 26 Mar, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 05:10:19AM +0000, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>> ...
>>> ..anything on "international courts" or "the 4 Geneva Conventions"?
>>>
>> Nope. What I find interesting is that you claimed that Bush issued
>> some executive allowing him to "evade" war crimes prosecution (or some
>> such nonsense). Then, when I present you with a list of *all* the
>> executive orders published, there is no such thing and you effectively
>> claim that they are trying to hide it. Why don't you point us to this
>> mythical executive order?
>>
>
>> [SNIP]
>
> He's probably referring to the executive order signed on 7 Feb,
> 2002. In it, W claims the authority to set aside the Geneva conventions
> for Taliban and al-Quaeda prisoners,
Because they aren't soldiers?
> thereby allowing them to be
> tortured and/or mistreated in other ways. The legal justification for
> this order is somewhat dubious.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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