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Thread #63680   Message #1036257
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
15-Oct-03 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Taliban flee Afghan jail'
Subject: RE: BS: 'Taliban flee Afghan jail'
I see they are referred to there as prisoners, not as "detainees" or "illegal combatants", or any of those strange terms invented by Wasdhington to provide a figleaf to cover the fact it is in breach of the Geneva Conventions about prisoners of war.