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Thread #63680 Message #1037092
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
16-Oct-03 - 07:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Taliban flee Afghan jail'
Subject: RE: BS: 'Taliban flee Afghan jail'
Within the context of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan I would have thought that Al Qaida members should probably fall within the definition. I would think the same would apply within the Iraq context.
However it also seems arguable that members of units targetting the armed forces and the government of countries involved in the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, anywhere could well qualify as Prisoners of War, more especially if they wore some kind of badge or uniform while engaged in that.
International law has not caught with the complexities involved. However in a sense this is irrelevant, since it is clear that the people with the real power here have very little regard for the niceties of international law.