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Operation “Just” Detainment
“…Common Article 3 of Geneva does not apply to either Al Qaeda or Taliaban detainees, because, among other reasons, the relevant conflicts are international in scope and Common Article 3 applies only to ‘armed conflict not of an international character,’” stated President George W. Bush in a memo in 2002. It is the policy of this nation “… to treat detainees humanly and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of Geneva,” President Bush emphasized. There are just as strong opposing thoughts on the detainees but the bottom line is. The detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba should be considered terrorists and should not be labeled POW’s thus giving them no rights under the Geneva Conventions (1949).
First off, I feel it necessary to state the proper names by which a detainee may be labeled. These terms are not stated explicitly in the Geneva Conventions (1949). They can labeled one of three things EPW (enemy prisoner of war), civilian internee, armed forces, navel forces. The labeling of the “suspected terrorists” has provoked many arguments up to now and as to what rights should they be afforded under the Geneva laws. Many believe strongly that the detainees have every right given to them under the Geneva Act and should be treated as a POW. While many others including our president to the stand to say that they cannot be considered a POW and they should not be afforded those same rights. “Neither group (Al-Qaeda or Taliban) fought for a recognized government, and al Qaeda fighters satisfied virtually none of the standard criteria associated with soldiers. The Bush administrations decision not to designate the detainees as POWs is thus understandable” (Woodward 3). They do not fight under a law abiding unified government of any sort nor do they respect the “laws of war” set forth in the Geneva Conventions (1949)....
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