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Holder Defends 9/11 Trial Decision

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Kragar11/18/2009 11:32:24 am PST

re: #313 ggt

Our enemy is not a signatory nation.

Doesn’t matter, we did sign it. The GC states the following.

Every person in enemy hands must be either a prisoner of war and, as such, be covered by the Third Convention; or a civilian covered by the Fourth Convention. Furthermore, “There is no intermediate status; nobody in enemy hands can be outside the law,”[2]

They clearly have engaged in attacks, so they rate as POW and can therefore be tried under military tribunals for war crimes.