PhillyKev 0 #1 June 17, 2004 Pentagon: Military Hid Iraq Prisoner from Red Cross Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
larsrulz 0 #2 June 17, 2004 Actually the initial order was not in violation of the Geneva conventions....and there aren't exactly ICRC "rules;" that is part of international law that they be given access. The initial order was that information be held from the Red Cross about prisoner "XXX." In the case of an individual being an "active threat," which it seems this guy was, then holding the information is legal. Unfortunately this prisoner fell through the cracks (or so it is said....make whatever conspiracy theories you want), so that is the "violation" of this situation. I got a strong urge to fly, but I got no where to fly to. -PF Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #3 June 17, 2004 QuoteBoth assigning a prisoner number and notifying the Red Cross are required under the Geneva Conventions and other international humanitarian laws. QuoteDefense officials confirmed that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered military officials to hold the suspected member of the Ansar al-Islam guerrilla group last November at the request of then-CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet without telling the International Committee of the Red Cross. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #4 June 17, 2004 QuoteUnfortunately this prisoner fell through the cracks. Of course he did. He wasn't in the system. That's what systems are there for. To stop things falling through the cracks. It doesn't matter though. That government will do exactly what it wants to do. I wonder what kind of shit they'd be up to if they weren't lucky enough to have a couple of nutters crash their planes into their buildings. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #5 June 18, 2004 "I wonder what kind of shit they'd be up to" Gawd only knows, but I have a fair idea where they'd be doing it..........-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newsstand 0 #6 June 18, 2004 With luck this is one more thing that will turn the few undecideds and moderate Republicans away from Bush. "Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
