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- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.
- Blur
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- Nov 07, 2020
The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It urges policy makers and the Supreme Court to make the mistake of curing what could prove to be an isolated problem by disarming the government of its principal weapon to stop future terrorist attacks.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
Punishing abuse in Iraq should not return the U.S. to Sept. 10, 2001, in the way it fights al Qaeda, while Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants remain at large and continue to plan attacks.
- Detained
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq.
- Conflict
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.
- Conflict
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that have signed them.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation.
- Example
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- Nov 07, 2020
Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al Qaeda's intentions to kill even innocent civilian prisoners.
- Interested
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action.
- Detect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda.
- Contemplated
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- Nov 07, 2020