Re: [MV] Clear and present danger from.....terrorist pretzels......

From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 08:30:49 PST


At 9:17 AM -0600 1/14/02, Jay wrote:
>Which would be quite accurate, except the Al-Queda are not
>signatories to the Geneva Convention, which regulates treatment of
>POWs held by warring COUNTRIES. Would any nation care to step
>forward and claim the terrorists as part of their state's military
>policy, then you would be correct. But until then, which clause in
>the Geneva Convention specifically treats terrorist groups not
>aligned directly with any particular state?

Also what sort of target would the WTC count as under Geneva Convention rules?

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