Geneva Convention

Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
- Adopted on 12 August 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for the Establishment of
International Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, held in Geneva
from 21 April to 12 August, 1949; entry into force 21 October 1950


PART I... Article 4

Persons protected by the Convention are those who, at a given moment and in any manner whatsoever, find themselves, in case of a conflict or occupation, in the hands of a Party to the conflict or Occupying Power of which they are not nationals.

Nationals of a State which is not bound by the Convention are not protected by it. Nationals of a neutral State who find themselves in the territory of a belligerent State, and nationals of a co-belligerent State, shall not be regarded as protected persons while the State of which they are nationals has normal diplomatic representation in the State in whose hands they are.

The provisions of Part II are, however, wider in application, as defined in Article 13.

Persons protected by the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949, or by the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea of August 12, 1949, or by the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949, shall not be considered as protected persons within the meaning of the present Convention.

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As you might imagine, Mohammed al-Qahtani, a Saudi national who would like to cut your head off on international television, is NOT covered by the Geneva Conventions. For those of you who have tried to make that point with me - and promised to bring your evidence, I'm still waiting...

If Dick Durbin wants to put terrorists on the same level as law-abiding citizens, then why doesn't he simply come out and say it? He has already put me and my comrades on the same level as Nazis, gulag guards, and Pol Pot followers.

I suspect the only way the Democrat's #2 Senator could possibly be more subversive would be to go after the President, himself, instead of the troops!

What's Durbin waiting for... a poll from Air America or the word from Screamin' Howie to authorize the move?