Operation “Just” Detainment
“…Common Article 3 of Geneva does not apply to either Al Qaeda or Taliaban detainees, because, among other reasons, the relevant conflicts are international in scope and Common Article 3 applies only to ‘armed conflict not of an international character,’” stated President George W. Bush in a memo in 2002. It is the policy of this nation “… to treat detainees humanly and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of Geneva,” President Bush emphasized. There are just as strong opposing thoughts on the detainees but the bottom line is. The detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba should be considered terrorists and should not be labeled POW’s thus giving them no rights under the Geneva Conventions (1949).
First off, I feel it necessary to state the proper names by which a detainee may be labeled. These terms are not stated explicitly in the Geneva Conventions......

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Title: Gitmo
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