Thread: MERGED - Prisoner Abuse
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Old 08-05-2004, 17:35   #179
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Re: MERGED - Prisoner Abuse
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Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

The Geneva Conventions *do* apply to the war in Iraq, & the subsequent occupation. It is not for the US (or anyone else) to decide if they apply or not.

Although once the upcoming "handover" (of limited "sovereignty", *not* power) takes place & the occupation officially ends (despite actually still continuing), the Geneva Conventions will apparently no longer apply to the Occupying Powers (the Coalition).
Newsnight last night said that by making the convention void in the war on terror that bush may have given a strong message for this to happen
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