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Originally Posted by Jerrek
The people that are being detained without being charged [i]are not American citizens[i] and they are not on American soil. Hence, American law does not apply to them, unless you want to extend American laws across the world.
It is not a human rights violation, for me, to temporarily hold illegal combatants. If you disagree, then we will have to agree to disagree on this point.
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If they are held on an American Military base, no matter where that base is in the world they are indeed on American soil. The US embassy in London is classed as American soil, see my point?
Now I agree with you partially that yes these people were captured and were detained. There are however disturbing reports and photographic evidence that points to the officials of this "POW" camp torturing the inmates.
These "illegal" combatants were not part of an official army, therefor they should not be tried by a military court and they should not be executed because of something they did not do.
Imagine if the british forces executed the US soldiers for killing British troops in friendly fire incidents, you wouldnt like that would you?