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Originally Posted by timewarrior2001
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?
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No, because the US courts have agreed that, as Guantanamo Bay is only *leased* by the USA under a treaty dating back to 1903, it is *not* American soil. Curiously, however, it doesn't appear to be defined as *Cuban* soil either!
Basically this allows the USA to keep these prisoners in a legal limbo which is entirely to the convenience and liking of the US administration because they can deny the detainees the rights they have under US law and also, by calling them "unlawful combatants" they are denied rights under the Geneva Convention.
It's a neat bit of legal hair splitting.