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Old 11-15-2006, 03:23 PM
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Default Re: Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse

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Subjecting prisoners who by right could have been summarily executed as combattants out of uniform,

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Summary execution is not permitted under any circumstances in international law. Those faced with charges of having committed war crimes are entitled to a fair tribunal to establish this, and are supposed to be given POW rights in the meantime.
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