Do you think the Geneva Convention Treaty needs to be revised to include todays war against terror?
The terrorists the US military are fighting in Afghanistan and in Iraq are classified under the Geneva Convention as “Unlawful Enemy Combatants.” An Unlawful Enemy Combatant is a civilian who directly engages in an armed conflict under the International Humanitarian Law. So when the US went to war in Iraq, we started out fighting a uniformed military under the command of Saddam Hussien. With uniformed soldiers there are guidelines spelled out for how to treat enemy soldiers. On the other hand, once the US defeaeted the Iraqi military and Muslim Extremist Terrorist thugs started showing up to fight the US military, those terrorist became the Unlawful Enemy Comabatants we are fighting today in Iraq. They are considered the dirties of dirt, since they dress lik and hide among the civilian population and use them as shields. Unlawful Enemy Combatants (UEC) do not have to be taking prisoner like uniformed military personel. UEC’s can within International law be shot on sight and killed even
