Geneva Convention Does Not Apply
This is Canada's view of the Global war on Terror, and they are right!
Canadian troops in Afghanistan have been told the Geneva Conventions and Canadian regulations regarding the rights of prisoners of war don't apply to Taliban and al-Qaida fighters captured in action.
The government decision deprives detainees of rights and protections under internationally accepted rules of war, including being released after hostilities cease and not to be held criminally liable for lawful combat.
University of Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran said, "The whole purpose of those regulations is to know if Geneva applies." For months Attaran has been pressing the Defense Department for details of its detainee policy.
If only America's lawmakers would get this message, we may actually defeat the terrorists.