Reading post 516987 in main thread: Enhanced Interrogation and the "torture memos"
June 10th, 2009  
Partisan
 
 
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Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck
Actually the irregular fighters are not protected under any convention.
Which is why it's not technically illegal.
I was pretty sure that the rules were quite specific, check section 1, Chapter 1, Article 3 (it's not too far to scroll).

http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/195

Still it's best to only apply the rules of decency and humanity to those that you like. After all, if a government is willing to pay a bounty to have anyone picked up off of the streets, kidnapped, tortured & incarcerated, without trial - they can't be all bad, can they?

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
 
 
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