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Re:The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists by Turing_Machine on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:17AM (#32637823)
It is forbidden under the Geneva Conventions to put lawful combatants on trial.

Unlawful combatants are not entitled to a trial.

It is a grievous error to assume that civilian law applies in a military context.

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Re:The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists by defrost on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:26PM (#32645676)
It's wrong to assume that all of the several hundred prisoners from multiple countries were "unlawful combatants".

As stated, a large number were delivered to the US in exchange for bounty and were alleged to be working with terrorists, allegations that were taken at face value, not looked into for years, if ever, and often lacking evidence.

Attempting to slide out of this via a false binary (ie. either lawful or unlawful combantants) is simply sleazy.

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