Posted on Dec 9, 2017
Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior
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All detainees held at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are at least unlawful combatants and could have lawfully been shot dead on the battlefield. I see no reason to trust that they would not try to murder a courtroom attendee, especially since at least one of them, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, was video taped beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl.
All detainees held at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are at least unlawful combatants and could have lawfully been shot dead on the battlefield. I see no reason to trust that they would not try to murder a courtroom attendee, especially since at least one of them, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, was video taped beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl.
Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior
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Guantanamo Bay
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9/11
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Under the Law of Land Warfare and the Geneva Convention, you can either treat them as a PW or an Unlawful Combatant. If they are a PW, you hold them until the end of hostilities and then release them. If they are a UC, the you try them under the laws of the holding State.
The later option means that you can sentence them to prison or execution, but it also means that under the Constitution, you have to afford them the rights afforded to everyone. You cannot make a special class because you don't like them.
The later option means that you can sentence them to prison or execution, but it also means that under the Constitution, you have to afford them the rights afforded to everyone. You cannot make a special class because you don't like them.
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Should kill them now before they are ever allowed to kill again. The laws of war allow you to kill your enemy. I think killing the enemy is the best course of action.
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These people need to be tried in a military tribunal and kept off our soil. They have no rights except what is afforded under the Geneva Convention. My opinion is trying them in civilian courts was a terrible idea that needs to stop.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
If you don't try them in civilian courts, then under the Geneva Convention they are classified as POWs and have to be released after the war, plus you have to meet different standards for their incarceration.
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Capt Gregory Prickett - Do these people have any standing under the Geneva Convention? My first impression is no, they have no rights: you would know more that I. My second though is their war is never ending until they conquer all; so time is not relevant at all. Their people can be held and judged for all eternity. I also believed the standard for incarceration under military law is lessor than the civilian court system: again I may be wrong here, I bow to your experience. Are military standards tougher to incarceration combatives with over civilian law; also once a person sets foot on our soil are they not accorded some rights that they would otherwise not have? These are the questions that determine if it is best the keep military prisoners on foreign soil. First, we must recognize them as military prisoners and not just terrorists. This is very important.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
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If they are POWs, then you can not punish them, they can communicate with their relatives, and most importantly, all they have to tell their captors is their name, rank, age, and service number. In other words, no interrogations.
If they are unlawful combatants, they are subject to being tried by the United States, and they have the same rights as a U.S. citizen. It doesn't matter if they are on U.S. soil or at Gitmo, they still have those rights, according to SCOTUS.
Finally, if you recognize them as military prisoners, then they have to be POWs.
If they are POWs, then you can not punish them, they can communicate with their relatives, and most importantly, all they have to tell their captors is their name, rank, age, and service number. In other words, no interrogations.
If they are unlawful combatants, they are subject to being tried by the United States, and they have the same rights as a U.S. citizen. It doesn't matter if they are on U.S. soil or at Gitmo, they still have those rights, according to SCOTUS.
Finally, if you recognize them as military prisoners, then they have to be POWs.
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Capt Gregory Prickett - My first thought was they are unlawful combatants as defined by any agreements/treaties. After that POW status doesn't help us. OK: If they are citizens put them on a pea farm chain gang somewhere. If they are immigrants and/or naturalized citizens strip them of their citizenship and green card, or whatever else they are hear on, and send them and their family back to where they came from. We have to start some place...
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