bushgang decides to call Saddam an EPW instead of POW

[donsu]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/154111p-135589c.html


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The enemy prisoner of war designation, cited by Pentagon spokeswoman Megan Grafton, may be used by the feds to get around the prisoner of war protections the U.S. agreed to when it signed the 1948 Geneva Convention, a legal expert said.

"I've never heard the term EPW used," said Michael Noone, a retired Air Force JAG officer who teaches law at Catholic University. "It's certainly not in the Geneva Conventions."

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POWs also get humanitarian visits by the International Red Cross, whose requests to see Saddam have so far been rebuffed.
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crapola

[Richardo]

1. "Enemy Prisoner of War" - brought to you by the Dept of Redundancy Dept

:eyes:

What won't they try to get away with?

(Absolutely nuthin'!)

[brainshrub]

2. They've gotten away with so much already. Why not this? (NT)

[fob]

5. It actually does make sense since we are all FPW's

Friendly(to America) Prisoners(Patriot Act I and II) of War(of lies and imperilaism in our names)

[Bandit]

3. Something like enemy combatant prisoner

:shrug: semantics they excel at them.

[donsu]

4. was thinking the same thing - if it rhymes, use it

nt