Rumsfeld raised an interesting point re: the captured coalition troops. It is technically a violation of the Geneva Convention to "publicly display" POWs. Is this possible, or practical in the current media saturated war?
Will the US ask or even require the American corespondents in the field to stop filming captured Iraqis? ... or was Rumsfeld only concerned about the rights of Coalition troops?
Will both sides in this conflict treat POWs as prisoners or as detainees without rights - like those captured by the US, Canadians and other forces in Afghanistan? Have the Coalition Forces made any statements on this?
What do you think of the Sports Fishermen method (catch & release - unless you get a big one) of dealing with Iraqi combatants? Are there any precidents to this? Isn't it rather dangerous?
Will the US ask or even require the American corespondents in the field to stop filming captured Iraqis? ... or was Rumsfeld only concerned about the rights of Coalition troops?
Will both sides in this conflict treat POWs as prisoners or as detainees without rights - like those captured by the US, Canadians and other forces in Afghanistan? Have the Coalition Forces made any statements on this?
What do you think of the Sports Fishermen method (catch & release - unless you get a big one) of dealing with Iraqi combatants? Are there any precidents to this? Isn't it rather dangerous?
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