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   From: drmayr@btinternet.com   
      
   >Like it or not, different rules apply in times of war.  I know that   
   >statement just drives some people crazy.   
      
   Matt even in times of war there are agreed rules and conventions between   
   civilised countries.  Exactly when did the USA declare war and against whom   
   ?   
      
      
   Doug   
      
      
      
   "Matt"  wrote in message   
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   >   
   > "Doug Maclean"  wrote in message   
   > news:cbm6qb$37h$1@titan.btinternet.com...   
   > > No Matt I'm not a supporter of any particular American politician.  As   
   > there   
   > > were 9 British citizens detained by the US and incarcerated in   
   Guantanamo   
   > > Bay I am interested in their rights.   
   > >   
   > > I also am interested in why the USA thinks it has the right to detain   
   > people   
   > > without charge for years and still professes to champion freedom.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Doug   
   >   
   > Like it or not, different rules apply in times of war.  I know that   
   > statement just drives some people crazy.  Of the 10s of thousands of   
   people   
   > originally detained in Afghanistan only a small handful are still being   
   > held.  This tells me that the US government had some kind of criteria for   
   > deciding which ones were dangerous enough to not release.   
   >   
   > Matt   
   >   
   >   
      
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