TAG | Trial
Nov/09
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From Enemy Combatant to American Citizen
0 Comments | Posted by pontificus in Islamic Extremism, Military, Video Clips, War on Terror
Terrorists — aka Enemy Combatants — in Guantanamo Bay Prison must be humming to the tune of Happy Days.1 That’s because they’ve moved from an enemy combatant held under Geneva conventions up to apparently the same rights as those afforded to American citizens. No longer do they need to worry about a criminal tribunals like others who were similarly situated in former conflicts.2
But what does it really mean to kick out past precedent and start anew?
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- Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign song, among others. ↩
- Is America at war, or not (November 17, 2009) ↩
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