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Old 06-10-2006, 02:35 PM  
Jensen
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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
because they were not fighting for a national army and were classified as "enemy combatants" which does not entitle them to the same protections under the geneva conventions.
sure they are, from article 4:

"2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory,"

so they are prisoners of war and protected by the convention..
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