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  Re: So are they prisoners of war or what?
 
(...) hasn't come up in this forum before. (...) treated fairly? (...) Dubya conveniently avoided having to worry about that distinction by not actually declaring war. The 'war on terror' is a colloquialism, a title for a foreign policy inititive (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: So are they prisoners of war or what?
 
"John Grubber" <jgrubber2000@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:GqCuAF.n30@lugnet.com... snip (...) Several of them are British. Hardly as you describe. Though many in the UK would say 'serve them right' lawrence (22 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: So are they prisoners of war or what?
 
(...) Yes, but that is just about the only thing they can say about the issue. Interestingly, I heard Rumsfeld say quite clearly yesterday that they were "terrorists". Comments like that should help make in future jury impartial... not! Scott A (22 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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