05-13-2004, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Southeast Asia
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Originally posted by Rudey
Some people are so intent on forgetting American suffering at the expense of the "human rights" of these prisoners.
In my opinion we should be burning whole villages down right now and not playing PR games with the world.
-Rudey
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That action will classified as a war crime. According to Article II, Sec 1.b of the Control Council Law No. 10, Punishment of Persons Guilty of War Crimes, Crimes Against Peace and Against Humanity, December 20, 1945, 3 Official Gazette Control Council for Germany 50-55 (1946):
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War Crimes. Atrocities or offences against persons or property, constituting violations of the laws or customs of war, including but not limited to, murder, ill treatment or deportation to slave labour or for any other purpose of civilian population from occupied territory, murder or ill treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity.
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