"Perry" wrote in message
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you left out one important part, not to publish pictures of the
captured. But since Iraq has not signed on to the Geneva accords what
difference does it make,


In his opening paragraph the OP stated; "here is a copy of the 4th Geneva
Convention, enacted in August 1949, to which both the U. S. and Iraq
subscribed:" So is Iraq a signatory nation or not?