"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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Just to eliminate some of the superfluous chit-chat on the subject from
people
who obviously haven't looked at it, here is a copy of the 4th Geneva
Convention,
enacted in August 1949, to which both the U. S. and Iraq subscribed:

"Art. 3. In the case of armed conflict not of an international character
occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each
Party to
the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following
provisions:

Note the "not of an international character" bit...unless the US annexed
Iraq prior to the start of the war, this article would appear to be of
questionable applicability.

You might want to also include Article 4 in your "lesson".

Brooks


(1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of
armed
forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by
sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all
circumstances be
treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour,
religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.

To this end the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time
and
in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
(a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds,
mutilation,
cruel treatment and torture;
(b) taking of hostages;
(c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and
degrading
treatment;
(d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without
previous
judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the
judicial
guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples."