>>No. They can be anything. How do we know what/who they were killing befre they were caught and put in G'mo?
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>I have an idea: maybe we should have a trial and find out.
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>Doug

Well, if a civilian court were appropriate, then we would have police there and not soldiers earning combat pay. They wouldn't be operating in cells, kidnapping and terrorizing civilians in organized groups, laying landmines, using guerilla warfare, and attacking soldiers with military fire power.

I see them as enemy combatants who should be contained until the end of the conflict. In the meantime, they deserve the protection of the Geneva Conventions to the fullest.

You may find this interesting:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17722026

There are many chapters. It doesn't go back earlier than WWI much and it doesn't mention the source of insurgents from the slums in Egypt (who only had Islam to turn to) and extremist fanaticals in Saudi Arabia, but it does a pretty good job in a shallow sort of way.