Fernando,

The US government does not consider those prisoners to be prisoners of war. They are considered to be "unlawful combatants," so the government claims that the Geneva convention does not apply.

Google will show many links on this, here's one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1773140.stm


>Tracy,
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>>Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
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>You can't say prisioners of the war in Afeganistan, now located in Guantanamo, are being respected as Geneva Convention states. Or you (2nd of plural <s>) don't think they are prisioners.
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>FYI, I've seen those prisioners' faces when marching with chains in their orange clothes, in brazilian TV. A real shame.