[news] Law Professor Says Canadians Should Follow Geneva Convention

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

"Lieutenant-General Michel Gauthier, who commands the Canadian Expeditionary Forces Command (in Afghanistan), is quoted...as saying that captured fighters don't deserve (Generva Convention) rights, because this is not a fight between countries...'They are not entitled to prisoner-of-war status but they are entitled to prisoner-of-war treatment,' he (said)...The changes could mean Taliban fighters could face criminal charges if a Canadian killed in combat, said Gauthier."

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