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Children held at Guantanamo Bay

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If they're old enough to fight in a war, they are old enough to be held in a prison camp.
 
It was not known if one of the three teens being interrogated includes Toronto-born Omar Khadr, 16, who is being held in Guantanamo after being captured by U.S. Special Forces on July 27 near Khost, where he was taking part in small arms and explosives training at an al-Qaida compound. Before being taken prisoner, the teen allegedly threw a grenade that killed a U.S. medic.
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From here.
 
Uhh, we did that one already...

It died rather quickly..


I'll move my reply here..


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Originally posted by Clancy
The whole detainee policy is a disgrace anyway. No charges? No right to counsel? In 21st century America, its shocking.

This Bush/Ashcroft policy will undoubtedly go down in the history books right alongside Manzanar and the Communist witch hunts as an example of the impact of political hysteria on civil liberties.
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I say we take their cover-alls away, wrap a towel around them and drop them back in the desert.
I would even give them a litre of Evian and a case of MRE's.

What do you think?
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Thanks for sparing us the 'Geneva Conference ' idiocy..
 
Tony said:
If they're old enough to fight in a war, they are old enough to be held in a prison camp.
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The exploitation of children by adults to fight in wars is a disgrace in many countries around the world. That does not mean they should then be treated as anything other than children.
 
a_unique_person said:


The exploitation of children by adults to fight in wars is a disgrace in many countries around the world. That does not mean they should then be treated as anything other than children.
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I doubt these "children" were exploited.
 
a_unique_person said:


So they were born evil?
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Is this how you think? Either children are born evil or they are exploited. Pretty simplistic.
 
All the people incarcerated at Guantanamo--child and adult alike--are innocent until proven guilty.

Thank you, Diogenes, for moving my post here together with yours.

But I want to say it again, this policy is a disgrace that will even surpass Manzanar and the Communist witch hunts of the 50's as an example of political hysteria driving public policy.
 
Tony said:


Is this how you think? Either children are born evil or they are exploited. Pretty simplistic.
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Children are given a different status under law because they are not yet at an age where they can make adult decisions. You don't see too many children driving cars or entering University.
 
You know, just to show how fair Amnesty Internation is, I was going to post a link to an article where they criticize Al Queda for training children to be killers, but darnit, there doesn't seem to be one......

No wonder there are no media articles about it.
 
LukeT said:
You know, just to show how fair Amnesty Internation is, I was going to post a link to an article where they criticize Al Queda for training children to be killers, but darnit, there doesn't seem to be one......

No wonder there are no media articles about it.
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I have seen plenty of articles about children being trained to be killers. The advantage is that they are totally loyal, fearless and cheap. They are, however, still children.

Here, I found one for you.

http://www.amnesty.ca/stoptorture/actchildsoldiers.htm
 
Baker said:


He was talking about a link to Al Queda training children.
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Hitler threw children into uniform at the end of ww2...they were obviously commited Nazis and deserved to spend the rest of thier lives in prison.....actually they were as young as 12.

Americans who cheer children being held at guantanimo are behaving shamefully.

History will show this when the heat of the moment has subsided.

How many people would now proudly say I cheered when children indoctrinated into the hitler youth were imprisoned indefinitely without trial?

While we are at it. Can we possibly have our 2 citizens back that america abducted and is holding without trial at guantanimo? In our country you are entitled to due process of law.
 
The Fool said:



While we are at it. Can we possibly have our 2 citizens back that america abducted and is holding without trial at guantanimo? In our country you are entitled to due process of law.
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Not during times of war. Germany POW's were kept in prison camps (without due process) in the US until the war ended.
 
Tony said:
Not during times of war. Germany POW's were kept in prison camps (without due process) in the US until the war ended. [/B]
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Times of war? When, by whom and against whom has the war you are referring to been declared?
 
armageddonman said:


Times of war? When, by whom and against whom has the war you are referring to been declared?
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Terrorists declared war on america on 9/11. Thats what you europeans dont understand, most americans considers ourselves as being at war with terrorists.
 
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So no war has been formally declared by the US?
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It doesnt matter.(although I wish it would, to bad that precedant had already been set) We didnt declare war on N. vietnam, but there we were, at war with N vietnam.
 
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