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Originally Posted by Babar-the-Tiger
My understanding of the Guantanao detainees are that they are combatants that were picked up in Afganistan and Iraq. I have heard the ones cleared have been sent back. The question remains as to do they have the same legal rights as those in the U.S.. My thought is if you come to visit from a foreign land and a crime happens with you involved, you are entitled to the same justice as anyone else in the U.S., therefore, extending that principle to a piece of land we own in Cuba should follow logically. Am I wrong?
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An enemy combatant can be held indefinitely during a time of war. And I think that this quote fits the idea of prisoners of war quite well. "A prisoner of war is somebody who tries to kill you, fails, and then asks not to be killed."
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