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Enemy combatants.

Wikipedia has an accessible background article on enemy combatants. (*)

Lynxx Pherrett has some in-depth explanations of the Geneva Conventions, and the extent to which the United States might be bound by them. (†) (‡)

The term “illegal combatant” is explained. (§)

Ronald D. Rotunda analyzes the issue. (**)

Update: 21 December 2003. Lynxx Pherrett also has an article on the legal landscape of the enemy combatant issue. (††)

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One Response to “Enemy combatants.”

  1. Lynxx Pherrett Says:
    December 20th, 2003 at 12:36

    Thanks, Andrew. There’s another post of mine that probably fills the bill a bit better on the current standing of "unlawful combatant" status — Protocols of the Elders of Geneva.