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U.S. Nationals Detained as Unlawful Combatants
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2017
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5 Id. at 282-83.
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7 United States v. Lindh, 212 F.Supp.2d 541, 553 (E.D. Va. 2002).
8 See Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, Arts. 87, 89, 6 UST 3316, 3384-85, 75 UNTS 135, 202-03 [hereinafter Third Geneva Convention].
7 United States v. Lindh, 212 F.Supp.2d at 541, 553 (E.D. Va. 2002).
8 See Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, Arts. 87, 89, 6 UST 3316, 3384-85, 75 UNTS 135, 202-03 [hereinafter Third Geneva Convention].
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13 [Editor’s Note: Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention, supra note 8, provides that persons qualifying as “prisoners of war” can include members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps so long as they fulfill the following conditions: (1) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; (2) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; (3) that of carrying arms openly; and (4) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.]
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