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Young Khadr may not even be guilty of whatever the Bush administration has arbitrarily declared to be a crime. And he was shot in the back at the time of his capture, which tends to undermine, if not demolish, the U.S. position that he was shot in self-defence.
Irrelevant as anyone ever involved in battle/a firefight will testify.
This sort of woolly headed mentality devised the SOP peace-keeping ROE....
Advancing down a street, with alocal acting as interpreter. A shor fired from a building ahead hits and kills the interpreter.
You return fire---you have committed a war-crime because you cannot establish if non-combatants are vulnerable to your fire----recommended action--withdraw--RUN AWAY---
You are in the street and an agitated civilian brandishing a grenade----you shoot him you have committed a war crime (murder) because until he throws the grenade he represents no immediate threat.
He throwws the grenade you have committed a war-crime (murder) because he no longer is a threat because he is unarmed---the grenade is the threat....----recommended action--withdraw--RUN AWAY--
As an illegal combatant (armed, hostile and ununiformed or displaying ID) he is not subject to the Geneva Accords and does not deserve POW statis----is subject to summary execution.....