US accused over hypocrisy over US POW's

The Independent agrees, accusing George Bush of hypocrisy in citing the convention. But the Guardian's Marcel Berlins says the US had a get-out clause in Guantanamo Bay. The prisoners were "unlawful combatants" and therefore not subject to the convention. Moreover, it doesn't apply to the news media.

One rule for them - Five PoWs are mistreated in Iraq and the US cries foul. What about Guantanamo Bay? - by George Monbiot

"Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War"

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