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Skriven 2006-10-01 18:46:00 av MIMI GALLANDT (1:275/311)
     Kommentar till en text av JOHN HULL
Ärende: Common Article 3
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John Hull wrote:

JH>MIMI GALLANDT -> JEFF BINKLEY wrote:
JH> MG> Jeff Binkley wrote:

JH> JB>> .MSGID: 1:226/600 001a17e3
JH> BS>>> So that we all may know what was being discussed:


JH> BS>>> Art 3. In the case of armed conflict not of an international
JH> BS>>> character occurring in the territory of one of the High
JH> BS>>> Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound
JH> BS>>> to apply, as a minimum, the following
JH> BS>>> provisions:
JH> BS>>> (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities,
JH> BS>>> including members of armed forces who have laid down their
JH> BS>>> arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds,
JH> BS>>> detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be
JH> BS>>> treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on
JH> BS>>> race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any
JH> BS>>> other similar criteria. To this end the following acts are and
JH> BS>>> shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place
JH> BS>>> whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:
JH> BS>>> (a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all
JH> BS>>> kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;
JH> BS>>> (b) taking of hostages;
JH> BS>>> (c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating
JH> BS>>> and degrading treatment;
JH> BS>>> (d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of
JH> BS>>> executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly
JH> BS>>> constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which
JH> BS>>> are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
JH> BS>>> (2) The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.
JH> BS>>> An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International
JH> BS>>> Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the
JH> BS>>> Parties to the conflict.

JH> BS>>> The Parties to the conflict should further endeavour to bring
JH> BS>>> into force, by means of special agreements, all or part of the
JH> BS>>> other provisions of the present Convention.

JH> JB>> Did the terrorists sign the Geneva accords ?  What government
JH> JB>> do they represent ?


JH> MG> Hezbollah, who bombed our Marine barracks in 1983 in Lebanon,
JH> MG> was formed 3 years earlier by Iran. I'm sure that Iran is not a
JH> MG> signer, but Hezbollah acts on Iran's commands.

JH>They do when it suits their purpose.  Otherwise, they are like any
JH>other terrorist group, and operate more or less independently.

This one I'll argue with you, Iran controls Hezbollah, they fund and arm 
Hezbollah. If Hez wants to do something Iran has to sign off on it. 
Hezbollah's recent attack on Israel accomplished Iran's goal of chasing 
Iranian nuclear ambitions of the front pages of the world's newspapers.

L'Chaim

Mimi

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