U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

[Bill Stewart]

At 03:47 PM 12/15/2003 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Anonymous wrote:
>
> >   The U.S. official's way of behaving like Texas rednecks are
> > embarrassing. Not only are they cheering "we got him" like a child who
> > can not withhold his enthusiasm. Displaying Saddam the way they did
> > are also possibly a clear violation of the Geneva convention as far as
> > I can tell.
>
>The Geneva conventions require, among other things, that soldiers wear
>uniforms.  Maybe it was just the movies, but I do believe that in the
>first and second world wars combatants dressed in civilian clothes were
>routinely shot.

But Saddam isn't a soldier - he's a politician.   He may also have
been in charge of his country's army, but he was being attacked because
of his position as a political leader.