U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

[Jim Dixon]

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.

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