The Fourth Geneva Convention, Robert, accords rights to those not covered by the Third Geneva Convention, including "unlawful enemy combatants": 'that they must be "treated with humanity and, in case of trial, shall not be deprived of the rights of fair and regular trial" ' an important point given that, it seems, there are no non-unlawful enemy combatants in the LWOT(GWOT) (because war has not been declared) Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html