So you captured a big league terrorist and are holding him prisoner at sea. now what?
so a couple of my fellow terroristos commented on the navy seal counter terrorist attacks in Mogadishu Somalia this week, yes they are hot on the trail and capture of Nahzi. "On Saturday, U.S. Navy SEALs captured
Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Anas
al-Libi, in a brazen raid on his home in Tripoli" after the swift capture libi was whsiked to navey vessel anchored off the shore. where he is currently being "lawfully detained under the law of war"
NOW WHAT?
the way libi is being treated under the law of war is that similar to "warsame" "seized in Somalia on April
19, 2011. He was then held and interrogated by a special American interrogation team comprised of
representatives from the Department of Justice, the intelligence community, and
the military aboard the USS Boxer for
two months, before being read his Miranda rights and turned over to the FBI."
While detentions like that of Libi and Warsame are considered established practice they raise controversial legal questions. For example the undisclosed termination of there detention of the ship violates Geneva conventions codes that "prisoners of war may only be detained on premises located on land." if the administration considered LIBI to be a prisoner of was then by article 22 of the Geneva convention Libi should not be detained on the ship for any extended period of time that could be labeled as internment. John Bellinger, a lawyer and former State Department
and National Security Council legal advisor, told foreign policy by email " "My guess is
that the Obama Administration does not consider al-Libi to qualify as a POW
because al-Qaida is not a party to the Geneva Conventions," which apply only to
countries, not necessarily non-state actors. Wait hold up, just because al Qaeda is not recognized by the Geneva convention dose this mean that we should in turn hold there prisoners of war captive for undisclosed periods on essential ally military prison ships. i can recognize that Libi al Queda ties dont help his street cred with the administration, but dose that mean that we should just treat him like a caged political animal? come on foreign policy come on administration.

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