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Annan: Mideast leaders view Iraq war as disaster« Thread Sta

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Annan: Mideast leaders view Iraq war as disaster« Thread Started on Sept 14, 2006, 1:49am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Annan: Mideast leaders view Iraq war as disasterPOSTED: 1742 GMT (0142 HKT), September 13, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said leaders of Middle Eastern nations believe the Iraq war has "been a real disaster" for the region. His comments to reporters on Wednesday came after a two-week trip through the Middle East and on a day when separate bomb attacks killed at least 22 people in Baghdad."Honestly, most of the leaders I spoke to felt the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath has been a real disaster for them," Annan said. "They believe it has destabilized the region." read at source: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast ... index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.« Thread Started on Sept 15, 2006, 11:12pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.Article [Display Introduction] [Display Full text] [Display articles] [Display commentaries] Part I : General provisionsARTICLE 3 In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:(1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed ' hors de combat ' by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:(a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture;(b) taking of hostages;(c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;(d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.(2) The wounded and sick shall be collected and cared for.An impartial humanitarian body, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, may offer its services to the Parties to the conflict.The Parties to the conflict should further endeavour to bring into force, by means of special agreements, all or part of the other provisions of the present Convention.The application of the preceding provisions shall not affect the legal status of the Parties to the conflict.http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/0/e16055047 ... enDocument
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